Popular Post DrAloha Posted April 14, 2021 Popular Post Posted April 14, 2021 I caught this beast yesterday in the Memphis city limits. It's twice as big as any bass I've ever caught (I had caught a handful of six pounders before, but was "stuck" at six). I went walking with my wife and baby girl yesterday afternoon around our neighborhood lake. As always, I was scouting. Last year, I saw some monsters along this same bank this time of year on their beds but could not for the life of me provoke a bite. Saw this shadow on her bed-- she looked big, but had no idea how big. Came back after our walk with a Senko. Threw it for five minutes or so and the bass was not interested. Then put on a shallow crank-- she started turning towards it. I stopped the crank right on top of her and all of a sudden I see a giant mouth take the crank from the top of the water. Great fight-- could not believe how big she was when she jumped. I only had 8 lb test on. It was the most nerve-racking minute of my life. The best part was when I pulled the fish out of the water-- there was an elderly gentleman crappie fishing nearby-- and the look on his face! He was laughing and just so happy-- I wish I could take that amount of joy from someone else's catch (honestly, I'd probably be jealous). Anyways, my pops came with the scales and she weighed in at over 12 and a half pounds. Had a good photo session with the fish before letting her go-- she swam off with no problems. I'm still in absolute disbelief this happened (and I was so amped after catching her that I left my rod on the bank-- came back to look for it this morning and it was gone). 46 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted April 14, 2021 Global Moderator Posted April 14, 2021 Congrats! They make new rods everyday, you got what counted!! 2 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 Great Bass ~ ! Congrats A-Jay Quote
Super User Bird Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 That is a tank, congrats. Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 Very nice fish! Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 OINKER FOR SURE!! Sweet man, congrats. Quote
Super User WRB Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 Bass of a lifetime, your excitement is all over your face, thanks for sharing. Tom 1 Quote
Jaderose Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Wow....yeah, I would happily sacrifice a rod/reel for that hawg. BRAVO! Quote
Super User BrianMDTX Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 Sorry about the rig, but that’s a real tank!! Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 That fish is only about 6 lbs.... ON EACH SIDE! Congrats!... 1 Quote
Born 2 fish Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Awesome fish id leave 2 rods on the bank for a fish like that. 1 Quote
Super User GreenPig Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 Very nice! Congratulations. You may be stuck at 12.8 for a few weeks. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 Congrats on the new PB. That one will be tough to beat. Quote
Super User jbsoonerfan Posted April 14, 2021 Super User Posted April 14, 2021 Catching GIANTS in Memphis (set to the tune of Walking in Memphis) Put on my walking shoes And I headed down to the lake Looked around where I had seen a few And I started to shake Went back and got my stuff She didn’t want a senko But a crank was good enough Catching GIANTS in Memphis Was within 10 feet of the bank Catching GIANTS in Memphis I don’t even feel like this is real 2 1 Quote
DrAloha Posted April 15, 2021 Author Posted April 15, 2021 3 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said: Catching GIANTS in Memphis (set to the tune of Walking in Memphis) Put on my walking shoes And I headed down to the lake Looked around where I had seen a few And I started to shake Went back and got my stuff She didn’t want a senko But a crank was good enough Catching GIANTS in Memphis Was within 10 feet of the bank Catching GIANTS in Memphis I don’t even feel like this is real This is great! Update: Apparently a neighbor found my rod. Hopefully I'll get it back tomorrow. In lieu of having the fish mounted (since she's released) if my crankbait is still on there, I might frame it. Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted April 15, 2021 Super User Posted April 15, 2021 18 hours ago, DrAloha said: she weighed in at over 12 and a half pounds. Amazing catch, man! Congrats. That beauty beats our state record in NY by a pound! Salute! Quote
GRiver Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Wow!!!! Absolutely a Gorgeous Fish!!! congratulations what color was the Senko it didn’t bite, and what color was the crank bait? Quote
DrAloha Posted April 15, 2021 Author Posted April 15, 2021 What's also great is that I made this post the same time last year: I caught the big one in the same place as the fish I referenced in this post last year. 1 Quote
Super User king fisher Posted April 17, 2021 Super User Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 10:17 AM, TnRiver46 said: Congrats! They make new rods everyday, you got what counted!! I wouldn't care if I lost my rod, tackle, and my kayak after catching a fish like that. Quote
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