Super User Matt Fly Posted March 7, 2006 Super User Posted March 7, 2006 I was off in my accounting, #406 or the 16th sharelunker this season thus far. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/budsharelunker/archives/lunkerdetails.phtml?fishid=406 Do you think he was targeting crappie with a beetlespin and got lucky? Quote
FALCON Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 WOW!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU GUYS FEEDING YOUR BASS I TEXAS????????????? WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FISH. Quote
paparock Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Hey Matt_Fly. When I had my old fishing resort on the South Fork of the Spring River the beetle was not only the best selling lure but caught the biggest variety of fish from bream to largemouth. I doubt he was targeting a lunker but put the beetlespin in front of a hungry lunker and it looked eatable. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted March 7, 2006 Super User Posted March 7, 2006 I am starting to believe the old saying that things grow bigger in Texas!!!! Quote
Hookem Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 Thats what I said on another post........ btw, our current state record LM was caught by a crappie fisherman and the current state record crappie was caught by a guy bass fishing. An update.....They keep on coming.... 2 of the fish had already spawned! One on a beetle spin I am neither of these fisher(persons). :'( TPWD News Release Four Fish in Three Days from Four Lakes ATHENS, TexasFriday afternoon David Utz of Lovelady did what no other angler in the 20-year history of the Budweiser ShareLunker program has done: Caught 13-pound-plus fish on back-to-back days. About 6:00 p.m. March 3 Utz pulled a 13.03-pound bass from Lake Ratcliff in the Davy Crockett National Forest, the day after he caught a 13.65-pounder from the same lake. His entries became numbers 402 and 403. Utz was using a jig and pig in 5 feet of water. The fish was 25.25 inches long and 20.75 inches around. Three other ShareLunkers were caught over the weekend. Dr. Mark Smith of Allen caught number 404 from Lake Fork Saturday. The 14.09-pound fish was 24.75 inches long and 21 inches in girth. Later that same day Tanya Sorter of Hemphill reeled in Budweiser ShareLunker number 405, a 14.25-pounder from Toledo Bend Reservoir. Her fish was 25.75 inches long and 22 inches in girth and was caught on a Rattlin' Rapala. Both the Smith and Sorter fish had already spawned. Sunday morning Trey McCollum of Nacogdoches caught a 13.13-pound bass from San Augustine City Lake, a 200-acre impoundment stocked with Florida largemouth bass in 1979, 1980 and 1992. McCollum was fishing with a Beetle Spin. His fish was 26 inches long and 20.5 inches around, and like the other three was in water between 3 and 5 feet deep. One anglerJim Gorehad two entries into the program on the same day, but one of those entries was a 6.5-pound male, the only fish of that gender ever entered into the program. It was the largest male largemouth bass Budweiser ShareLunker program manager David Campbell had ever seen, and he wanted that fish's genes incorporated into the ShareLunker breeding program. The total number of entries for the current season now stands at 15, with nearly two full months left. Anglers legally catching a 13-pound or bigger largemouth bass in Texas waters may enter it into the ShareLunker program by calling David Campbell at (903) 681-0550 or by paging him at (888) 784-0600. For information on the Budweiser ShareLunker program, including current and previous season records, go to http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/budsharelunker/ The Budweiser ShareLunker program is made possible through support from Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Since 1991, Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, has contributed millions of dollars in funding to support conservation causes and fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation programs in Texas. Quote
Travlin_Man Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 What a hog! I'm surprised that the beettle spin hook would hold a fish that big. There must have been a lot of angling skill involved. Thanks for the post. Quote
Super User Matt Fly Posted March 7, 2006 Author Super User Posted March 7, 2006 I have made comments on other threads about using in-line spinners, althought the beetlespin is not an inline spinner, its small and versitale. I always had good luck on the yellow/red spots. I guess size doesn't matter all the time. LOL Quote
bassin_man Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 That is a nice fish wish I could hook into one of them here in Ne. I have caught both what use to be my pb at 7 lbs 10 oz. and another 5 pounder both on the beetle spin. Quote
SoDak_Bassman Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 I may be mistaken, but don't they make some pretty big beetle spins?? Maybe upwards of 4 inches or so? When you think about it, it would be no different than using a rocket shad, or 1/4 ounce spinner bait. Either way, i wish South Dakota had bass that big, haha. Maybe i'll make a trip to Tx. someday. Quote
Captain Cali Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 :o Are you sure there is no trout stocking program in Texas?? If not there should be because those suckers could challenge the WR, IMO. Bass food dude...all you guys need is a little high protein bass food. ;D Thanks for sharing. I'm in awe... Quote
Madhouse27 Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Might be a good time to buy some stock in the beetle spin company lol. Quote
Hookem Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Are you sure there is no trout stocking program in Texas?? We do have a trout stocking program. Its just not intended for bass dinners. But I might have to start fishing the waters down river from the stockings. 8-) Quote
JT Bagwell Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 WOW!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU GUYS FEEDING YOUR BASS I TEXAS????????????? WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FISH. From the looks of that fish, they must be feeding the bass small children, dogs, S10 pickups and just about anything else it wants. I wish our fish got that big up here. Our state record is only 13-6 or 13-7 and it was caught the year I was born (I will be 30 in 5 days). JT Bagwell Quote
Super User Matt Fly Posted March 8, 2006 Author Super User Posted March 8, 2006 Please take a number and be seated, you'll will called on when the next available spot opens up. NOW SERVING 22,888,043. Hookem matt Quote
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