Whats your Personal Best?

[Glenn]

What's the biggest bass you've caught?  Let's see some pictures!

[pawpaw]

Pics of PB's for a lot of the older guys, like myself, may not be possible. I would say my top 10 or so PB's were caught back in the day when we didn't have cameras on our phones. I did get pics of my best fish from the last couple years though. Both were caught at LOZ from the same creek 1 year apart. Both of them were taken sight fishing while on beds so I got a quick pic and released both without weighing.      

Last years (top) took about half an hour to catch. This years (bottom) only took about 5 or 6 pitches before she'd seen enough.    

 

 

 

[J Francho]

5-12

 

[Scarborough817]

PB was caught last year on a black and blue flappin' hog just pitched into the pads she hit it on the fall and the picture doesnt do her justice she was at least 6

[Raul]

I don't have pictures of my PB, they were all ruined including the negatives when a broken water pipe flooded the room where I kept that stuff, in those days there were no digital pics available. She was 6.600 kg ( 14.52 lbs ), I do have a pic of my 2nd largest:

13.5 lbs ( 6.14 Kg )

[Dwight Hottle]

[pawpaw]

Dang Dwight! Both are GREAT fish but that "Smallie" is a FREAKIN' SLOB!!! We don't grow 'em like that around here.

 

1 hour ago, Glenn said:

What's the biggest bass you've caught?  Let's see some pictures!

Well? No pics from you?

[J Francho]

Glenn?  I don't think he even fishes for bass.  Pretty sure he's into trout.

[davecon]

No picture as it was a long time ago (9/14/74). It's not that we didn't have cameras on our cell phones, we had no cell phones. Anyway, best was 14.1. Caught an 11.3 short while later and at least 50 over 8 in the same small pond. In recent years biggest has been 13.5.  Really don't fish for bass as often as I used to as I have become addicted to snook. Only fish for bass from usually December thru March, usually getting 5 or 10 over 8. 

It's not that I'm that good a fisherman, it's just that I have been doing this a long time and live in west central Florida. I'm sure you could do the same under the same circumstances.

 

 

[Crestliner2008]

Here are a couple of pictures of what I think was the largest smallmouth I've taken here in MA. I've definitely taken bigger largemouths, but I can't seem to find the pics? Oh well, here's a nice smallie (2 pics, same fish):

 

 

[Darren.]

PB freshwater striper, only striper in the reservoir, actually! 14# (and yes, I released it, to the dismay of the fisheries biologist who wanted to check its age and all that).

This lady was 7.5# caught during spawn in thick salad.

[NoahWatts]

Didn't get a weight but she's my biggest so far.  That's my 10W for reference.

[Catt]

No pictures of my PB, she was 13.8

Here's a couple of Hawgs of mine & my grandson Aiden.

For reference I'm 6' tall

The last one is a personal best cause she won me $5,000!

[pawpaw]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Glenn?  I don't think he even fishes for bass.  Pretty sure he's into trout.

OOOOHHHH!!!!!

Never mind then.

[papajoe222]

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Glenn?  I don't think he even fishes for bass.  Pretty sure he's into trout.

That's because there aren't any bass in that state. He uses a green board when he makes his videos and just crops the images of him standing in his boat out in the driveway.  ?  He learned that trick from a former member.

 

[kickerfish1]

Some good looking PBs. The only thing a big belly looks good on is a bass and there are lots of them in this thread!

[pawpaw]

6 minutes ago, papajoe222 said:

That's because there aren't any bass in that state. He uses a green board when he makes his videos and just crops the images of him standing in his boat out in the driveway.  ?  He learned that trick from a former member.

 

Not that there's anything wrong with that, right?

Except for the trout part.

That just ain't right.

[J Francho]

Glenn's gonna kill me for that, lol.

[Scarborough817]

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

Glenn's gonna kill me for that, lol.

guess your time as a moderator is up 

[pawpaw]

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

Glenn's gonna kill me for that, lol.

Delete the whole thread and tell him he must be getting old or something and only imagined he started it.

[Glenn]

On 11/11/2016 at 11:50 AM, Scarborough817 said:

guess your time as a moderator is up 

The clock is tickin' ....

This one went 5-12, even though it doesn't look like it.  I know I look drunk, but it was 98 degrees out, towards the end of a long day.

 

This went 8-1, and was a PB for less than 24hrs.  And then....

 

This 9-1 became my PB...

[A-Jay]

Interestingly enough, this 11 - 11 LMB was actually caught this date (11/11) a few years ago.

This SMB PB went 6-4.  

And for another coincidence, BR member Dwight Hottle took both these pics.

A-Jay

[DogBone_384]

Don't have an answer ... haven't caught mine yet ?.

[Goose52]

I'm sure everyone has seen this photo since it goes back to 2012 - 9.54 pounds:

The story is here:

 

[frosty]

I didn't get a weight, but definitely my biggest largemouth, my sister hand measured it to about 24". I guessed 6 or 7 but I don't know.