Rod, reel, lure and line you caught your PB bass on.

[J Francho]

49 minutes ago, DaveT63 said:

Got my PB, 7-1, on a St Croix Legend Elite 6'8" MXF Spinning rod, Stradic 2500FJ reel, 12 lb Sunline Supernatural Mono, T-rigged green pumpkin senko.

Not my PB, but second best NY largemouth bass, caught on a similar rod, though lower level SCII

Eyecon 6-8 MXF, Stradic 1000 (not sure which, wood knob), 15# Power Pro, Seaguar 10# Fluoro Leader, 3/32 Zappu wacky jig, Flick Shake worm.

7-1

[j bab]

8' Heavy Daiwa Zillion Swimbait rod

Daiwa Luna 253

20lb P-Line CXX clear

8" Huddleston Deluxe Trout silver / blue back

11.12lb LMB

[timsford]

Personal best largemouth 9lbs 6oz caught on mattlures u2 gill on data tatula frog rod, tatula type r 6.3:1 reel, 17lb big game mono from local 1 acre pond

Personal best smallmouth 7lbs+ caught on 3 inch luck e strike swim bait on Berkley 6'6" medium tgs spinning rod, daiwa ss1300 reel, 10 lb trilene xl caught from the tail water below woods reservoir dam (the elk river and technically the headwaters of tims ford lake)

[A-Jay]

7 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

Do you ever wear a hat?

 

Routinely - but if & when I can remember, hat (and Sunglasses) come off for photo ops.

My better half likes to see my starlight steel colored eyes.

A-Jay

[Poolshark]

10 pounds and 14 ounce bass, 61/2 ft Berkeley amp rod, bps pro qualifier reel. I was using a chart use/blue spinnerbait on 12 lb big game 

11 pounds and 5 ounces bass, 7 ft mhf bass pro shops carbon lite , curado 201 g, using a horny toad on 14 pound big game 

 

[craww]

11.4 lbs, 27 3/4" x 16:...Curado E7 and St Croix Avid 7' Med pwr fast action. Trying out the alberto leader knot for the FIRST time that day using 30lb braid (forget which kind, probably spiderwire stealth as I got a bulk spool cheap) and a 12lb yozuri hybrid leader. Managed to get her away from a laydown out into open water. There she found and wrapped the line on a horizontal log  directly in front of the boat that I didnt know was there. For what seemed like an eternity I had to listen to the tensioned piano wire like "twing, twing, twing" sound of that fish rubbing the line. With a new leader knot that I didnt trust, a med action rod, frayed line, I couldnt do much as far as leaning on the fish.  I just stood there talking and audibly petitioning our creator to let me get her in.  After what seemed like forever (but was likely all of 20 seconds) the line goes slack, I quickly reel up and thank God almighty she was still on.

Seemingly I'm not one to catch a break hunting and fishing. Have a buddy who randomly hooks into 4' gar on crappie jigs, has trophy deer approach while hes dropping a deuce, etc. He was broke once and played the lotto on his last 5 bucks. Won $750... Horse shoe in both pockets. I have to go after it hard and put in time and pay close attention to gear and whatnot. But that day things went my way. The alberto knot has been a staple in my arsenal ever since.

[lo n slo]

September 1998, dont remember the rod or the reel but it was a baitcaster set up. the line was 12 lb Super Silver Thread mono. hook was/still is Gamakatsu 3.0 offset shank worm hook. unpainted 3/16 oz bullet and a 6" Renegade curly tail worm in Fall Pumpkin Pepper flake. i was fishing a roadbed when a small school of shad appeared on the surface. i threw in towards them, my line sank, stopped, then started moving off. she was 8.6 lbs and i have not landed anything close to that since.

[olegs]

LM  6.6lbs   St Croix LTBS 6'8"MXF, Shimano Saros, 10 lb. PP +  8 fluoro  leader, 5" Senko

SM  6.5lbs  NRX 852S, Shimano Stradic  CI4+, 10lb PP + 8 fluoro leader, Fat Ika 

[jhc1]

Is it at all disheartening for years (and in some cases, decades) to pass and still not catching another PB? I'm guessing the answer is "no," and that the potential to break that PB is what keeps most guys hooked. 

[J Francho]

I don't generally think about a PB when I'm fishing.  I came close to breaking a decade old PB LMB a few years ago. One ounce shy.  I was really happy to get that fish, and I have a picture of it (see above).

I broke my PB SMB twice in the same year.  My partner catching a 6-0 right after my 5-12 took the air out of, a bit.  I think his PB SMB is over 7.

[WPCfishing]

Today: I was throwing toads with double hooks into pads. I was using a Lews custom lite magnum grass with a TP reel with 50# power pro. 

Hooked a giant.. Fought him for 10 minutes then lost him at the boat with the net just ready to slide under him.  Potentially a state record largemouth.

Been dwelling on it since it happened ?

[Bluebasser86]

7' 6" All Star telescoping flipping stick with a Shimano Castaic, 25lb Pline Xtra strong and an 8" watermelon Zoom magnum lizard.

[lmbfisherman]

My PBs for smallmouth and largemouth up here in Ontario Canada both were on the same rod and reel combo.  Fenwick ET Smallmouth 6'9" Spinning M/XF paired with a Symetere 2500.  The smallmouth on a fluke and the largemouth on a bps stick-o.

[An Outdoor Guy]

7' Medium power Fast action Duckett Ghost spinning rod and a Lews Mach 1 Spinning reel paired with 20lb power pro to a 12lb Vanish leader. using a Rapala XRap 8 in silver. then again my PB is only 4lbs so.....don't mind my post I guess  

[NYWayfarer]

PB Largemouth Bass on a lightning rod paired with a Mitchell 300X fishing a night crawler.

PB Smallmouth on a All Star Rod with a Pflueger Purist Baitcaster fishing a shiner.I came 2 oz short of beating that PB this week on my Shimano Sellus matched with a Symetre fishing a Roboworm.

[N Florida Mike]

Mine was on an Olympic rod and  spinning reel( ever hear of that?)and 12 pound stren.

A fishing buddy broke the rod when he said"Is this an ugly stick?And he bent the rod to touch tip to butt.SNAP!!

 

[hunterPRO1]

rod: zebco rhino indestructable rod 6'6 mh

reel: zebco 733

line: cajun line red lightning 20lb

lure: culpit 7.5in worm black shad, 3/16oz water gremlin lead weight, 4/0 gamakatsu ewg red, texas riggin