jtharris3 Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 From Texas used as brood stock. Beautiful fish!! From the site where I found the picture: " This is a 15lb+ fish caught earlier this year by a fellow TFFer "Bassbuster". Since Justin caught the fish, Mike has had it in a small brood pond with another similar class fish also caught earlier this year. Even in the small brood pond he was unable to entice this fish into biting again and had to remove it via sein to relocate it to a larger body of water. He successfully bred one or both fish this spring and now has fingerlings. Talk about genetics!! In any case, I thought I'd share the picture of this rare beast. To the best of my knowledge only a few fish of this size are caught annually across the globe, and a large percentage of them are coming right from our own backyard!" 13 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 Heck of Bass Right There ~ ! Looks like 50 % Head . . . A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User BassinLou Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 Holy Smokes!! That fish is huge!! Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 Definitely a pig....but do you really have to hold a 15lb bass with outstretched arms? 4 Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted July 19, 2016 Super User Posted July 19, 2016 10 minutes ago, flyfisher said: Definitely a pig....but do you really have to hold a 15lb bass with outstretched arms? Force of habit im guessing fly! 1 Quote
Catch 22 Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 "The Brood Master" Ya don`t get that big by eating plastics Quote
BassObsessed Posted July 19, 2016 Posted July 19, 2016 I'm pretty sure that's the guy that has a fairly small pond with giant bass that you can either buy or pay to fish. Expensive guide trip but a possibility of a 15lber. Would be on my radar if I was in Texas. Quote
Super User webertime Posted July 20, 2016 Super User Posted July 20, 2016 4 hours ago, A-Jay said: Heck of Bass Right There ~ ! Looks like 50 % Head . . . A-Jay Same build as me. 1 Quote
Super User NorcalBassin Posted July 20, 2016 Super User Posted July 20, 2016 Wow, so big it would almost be scary to catch. Almost. Quote
Airman4754 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 If the human head weighs 8lbs and that bass has a head as big as that guy.... I'll buy the 15lbs. Quote
Super User DogBone_384 Posted July 20, 2016 Super User Posted July 20, 2016 6 hours ago, BassinLou said: Holy Smokes!! That fish is huge!! X2 - congratulations on a great fish! Quote
clh121787 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 These bass are the equivalent of high fence monster bucks. TheY get an asterisk in my book. Quote
jtharris3 Posted July 20, 2016 Author Posted July 20, 2016 40 minutes ago, clh121787 said: These bass are the equivalent of high fence monster bucks. TheY get an asterisk in my book. How so? The bass was caught in the wild and then transferred to the pond. Quote
clh121787 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 17 minutes ago, jtharris3 said: How so? The bass was caught in the wild and then transferred to the pond. O really my mistake I thought it was caught in a small private lake loaded with protien rich forage. Those were the bass I was referring to. What reservoir was it caught out of ? Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted July 20, 2016 Super User Posted July 20, 2016 Definitely a pig....but do you really have to hold a 15lb bass with outstretched arms? When you catch a 15lb bass you get to hold it any way you want! 5 Quote
clh121787 Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 He sells dd bass for a hefty price. Ya I've seen that camelot bell private waters sells bass for like $10k and like $1k per day to fish. Yikes Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted July 21, 2016 Super User Posted July 21, 2016 9 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said: When you catch a 15lb bass you get to hold it any way you want! touché....someday i might be able to hold a 15lber however i want Quote
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