5 DD's in 7 days!

[22RangerZ520R]

God lined up the stars again for my first trip of 2025!

 

He gave me the opportunity to cross the path with five DD bass in 7 days!!!  My best 5 for the trip went 54lbs!  Also had a 8lb 4oz, 7lb 4oz and 6lb 4oz.  The breakdown of the top 5:

 

11lb 4oz / 25¾" L × 21" G

11lb 4oz / 25½" L × 21½" G

11lb / 25½" L × 21" G

10lb 8oz / 25½" L × 19½" G

10lb / 24" L × 20½" G

 

I've been trophy hunting for ten years now and this trip is what it's all about!  I still can't believe what went down.  The first 11lb 4oz hit the net within the first few hours of day 1 of the trip!  I was on cloud 9 and told myself any fish from that point on was just a bonus, not knowing four more DD's would hit the net before it was over!

 

I was able to watch all five DDs eat on the new Mega Live 2.  I also was able to hone my mental fortitude this trip by sometimes going 6-7 hours with zero activity/hits and staying mentally in the game.  I weighed all the DD's multiple times on my IGFA certified 15lb Boga Grip.  As usual, my custom F5 rods paired with the Calcutta Conquest 400MD's put in work!  All were caught on various swimbaits.

The series of pics below are in order of the top 5 listed above (better quality pics on IG - 22RangerZ520R, had to resize/shrink them to post here).  Man, it's going to be very hard to top this trip and I'm smiling ear to ear just typing this.  Can't wait to go again....!

[Jar11591]

Doesn’t get much more epic than that. Incredible. 
 

[GaryH]

Congrats. 👏👏👏 that was definitely a dream trip.

[The Baron]

That’s an epic trip! 🤯😎

 

When our season opens, I’ll be hunting for a Canadian DD (that’s 5 pounds on the metric system 😝)

[king fisher]

 Congratulations. Could you please message me the gps numbers where each DD was caught.

[flatcreek]

Nice!

[GreenPig]

Brother, that's incredible. You're definitely in the right area for big girls, throwing the right swimbait. What swimbaits did you catch those girls on?

[Swamp Girl]

My takeaway is that you catch DDs in heavy fog. Look at those shorelines!

[A-Jay]

Remarkable bag of Bass ~ @22RangerZ520R

Congrats.

However, what's far more impressive to me at least,

is the 10 YEARS of Blood Sweat & Tears it took

to put yourself in the right place at the right time doing the right thing.

Day after day, month after month, year after year all for days like this.

It rarely happens by accident.

Figure Two years of fishing your Arse off in all types of conditions,

for each one of the beauties.

I know how hard you work at it too.

The planning & preparation, the time, the travel, the sacrifice & the drive to stick with it

not willing to settle for less. 

THAT'S what it takes.

Congrats again.

btw, nice job on the pics, especially if you were fishing solo. 

Ice out/open water may be later this year here.

A-Jay

[12poundbass]

Well done Brad. Hard work and dedication sure pays off and you’ve proven that many times over the years.

[Pat Brown]

That's absolutely incredible.  Not much more can be said!  Hard to imagine a week like that.

[Bankbeater]

Congratulations!  I think you found them.

[Alex from GA]

😊😊😊 Terrific.

[Fishlegs]

54 lbs? Congrats, man! That’s awesome!

[AlabamaSpothunter]

Incredible!

 

What state were you in?   You fishing with a guide or anybody else?

[Swamp Girl]

4 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Incredible!

 

What state were you in?   You fishing with a guide or anybody else?

 

With all that fog, I figure he was fishing in Maine. We must have one of those powerplant lakes that never freeze. I just wish I knew where it is. 

[Bird]

Are you Josh Jones ❓

Be honest !

[22RangerZ520R]

On 3/2/2025 at 8:12 AM, Jar11591 said:

Doesn’t get much more epic than that. Incredible. 
 

 

Thanks.  It's definitely going to be hard for me to beat.

On 3/2/2025 at 8:14 AM, GaryH said:

Congrats. 👏👏👏 that was definitely a dream trip.

 

Appreciate it, it's still sinking in for me.

On 3/2/2025 at 8:17 AM, The Baron said:

That’s an epic trip! 🤯😎

 

When our season opens, I’ll be hunting for a Canadian DD (that’s 5 pounds on the metric system 😝)

 

Appreciate it sir!

