Super User Matt Fly Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 Was curious, saw a post on an 18.5 lb bass out of the Satilla river. The man was from Georgia, I googled the river as well, shows to be in Georgia. Any stories on this past weekend bass?
Super User fishfordollars Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 There is a picture of it on the TFF. If that fish weighs 18.5 then the 6.11 I caught fishing with Catt last week had to weigh twelve.
Super User Matt Fly Posted May 18, 2009 Author Super User Posted May 18, 2009 Pictures don't come close to doing fish justice most of the times.
mase088 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Kind of makes a 22lber out of Ga sound more believable doesn't it?
Super User WRB Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 Must have used the Perry scale to weigh it. Poor picture, the profile looks good enough to determine a 75% girth to length body type bass. Would estimate this bass to be under 15 lbs. Does anyone know what the bass was weighed on or any measurements? WRB
Md Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Hahaha! "I going to eat him!"....This is going to get good. ;D
Super User roadwarrior Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 Kind of makes a 22lber out of Ga sound more believable doesn't it? No. Fish that get eaten or stuffed don't grow much more. I suspect that's an issue in Georgia and I'm sure it is in Florida. It really doesn't take that much to be someone's "fish of a lifetime". They have every legal right to keep the fish, and like the Dude pictured said, eat it! :-X
mase088 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I'm just saying that some fisheries in Ga are capable of growing fish that big under the right conditions. Nothing about him eating his fish or about Perry keeping his. Almost like a little bit more evidence for the guys that don't believe the record is true.
Super User Matt Fly Posted May 18, 2009 Author Super User Posted May 18, 2009 Eating fish is a problem everywhere. Some fish for sport, some fish for supper.
Super User Hammer 4 Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 The only problem is, at least here in Cali, is that Bass aren't stocked, while most other fish are, i.e. trout, catfish ect. He probably wasn't even fishing for bass, as in alot of cases they hook a nightcrawler on, hopeing to get a big catfish, and wind up taking a healthy Bass, and a good sized female at that...CPR always. Got my flame suit on, so fire away..
Super User SirSnookalot Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 I'm a catch & release guy, but on occasion if I get a legal dolphin or snook I'll take it home. When I moved to Florida I was really bothered by the amount of fish taken for food. Now that I've been here for 5 years and see the type of people taking them I totally understand, I'm no longer bothered by it. I see this one fellow everyday, gets to the inlet about 4 am and goes thru dozens of garbage containers collecting cans for scrap value. Then he casts a net for fish and sells them to local markets. This is how he makes a living, I have the utmost respect for him, he always gets a fish I don't want.
aarogb Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 That fish sure doesn't look like 18 1/2 lbs. but I could be wrong. Thats just my opinion.
Super User CWB Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 Doesn't look to be 18 1/2 lbs but I'm no expert. Pictures can be deceiving. Big bug eyes to me always means a huge fish. If he wants to eat it, that's his legal right.
YNCBASSMAN Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 I grew up near the Satilla River in Hazlehurst, Georgia. The river (if you want to call it that) fluctuates tremendously throughout the year, I've seen it overflowing bridges and low enough to jump across. There are little lakes or holes that the river floods occasionally, maybe that's where it was caught, but I can't see this fish coming from the main river. I'll be up that way in a couple weeks, might have to throw a line in!!
YNCBASSMAN Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 the following is from the Georgia - "Discover the Satilla River" website. Largemouth Bass - Though not known for its bass population, largemouth are present in sufficient numbers in the Satilla. Expect most catches in the 10 to 12-inch range, but the occassional lunker is lurking. Technique - Typical bass lures work, but it's hard to beat a shallow-diving minnow plug during the spring.
CRFisher Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 How can you judge the bass's weight from the photo? Otis might be 6'11" or he could be 5'3".
Eddie Munster Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Bigger than any bass I ever caught and without knowing how big Otis is and no details on how it was weighed, can't say one way or another.
BassResource.com Advertiser FD. Posted May 18, 2009 BassResource.com Advertiser Posted May 18, 2009 I would agree with WRB. I saw a 13.85 caught this Feb in a tourny out of Camp Mack. It was caught by Wayne Yonn and it looked much bigger than Otis's fish. Unless Otis is a former NBA center, that is. :
Eddie Munster Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Copied from another forum (GON). Supposedly someone made a call to the newspaper and got the skinny. "Well a very nice young lady from the paper just called me on the phone an gave me the run down. Said it was the biggest bass she had ever seen but the man told them the weight before taking the picture but this weight was not comfirmed by anyone at the paper. So guess we'll never really know. I would think though if the guy was pulling a hoax he would not have run home to eat it. Otis told the reporter that it cost to much to have it mounted!! "
bass wrangler569 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Copied from another forum (GON). Supposedly someone made a call to the newspaper and got the skinny. "Well a very nice young lady from the paper just called me on the phone an gave me the run down. Said it was the biggest bass she had ever seen but the man told them the weight before taking the picture but this weight was not comfirmed by anyone at the paper. So guess we'll never really know. I would think though if the guy was pulling a hoax he would not have run home to eat it. Otis told the reporter that it cost to much to have it mounted!! " If he would have asked around I suspect he could have got it mounted for free. I don't know a whole lot of taxidermists (outside of california, where bass like that are commonplace) who would turn down the opportunity to mount a 18.5lb largemouth.
Eddie Munster Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Good point wrangler. Kind of makes you wonder who spoke with the guy and if they got any more info out of him like how he weighed it or how long it is, etc....
DINK WHISPERER Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 No. Fish that get eaten or stuffed don't grow much more. I suspect that's an issue in Georgia and I'm sure it is in Florida. It really doesn't take that much to be someone's "fish of a lifetime". They have every legal right to keep the fish, and like the Dude pictured said, eat it! :-X How do you know it is an issue in FL?
Super User cart7t Posted May 18, 2009 Super User Posted May 18, 2009 18lber from Florida some dude named fish chris with another 18lber. an 18-3 from Bacarrac. I dunno. There are a few things that can distort visual perspective in a photo. Distance from the lens and the actual lens itself. A wide angle lens tends to distort images to be larger than they are the closer they are to the lens. Looks like a really cheap camera was used to take that photo.
bass wrangler569 Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Good point wrangler. Kind of makes you wonder who spoke with the guy and if they got any more info out of him like how he weighed it or how long it is, etc.... yeah it does, I'd like to know if he actually weighed it or if that was his "professional estimation"
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