steverowbotham Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 After winning the tourney with our 29.95lbs bag a week and a half ago, I headed out the other morning with a good buddy. We're both new dads, so planning trips isnt easy. If I have time, I usually dont know until that morning. I'm incredibly lucky to have a wife who understands my passion. We had about 4 hours that we could scoot out for. High sun, 10-15 kmh winds we knew it wasnt going to be a stellar day, but we should be able to drag some up. We didnt mark near the number of fish around that we have been, but enough to keep our interest. Our first pass over the school and I hit a 5 pounder. Good starter fish, but still not the reason we fish Simcoe in the fall. Next pass, I load up on a fish that doesnt feel like anything special. Fought nearly the same as the other 4-5 pounders. As soon as it got near the boat, it "tried" to jump. Thats when I knew she was a toad. I've caught a number of 7 pounders and I knew this one was my biggest yet. Unfortunately no scale on the boat, but I imagine she went somewhere between 7.5 - 8lbs. A truly giant smallie that photos will not give justice too. Now time to go get my 9. 10 Quote
jbw252 Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 Scale or no scale, it's a beauty. Congrats. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted November 12, 2015 Super User Posted November 12, 2015 Nice smallie. Congrats on the new PB. Quote
Super User 00 mod Posted November 12, 2015 Super User Posted November 12, 2015 Beautiful fish! No scale sucks! Never will truly know the weight! Jeff 4 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted November 12, 2015 Super User Posted November 12, 2015 Leaving the scales at home is my favorite way to hunt big bass. It works better than any other technique I have tried. 6 Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted November 12, 2015 Super User Posted November 12, 2015 Amazing fish! It stinks you didn't have a scale, but oh well. Just another reason to go catch one even bigger haha Quote
Mainebass1984 Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 One heck of a nice smallie. A once in life time fish. A true trophy. Bummer didn't get to weigh it. Did you get a length or girth ? Quote
Joe H. Posted November 12, 2015 Posted November 12, 2015 Amazing fish! That's a heck of a smallmouth. Quote
Super User bowhunter63 Posted November 13, 2015 Super User Posted November 13, 2015 Congrats,Awesome Smallie Quote
Fisher-O-men Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 Amazing fish! It stinks you didn't have a scale, but oh well. Just another reason to go catch one even bigger haha But how will he know??? 1 Quote
fisherrw Posted November 13, 2015 Posted November 13, 2015 Beautiful fish! No scale sucks! Never will truly know the weight! Jeff yea too bad no scale still a big fish!!! Quote
Super User senile1 Posted November 13, 2015 Super User Posted November 13, 2015 One heck of a nice smallie. A once in life time fish. A true trophy. Bummer didn't get to weigh it. Did you get a length or girth ? Yep. Length, girth, and "the formula" are the next best thing to having a scale. Very nice looking fish though. She's a hog! Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted November 13, 2015 Super User Posted November 13, 2015 But how will he know??? You just catch one so big that there's no doubt! Quote
steverowbotham Posted November 14, 2015 Author Posted November 14, 2015 You just catch one so big that there's no doubt! This. I knew immediately that she was my biggest, i'll have no doubt I'll know next time too. 5-6 pounders are common here, 7+ fish stand out from the others. Quote
Super User Darren. Posted November 14, 2015 Super User Posted November 14, 2015 Beautiful smallie! Congrats! 1 Quote
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