10lb 12oz TN pig!

[22RangerZ520R]

Got my third ever DD this week, a healthy bug eyed 10lb 12oz beast!  She was 25.5" L × 20" G and she anchored a 37lb 4oz bag I had that day.  I also had a 8lb 12oz, 7lb 8oz, 6lb 4oz and a 4lb.  Watched her swim away alive and well, man it's an awesome feeling watching the giants go!

[InfantryMP]

That's an awesome bass, and an awesome bag! Congrats on that! What did you catch her on?

[bigspirit]

That’s awesome! Congrats! 

[A-Jay]

Great Bass !

Really Pretty

Congrats

A-Jay

[Mike L]

Great Job!!

Congratulations 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[LrgmouthShad]

Awesome!!! 
 

Very excited for you

[Hook2Jaw]

Hog farming, sir.  Awesome job!

[TnRiver46]

Holy smokes. And a 37 lb bag? Wow. Congrats 

 

look at those bugged out eyes 

[J._Bricker]

Beautiful fish @22RangerZ520R and one hella of a sack! Congrats on having the kind of day on the water we all want to experience.

[NorcalBassin]

That's a pretty epic way to finish out the last month of the year. Congrats!

[GreenPig]

Beautiful! 

[Catt]

That's a Hawg! ?

[BrianMDTX]

That’s a beauty right there! Congrats on a DD and a great bag! 

[gunsinger]

Amazing fish and day.  Congrats.

[Skunkmaster-k]

Do you need a fishing buddy? I’m available. 

[GaryH]

Congratulations ??? Great job ?

[TnRiver46]

11 hours ago, NorcalBassin said:

That's a pretty epic way to finish out the last month of the year. Congrats!

You don’t get the big ones like @22RangerZ520Rby finishing out a month before the 31st! I imagine he will be out there in the snow getting 8 lbs smallies 

[22RangerZ520R]

26 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

You don’t get the big ones like @22RangerZ520Rby finishing out a month before the 31st! I imagine he will be out there in the snow getting 8 lbs smallies 

 

Ha!  I wish.  My PB smallie is 6lb 8oz.  I've been trying to break the 7lb smallie mark for years now, I can't imagine an 8lb+!  But, yes I do fish in the snow.... ?

[Chris Catignani]

Man...thats great...what a beast!

[WRB]

Northern strain LMB very impressive catch and limit??

Tom

 

[22RangerZ520R]

Just now, WRB said:

Northern strain LMB very impressive catch and limit??

Tom

 

Thanks!  They actually have Florida strains in Chickamauga.

[jbsoonerfan]

Awesome fish! Chick is 6 foot below full pool. Judging by those first 2 pics that lake is at full pool. Where did you really catch it?  

[TnRiver46]

17 hours ago, WRB said:

Northern strain LMB very impressive catch and limit??

Tom

 

 

17 hours ago, 22RangerZ520R said:

Thanks!  They actually have Florida strains in Chickamauga.

 They’ve started stocking FL strain in pretty much every pool on the TN river, chickamauga was the first many years ago. After they saw how well it worked, they now stock them in pickwick , watts bar, fort loudoun , (probably nickajack), and I would imagine KY lake. The biologists have taken samples of very large bass at tournament weigh ins and found either 100% of them, or close to 100% of them, to be F1 hybrids. They stock pure Florida strain that can’t compete with native fish so they “join them” (hybridize) 

[WRB]

21 hours ago, 22RangerZ520R said:

Thanks!  They actually have Florida strains in Chickamauga.

I knew FLMB were in Chickamauga from TV tournaments, didn’t know where you were fishing.

Enjoy catching the big girls while the vigor of the strain producing the big bass. Nice looking healthy bass. Trophy bass fishing takes concentration and gets addictive.

Tom

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