Tough Conditions and Varner Monsters

[Randall]

I have had two tough days of fishing at lake Varner. Bright bluebird skies, high barometric pressure, and cool unstable water temps. From the pics you can't tell it was tough but it was. Saturday I fished for five hours without a single bite but in the few minutes the fish did bite the two guys I was fishing with and myself made good of it putting three big fish in the boat that weighed almost thirty pounds. We had a 11lb 14oz fish, an eight pounder and  a nine pound seven ounce fish all caught on jigheads with a trickworm attached.  Sunday we once again went for hours with out a bite then hooked three hybrids in about one minutes time on spoons but only landed one of them. Caught a small LM bass on a spoon just a few minutes later. Then we went for hours again without a single bite until we found a couple big fish willing to bite including an odd shaped  10lb 2oz monster of a fish that had a huge head and wide back but no gut. The two big fish hit  trickworms on a jighead. We also ended up catching  a few more small bass just before dark. Just goes to show that after hours of no bites your next cast could be the one. The fish in this pic was 9lb 7oz. I had to borrow a camera after draining the batteries in my camera so the pics a little small.

[Randall]

Here are the guys I fished with Sunday with the best three fish we caught including the odd shaped 10lb 2oz fish.

[Randall]

This fish was caught Saturday and was way bigger than it actually looks in the photo. It weighed 11lb 14oz and was shaped like a torpedo. Long, lean and solid muscle. It fought for a long time on eight pound line but finally gave up and came into the boat for a photo and release.

[Randall]

Here is one more fish from Saturday. I didn't weigh it but I am guessing it was around eight pounds.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

Same ol' story.  Those few bites were well worth the wait in my book.  Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:o  That 10-2 ...... Holy cow.  Never seen such a thing.  "The one that could have been"

[roadwarrior]

Well...Just amazing.

I sure hope conditions improve so maybe you can have a "good day."

You guys are sooooooo spoiled!

[Gatorbassman]

What the crap.  > I guess I am jinxed. Those fish are great.

[5bass]

Atta boy Randall.....that one bass is kinda freaky lookin'.

[Keithscatch]

Nice catching indeed. That lake might be the top bass lake in the country right now???

[fourbizz]

That is incredible Randall! You guys are on some great fish. That 10-2 must be on an old age slide or something. Looks like she used to be a teen fish to me. Awesome, simply awesome.

[Bassassasin12]

"the fish from outer space"

My goodness, how many DD's do you have under your belt from varner. It seems like every weekend you get a couple.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

I am gonna keep saying this every time you post pics of these pigs...Pennsylvania is only 10.5 hours away from you, just let me know and i will put in the leave slips for a nice long weekend!!!

Great looking, if odd, fish you have there.

[Hula Popper]

Jeez Randall, It seems like every day there is a new thread here with Varner hawgs that are bigger than any fish I've ever caught.

Nice going!

[Redtail]

In New England a 5 or 6 lb Largemouth is considered a pretty big fish and is always a thrill to catch!

I can't even imagine catching fish twice as big - that's incredible!  Those fish are crazy nice.

I think that 10.2 is a female fish - very curvy!

Thanks for the great pictures and making us drool.

[New 2 Bass]

Yeah real tough.

I see only smiles and hawgs.

Great job.

[chs773]

nice catches