What does it feel like to catch double digit bass?

[soflabasser]

7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

My only DD happened so fast I didn't really get to enjoy it. I was reeling in to make my next cast when a huge shadow charged behind my bait, an 8" lizard. I free-spooled my reel, it sank maybe 5' into the murky water before the line jumped, slammed the rod back and the fish was instantly on the surface and my guide Manuel already had the net waiting when he saw the fish, had the fish in the net. Time from the fish was first sighted to in the net was less than 10 seconds. I'm sure glad to have caught it, but I do feel like I missed out not getting to have that long, drawn out fight others talk about. I've caught quite a few over 7 in Kansas and I caught several 7-9 pound fish in Mexico, they just look like a different species of bass when they get that size. 

Once they get past 24 inches they start looking like a freshwater version of a grouper, which happens to be one of my favorite fish to catch.

On 8/25/2018 at 9:32 AM, Chuck Popeeye Moser said:

Actually catching the 2 digit bass is not big deal as far as the catch goes.  They are not fast, they can't jump or jump very little.  Sorta like catching a redfish.

 

I think you are giving largemouth bass too much credit to put it in the same category as a redfish. Redfish are much more powerful pound for pound than a largemouth bass, at least the ones I have caught in South Florida.

[Basseditor]

For the guys who haven’t caught a DD, the only thing I can offer is you have to go to the lakes where they live and be there at the right time. In my mind, it happens when the weather is extreme (at least for us in TX). My best have come when it’s cold, which is relative of course, or extremely hot. Jan. to Mar. or August/September. I’ve caught two DDs in 100+ degree temperatures.

[kenmitch]

I'll let you know when I finally catch one. I'm still stuck at 6lbs ??? oz. Caught that one around 1990 I think. It was so long ago that I don't remember the oz part of it. Just got back into fishing last year after around 25yrs of non fishing. Best I got this year so far was 5.8lb.

 

I also have one of those DD that got away stories. Back in the late 80's early 90's I used to have a Tracker TX17 and would go solo fishing a lot. When the Minn Kota auto pilot came out I replaced my trolling motor with one of them. I was fishing one day throwing a spinner bait around and was having no luck with it. I decided to move and set the trolling motor for full speed ahead to the left of where I was at as I made one last cast at a isolated bush next to some taller heavy cover. As my spinner bait slowly fluttered down a huge bass came from under the bush and inhaled my bait. She came out and started weaving in and out of the other cover while I fumbled with getting the trolling motor under control.  I fought her all the way to the last branch sticking out of the water. I'm in the front of the boat, my net in the back. The spinning bait got stuck on the branch about 3-4ft underwater and as I watched she wiggled herself loose and slowly swam away. She was huge and easily a DD. The whole encounter lasted maybe 45 seconds or so and I'll never forget it. The image of her getting away is as clear as the day it happened. I see it as I type....Ugh!

 

I'm hoping to get a DD this year or maybe early next year. I know they're in the lake as many DD's have been caught recently. I watched a fellow kayak angler catch a 10.69lb one a couple weeks ago. 

[CrankFate]

It feels like you insisted on using brand new JDM finesse rigs that weren’t set up right and the Disney World guide insists you should use his rods. You refuse. But after getting a puny 5 bites, you agree to use his rods because your line broke the instant you attempted to set the hook on each of the measly 5 bites you got. And you thought the guide was just messing with you by trolling you through alligator infested waters with no fish in them because there are no bass big enough to break your line before the hookset. Then 20-40 minutes you have a 14lb 3oz bass that’s close to 30” long and a great picture of one of the biggest bass anyone has ever caught in the world. Only to find out that your wife did not put any film in the camera when you get back to the dock. But you know you did great good to all fishermen who will ever go on one of these trips in the future, because from that day on, it became park policy to include a working camera on each trip. I don’t know who or how, but there are people out there who can confirm this story. This is why there is no picture of the biggest bass taken in the waters of Disney World. This was one of the days between Sept 2 and Sept 10, 2011.