What's Your PB?!

[fishingJ]

My PB was caught last weekend at my cottage around 8:30am.  It was a 4 pounder smallie caught on a YUM powerbait worm. My PB LM is 3.15 pounds.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

My PB is 9.2 caught back in '95.  Our state record is 10.6,...thought I had it.

The lake it came from has taken a downturn in the last decade but has been making a strong comeback in the last 3 yrs.  If things stay on track as far as growth rates, pressure, etc, I hope to give that record a run in another 3-5 yrs.

The fish are back in the high 6 to low 7lb range again and growing steadily.

For all specie--1011 lbs-Giant Bluefin-Cape Cod bay.

[Hula Popper]

My biggest largemouth is 7.1 lbs. Biggest anything is a ten pound channel catfish. I've also caught a two pound bluegill.

[SBM-RL]

8 lb even yamamoto kreature in MA on a average size lake around 8 pm about a week and a half ago

[j-bass]

my pb

on wheat, grape jelly

j/k I think it was around an 8lber (had a scale, but it was piece of junk) on a firetiger Rattlin Rapala

[ben23]

350 pound 8.5 foot Sand Tiger shark caught right off the beach surf fishing. We caught one that was 8 feet the night before.

ANd for bass its 7.3 poundss and i cuaght a bunch of other nice ones that day to round out a 24 pound 5 fish sack

[FatBoy]

8 lb even yamamoto kreature in MA on a average size lake around 8 pm about a week and a half ago

Dude!  An 8 lb yamamoto kreature bait!?!?  I know GYCB's plastics are heavier than most, but that is a monster.  

Sorry, couldn't resist  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[rocknfish9001]

LBH, just curious, how can you boat so many HUGE bass in the are you are, i have read of several of yours over 6,7 lbs. I also live in a northern climate (MI) and have yet to break the 6 lb. barrier. I mean, are they out of the same lake that has monster potential, or are you hawg hunting with gigantic baits, or are you just better than all of us?  

[Javelin_Venom]

10 lb. largemouth caught at El Salto Mexico this past June. Caught it on a Bomber Crankbait Fat Free Shad fishing the channel drop off.  Released it alive after taking measurements and pics.

[nboucher]

rocknfish, LBH is a terrific fisherman. I've been out with him a few times, and he's fantastic at picking up the bite right away and setting that hook. His home lake is loaded with nice fish, it's true, and he knows every underwater contour and weedbed in it, but you've got to remember, he spends A LOT of time out there. Some days are slow, but he fishes so much that he makes up for them. He likes to say you've got to earn the fish by being out there, and, man, he's earned them. I'll bet if you spent as much time on the water as he does, you'd be hauling in some big guys, too.  

[Al Wolbach]

11lb 7oz Santee-Cooper on pig and jig

Caught a 3lb 8oz Crappie the same day on a Suspending Rogue

Yet to catch a 5+ Smallmouth..................Al

[Bankbeater]

This is bad. 2-7 is the largest LM I have gotten this year. If this keeps up I am going to start charging for dink removal ;D

[Fish Chris]

an 11-8 from Santee Cooper is a really great catch..... But a 3-8 crappie ! Whoo Hooo ! That's an absolute monster ! I'm still looking for my 3.0 plus ! :-)

Peace,

Fish

[roadwarrior]

Species size has a lot to do with the region. 4 lb crappie are certainly a prize, but not uncommon in many of the reserviors in northern Mississippi, just south of Memphis. The same can be said about 10 lb largemouth, 5 lb smallmouth and 30 lb catfish. World Record possibilities in the lower Midwest and Midsouth include all catfish subspecies, sauger, walley, crappie (black & white), white bass, Kentucky bass, smallmouth, brown and rainbow trout, all subspecies of bream, gar, drum, buffalo and carp.

PB:

Largemouth: 12 lbs (estimated weight, 27 1/4"). Public pond.

Smallmouth: Just over 8 lbs. Tennessee River

Kentucky:      4 1/2 lbs Lake Quachita, Arkansas

Striper:       38 lbs. Tennessee River

Blue Catfish: 58 lbs. Mississippi River

Brown trout: 10 lbs. White River, Arkansas

Rainbow trout: 9 lbs. White River, Arkansas

The biggest fish I have ever caught and weighed was a 85 lb. Amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico, but last summer I caught a gar on Bull Shoals fishing a Lucky Craft 128 late at night that was too big to get into the boat!

[Troutfisher]

I think that was the only fish I caught that day, but it's still my best day and best memory yet.  

That's the way with my 3 and 1/2 lb PB.  

[Guest bigtex]

8.5 largemouth bass.  Caught using a Zoom Baby Brush Hog in junebug color t-rig.

private lake

[Raul]

LBH, just curious, how can you boat so many HUGE bass in the are you are, i have read of several of yours over 6,7 lbs. I also live in a northern climate (MI) and have yet to break the 6 lb. barrier. I mean, are they out of the same lake that has monster potential, or are you hawg hunting with gigantic baits, or are you just better than all of us?

It 's not the wand.....it 's the magician.