On 3/2/2025 at 8:25 AM, king fisher said:

 Congratulations. Could you please message me the gps numbers where each DD was caught.

 

Appreciate it sir!  Lol on waypoints 

On 3/2/2025 at 8:30 AM, flatcreek said:

Nice!

 

Thanks

[22RangerZ520R]

On 3/2/2025 at 8:53 AM, GreenPig said:

Brother, that's incredible. You're definitely in the right area for big girls, throwing the right swimbait. What swimbaits did you catch those girls on?

 

Appreciate it sir.  I'm not going to disclose exact baits at this time, hope you can understand. 

On 3/2/2025 at 9:08 AM, Swamp Girl said:

My takeaway is that you catch DDs in heavy fog. Look at those shorelines!

 

Very foggy... lol

[22RangerZ520R]

On 3/2/2025 at 9:33 AM, A-Jay said:

Remarkable bag of Bass ~ @22RangerZ520R

Congrats.

However, what's far more impressive to me at least,

is the 10 YEARS of Blood Sweat & Tears it took

to put yourself in the right place at the right time doing the right thing.

Day after day, month after month, year after year all for days like this.

It rarely happens by accident.

Figure Two years of fishing your Arse off in all types of conditions,

for each one of the beauties.

I know how hard you work at it too.

The planning & preparation, the time, the travel, the sacrifice & the drive to stick with it

not willing to settle for less. 

THAT'S what it takes.

Congrats again.

btw, nice job on the pics, especially if you were fishing solo. 

Ice out/open water may be later this year here.

A-Jay

 

Appreciate it sir.  Yeah, I have put in a bunch of effort and had many slices of humble pie along the way.  It makes it that much more sweeter!  I go solo all the time, so the pics are with an old school tripod that I did videos on my phone then took video captures for the pics.  Guess I need to get with the times and get a GoPro...lol.

On 3/2/2025 at 9:37 AM, 12poundbass said:

Well done Brad. Hard work and dedication sure pays off and you’ve proven that many times over the years.

 

Appreciate the kind words sir.

On 3/2/2025 at 9:40 AM, Pat Brown said:

That's absolutely incredible.  Not much more can be said!  Hard to imagine a week like that.

 

Thanks!  It was incredible 

On 3/2/2025 at 9:57 AM, Bankbeater said:

Congratulations!  I think you found them.

 

Appreciate it.  I missed two that were probably DD's as well.

On 3/2/2025 at 1:47 PM, Alex from GA said:

😊😊😊 Terrific.

 

Thanks!

21 hours ago, Fishlegs said:

54 lbs? Congrats, man! That’s awesome!

 

Yeah, crazy to think some guys have caught 50lb bags in one day.  I was tickled pink to get 54lb over 7 days!

21 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Incredible!

 

What state were you in?   You fishing with a guide or anybody else?

 

Thanks!  I'm no disclosing location and exact baits at this time.  I've been burnt in the past with giving out too much info and I'm going to use a little internet wisdom on this, hope you can understand.

17 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

With all that fog, I figure he was fishing in Maine. We must have one of those powerplant lakes that never freeze. I just wish I knew where it is. 

 

Lol, yeah it was Maine

17 hours ago, Bird said:

Are you Josh Jones ❓

Be honest !

 

Nah, I'll never catch his DD count!  I'm at 13 DD's as of right now.  The goals are a teener largemouth and a 8lb+ smallie.

[Swamp Girl]

16 minutes ago, 22RangerZ520R said:

Lol, yeah it was Maine

 

I knew it! Now I know where to look and what to look for:

 

2022 Ranger Z520R | 2022 F250 Platinum 

Apex19 | (2)Apex 16's | Mega360 | Mega Live 2

[A-Jay]

19 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

I knew it! Now I know where to look and what to look for:

 

2022 Ranger Z520R | 2022 F250 Platinum 

Apex19 | (2)Apex 16's | Mega360 | Mega Live 2

Don't forget the power head ~

#jealous

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

Don't forget the power head

 

I will look for the power head!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psst. Does anyone know what a power head is?

[TnRiver46]

If you’ve ever had to replace a power head, you’ll never forget 

 

💴 

[softwateronly]

Congrats to you!!!  That is a week or a lifetime...

 

scott