Toyota Sharelunker: Legacy Class Catches

[Trox]

I've seen a few topics started based on single Sharelunker entries on here so I was thinking that it may be a good idea to start a topic as sort of a "one stop shop" for them, starting today, specifically for the Legacy entries (13+ lb largemouth bass)... I follow the program pretty regularly and will do my best to keep this up to date as I see them come in, but if you see one before I do, please feel free to post it yourself!

Figure this would be beneficial for those who don't have Facebook (I know there's a few on here!), or follow the program on social media or their website, and would like to stay up to date with the latest Legacy class catches, or who just like looking at big Texas bass...

To start off we have a doozy at 16lbs caught from Eagle Mountain Lake today by Robert Bandy. This fish is also a pending new lake record!

 

[GreenPig]

Thanks for posting that Big Girl. I can't do FB and successfully elude the law.

[jbsoonerfan]

Kyle Hall with a 16.10 today from Ivie

 

[gim]

Good god

[Dwight Hottle]

13 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Kyle Hall with a 16.10 today from Ivie

 

 

Love this picture.

[Mike L]

Thanks for starting this. 
The closest thing to being on “social media” for me is signing on here!

 

It would be interesting to know what they used and how. 
 

 

 

Mike

[Trox]

6 hours ago, Mike L said:

It would be interesting to know what they used and how. 

A majority of them at O.H. Ivie are being caught on A-rigs to my knowledge... I know that Josh Jones uses those unapologetically down there. I would be interested to find out how they are being caught everywhere else though but some anglers are a little more talkative or secretive than others 

 

Here are a few supporting articles about the a-rig craze at O.H. Ivie:
When it all started:
- https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/columns/2021/03/04/an-oklahoma-angler-a-texas-lake-and-an-alabama-rig-equals-a-15-pound-bass/335344007/
- One of the latest ones (Feb 24th) states "slammed the rig the second time he brought it past her": https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Angler-catches-largest-bass-OH-Ivie-Texas-lake-16956101.php
- And apparently there had been some discussion about it last year around this time in this forum

 

[Aaron_H]

 

23 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Kyle Hall with a 16.10 today from Ivie

 

 

[Trox]

Another one...
13.96lbs caught out of Lake Austin by Josh Irvine

 

Josh was nice enough to comment on how he caught this one too. I'm sure the mouth of Bull creek is about to be a zoo...

 

[Big Swimbait]

This 17.06 beast was in late February. https://www.fieldandstream.com/fishing/largemouth-bass-lake-record-texas/?utm_campaign=trueanthem_manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2yMt9c4IQmnbbi1gxaSuRjHZ5JOj5mO0C-gs7amPC5ZeBjR1N0dp9MJt0

[Trox]

Looks like we missed 14.34lber caught on March 6th from Sam Rayburn

 

 

 

14.82lber coming out of O.H. Ivie today

 

 

[jbsoonerfan]

Are they done taking the fish out of Ivie and transporting them to Athens? It's almost ridiculous at this point to keep taking them out.

 

I honestly have no idea.

[Trox]

1 minute ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Are they done taking the fish out of Ivie and transporting them to Athens? It's almost ridiculous at this point to keep taking them out.

Yeah, they've stopped taking fish from Ivie for the moment to make sure that they save room in the hatchery or wherever for other legacy class fish from different lakes... They will still show up and take a DNA sample and all that, but the Ivie fish now immediately go back into Ivie.

[jbsoonerfan]

2 minutes ago, TroxBox said:

Yeah, they've stopped taking fish from Ivie for the moment to make sure that they save room in the hatchery or wherever for other legacy class fish from different lakes... They will still show up and take a DNA sample and all that, but the Ivie fish now immediately go back into Ivie.

Gotcha! I was wondering if they would only take a certain amount.

[Trox]

Oooh, we get two today...  13.27lb from Lake Nacogdoches caught by Kellie Renfro

 

[jbsoonerfan]

I remember posting about how Texas has the best management program in the country because of the SAL program and I was told I was an idiot because Florida is far and away the big bass capital of the world. Interesting.................

[Trox]

15.66 caught by a Mike Ybarra out of Lake Daniel today. Pending lake record by over 2lbs. That makes 21 13+ pound bass so far this year in the Lone Star State.

 

[Trox]

Latest legacy catch 14.46lbs out of O.H. Ivie by Tim Manley.

 

I’ve caught a 24” fish before that weighed 7.5lbs… this one is almost an inch shorter than that and about double the weight. Unreal. The thing looks like a basketball

 

[Aaron_H]

The proportions on that bass are absolutely bonkers.

[Catt]

On 3/10/2022 at 9:51 PM, jbsoonerfan said:

Are they done taking the fish out of Ivie and transporting them to Athens?

 

Y'all are aware giving the bass to ShareLunker is completely voluntary?

 

Not every qualifying bass is taken back to Athens.

 

All the biologists want is a DNA sample.

[jbsoonerfan]

50 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

Y'all are aware giving the bass to ShareLunker is completely voluntary?

 

Not every qualifying bass is taken back to Athens.

 

All the biologists want is a DNA sample.

Fully aware. I didn't know if they would even take anymore from Ivie and apparently they aren't.

[Dwight Hottle]

On 3/10/2022 at 11:48 PM, jbsoonerfan said:

I remember posting about how Texas has the best management program in the country because of the SAL program and I was told I was an idiot because Florida is far and away the big bass capital of the world. Interesting.................

 

Florida has traditionally been the big bass capital for a long time but Texas is kicking butt for for the last few years. The Texas SAL program is the number one program in the country benefiting the lunker catch rates throughout the state. The current splurge of big bass being caught in Texas reminds me of the Cali heydays. 

[Basseditor]

They would like anglers to report all 8 lb. + bass via their app. And, send in a scale sample so they can build a database and record the program's progress. Just imagine what they would learn if we Texans did this. Sorry, I'm guilty of not reporting my 8+. 

 

On the other hand, and other than a few people, people are not going out and consistently catching DDs. There are days when you can't buy a bite, even with $30,000 of electronics on your boat.

[Sam Spade]

Are the lunkers in Ivie still coming from the A-rig/Livescope combo? Last I heard, that's what pretty much everyone who had the resources was doing...

[shimmy]

Is there a particular depth that everyone is targeting with the A-rig there? Main lake points? Secondary points? Are people fishing a specific type of location for that? I am unfamiliar with the lake. Just awesome to see big bass consistently caught out there.