[senile1]

6.9 lb largemouth

This will change soon or my name isn't Bob.  

Ed

[Guest ouachitabassangler]

On a guided trip near Orlando FL I caught a Florida LMB the guide estimated at a little over 14 pounds. He wasn't impressed, promising I'd beat that, but it didn't happen. It got released and the best caught after that was around 9#. I wish we'd measured it, weighed it on a scale which was in the boat. That trip messed me up towards having hope of ever beating it without going to California. It isn't likely in Arkansas without going to Mallard or Monticello Lake. I'm not in that big a trophy hunting mood since that Florida trip seemed to satisfy that. Here my PB remains 8 1/2# (not certain about exact weight)caught in the 60s. It remained mounted until it fell apart, and there have been quite a number at or slightly above 8# since. One over 9# got caught here last spring, so we still have some that size. One came in at 11# during a tournament a couple years ago. Before the LMBV hit it wasn't a big deal to catch an 8# bass. They are building back up.

Jim

[Minuteman]

I caught a 7Lb 8oz 23 years ago on a nightcrawler from the bank in a private pond. That started me into mainly Bass fishing and I really can't remember the last time I used live bait. I finally came close to topping that this year with a 7Lb 1oz on a crankbait which I consider my PB "legal" tourney rules type Bass. I'm certainly more proud of that one, since I was targeting bass specifically at the time. Strange but, I have never caught a 5 or 6 lb bass and maybe one 4 lber besides them 2 7lbers. My son has a few 4 and 5lbers that he caught while fishing with me.

[BassKing813]

3lb 9oz. T-rigged Zoom Trickworm black. Summer. Late morning.

[jtbassman]

 Species size has a lot to do with the region. 4 lb crappie are certainly a prize, but not uncommon in many of the reserviors in northern Mississippi, just south of Memphis. The same can be said about 10 lb largemouth, 5 lb smallmouth and 30 lb catfish. World Record possibilities in the lower Midwest and Midsouth  include all catfish subspecies, sauger, walley, crappie (black & white), white bass, Kentucky bass, smallmouth, brown and rainbow trout, all subspecies of bream, gar, drum, buffalo and carp.

PB:

Largemouth: 12 lbs (estimated weight, 27 1/4"). Public pond.

Smallmouth:  Just over 8 lbs. Tennessee River

Kentucky:      4 1/2 lbs Lake Quachita, Arkansas

Striper:          38 lbs. Tennessee River

Blue Catfish:  58 lbs. Mississippi River

Brown trout:  10 lbs.  White River, Arkansas

Rainbow trout: 9 lbs.  White River, Arkansas

The biggest fish I have ever caught and weighed was a 85 lb. Amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico, but last summer I caught a gar on Bull Shoals fishing a Lucky Craft 128 late at night that was too big to get into the boat!

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You truly are an accomplished fisherman.

Bet you've had to do a lot of traveling to get those records though.

Maybe one day I can post something like that.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

LBH, just curious, how can you boat so many HUGE bass in the are you are, i have read of several of yours over 6,7 lbs. I also live in a northern climate (MI) and have yet to break the 6 lb. barrier. I mean, are they out of the same lake that has monster potential, or are you hawg hunting with gigantic baits, or are you just better than all of us?

Well, for starters, I'm not better than anyone and if I were, I would constantly remind myelf that there are scores of guys that could quickly humble me.

With that said,

Yes, the water I fish 80% of the time has been a hog producer over the years but has had a setback in the last decade. In the last few years, it has been steadily producing larger and larger fish again. It is semi-private and many of the few people that fish it practice catch and release

I have been learning this lake and it's inhabitants behaviors for 20+ yrs

I met my buddy Eric and he got me in the direction of getting away from bank beating and showing me just how productive deeper water can be.

He introduced me to the jig which revealed lots of good info as to where the bigger fish are and when. Then I started reading about why they were there and fishing was a whole new ball game now.

It's a learning process and the best way to learn anything is to spend as much time as possible totally submersed in it.

I dedicate an extremely large amount of my spare time to fishing and when I'm working, I'm planning my next fishing attack.

Time on water is key. Look at alot of the big producers on the site and many of them you'll notice are out there an avg of 5 days a week. That's alot of hours learning. Add the fact that many of these folks have been doing it for 20,30 and 40 yrs.......

And lastly and MOST IMPORTANTLY, the number 1 way to real success is not to obsess on the size or numbers in the pictures,...concentrate on the size of the grin. Observe and enjoy all around you,..not just the fish on the end of the line. This allows for a mindset that will keep the passion alive for years and years to come which brings us back to "time on water"

Keep it simple.

[BLUESKY]

7-15 caught in May on a worm tricked out with an U/J crawfrog, Round Lake in Lake County, Northeastern Il..

[Bean Counter]

Fishing on a private lake I caught one my buddy & I estimated at 10lbs (no scale or camera on board that day) on a spinner bait with a twin tail grub trailer. About an hour later I caught one we estimated at 8 lbs on a wacky rigged senko. By far my best day ever!