Your Personal Best LMB or SMB?

[Bass_Akwards]

I was curious to know a few details about everyones personal best LMB or SMB.

1. How big was it?

2. What Bait did you catch it on?

3. General time of day and weather? (was it noon on a bluebird sky day? After dark on a cloudy night after a storm front?)

4. What Month of the year?

[roadwarrior]

The bronzebacks in my avatar.

Caught and released on the Tennessee River

below Pickwick Dam in January, 2005. Bright,

sunny day, rising barometer, water temperature

47*, big shinners on a split shot rig.

The fat one was caught about 11:30, the longer

fish about 1:00. The fat bass was just over 7 lbs

and the hardest fighting freshwater fish I have

ever caught. The other smallmouth is my PB,

about 4" longer, but only a pound heavier.

8-)

[salmicropterus]

LM at 8.80# caught at Lake Okeechobee near Clewiston. Caught on a Bass Magic 5.5" hollow body swimbait, Caught at Noon or so in pre-frontal conditions-warm and windy with some cloud cover.

No SM down here but largest Florida Peacock (Florida Smallmouth I call them ) at 6.72# caught on a spook-early morning warm day clear sky.

[etommy28]

11.1 pounds. I caught it on a rage tail anaconda in redbug at about 10am in a local lake near where I live in Ft. myers.

[zero limit]

LM about 3 1/2 or 4lbs (not sure)caught and released warm june morning this past summer

booyha boogee bait, color chart./white

[Goose52]

7-12 / 26" largemouth (see avatar photo) caught on a 3/8oz firetiger Roostertail in-line spinner at about 3pm on October 18, 2009. Nice, sunny October day with both water and air temps probably somewhere in the 60s.

Adding per Paul's request: Fishing from the earthen dam of a 25 acre lake - hooked-up probably about 7-10 feet deep, 60-70 feet off the bank.

[Paul Roberts]

Interesting:

I think it would be a good idea to state the size of water body and depth fish came from. Time of day would be nice, but I'll have to check my journals for that:

22" LM: Deep overcast day with rain in August from a large (60acre) quarry (80+ feet deep). Caught in 5fow. Sometime mid-day (after I got around to that particular spot).

The largest I've got a thumb latch onto was a buddies 23" that was caught in 6fow on a dead-sticked jig in a small (6acre) 12ft deep pond. It was in early August and I distinctly remember the day was partly sunny with huge popcorn shaped cumulus -likely representing a high BP pattern with dropping pressure due to developing thunderheads. Mid-afternoon (?).

20"SM: 7fow in small (30acre) lake (16feet deep) on swum jig in June. Overcast from developing front. Late afternoon -~5pm(?).

[J Francho]

Smallmouth - 5-4, August, 1995, Lake Ontario, 26 FOW, live softshell crab (recently moulted crawfish) on split shot rig. Can't remember time of day, but a 6-4 was boated by my ex earlier that morning.

Largemouth - 7-2, July, 2005, Lake Ontario bay, 20+ FOW, 10" Berkley Power Worm - black, 1/2 oz. TT bullet weight - free, late afternoon on a clear blue day.

[ring fry]

10.25 largemouth, jig n pig, Purtis Creek St. Park, Texas, ealy December, blue bird day, 11:00 am.  Only caught 5 fish that day on 5 different lures.

Smallmouth 4#, Wolf Creek power plant, Kansas, noonish, zara spook, February, cloudy, and caught a bunch of fish that day.

[mikesjet]

Biggest smallmouth was last march on the juniata around Newton Hamilton.  4.5lb on a smoke 3in gitzit.  Funny thing was it was about 25yds away from the ramp where i hooked her.

Biggest largemouth was last yr in Late april at Raystown lake.  25 feet of water with drowned wood on bottom, DT16 in bluegill.  That one was about 4lb. I think it was very respectable considering the lake.

[Wayne P.]

Smallmouth: 21", 5# 8oz. caught at 20,000 acre Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. Lure: 4" Zoom curlytail worm (cherryseed) on a split shot rig in 10' depth. Mid-day clear sky, about 60 degrees.

4/20/2001

Largemouth: 25 1/2", 10# 6oz. caught at 62 acre Chris Green Lake, Albemarle County, Va. Lure: Zoom Finesse worm (watermelon/red) weedless wacky rigged in 5' depth. Mid-day, clear sky about 70 degrees.5/17/2006

Longest bass: Largemouth, 27", 10# 4oz. caught at 845 acre Briery Creek Lake, Virginia. Lure: Zoom Finesse worm (watermelon/red) weedless wacky rigged in 4' depth. Mid-day, cloudy, about 60 degrees.

4/22/2005

[Gatorbassman]

9.98lb Largemouth

Caught out of submerged grass in 7ft of water on a 1/16th oz Mojo rigged Trick Worm on a #1 offset worm hook, 8lb test fluorocarbon line.

Sept 9th 2006 while fishing in a tournament with Senko77.

[Wild Bill [NY]]

LM: 8.00 pounds, weighed on three digital scales.

Bright sunny day, mid-day, in mid-May.

Pitched a 6 inch wacky-rigged Senko to a dock in about 8 feet of water, located in Discovery Bay in the California Delta, using 14 test Coploymer. It was about 80 degrees that day.

In a boat.

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LM: 7.94 , weighed on two digital scales.

Cool windy day,with bright sun, about 45 degrees air temp.

Dragging a t-rigged weightless 5-inch Senko in the rim canal of Lake Okeechobee, at the northern end of the lake.

In a boat.

End of January, nasty three day cold front; third day of it.

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LM: 7.76 pounds , weighed on two digitals.

Bright sunny day, about 80 degrees air temp,; mid-day.

Pitching a 6 inch t-rigged lizard to a tree in about 7 feet of water in Lake Fork, Texas.

In Kelly Jordan's boat.

Was in an early May.

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LM: 7.40 pounds weighed on a digital.

Bright sunny day, about 70 degrees air temp.

In Septemeber.

Caught on a ballhead jighead with a two inch Niny Craw, on 8 pound copolymer.

Caught in a man-made reservoir in Northern NJ that does not allow boating.

Wading in waders.

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LM: 7.20 pounds.

Bright sunny day, late afternoon; approx 80 air temp.

On a 4th of July weekend.

Chatreuse spinnerbait in about 4 feet of water.

Caught in a man-made 2 acre pond in a Long Island, NY State Park near my home.

Bank-fishing.

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LM: 7.15 pounds

Bright sunny afternoon in about 65 degree water, 75 air temp.

Caught from about 12 feet of water, on Table Rock Lake in mid-April.

In a boat.

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I have not gotten any fish mounted yet; waiting for the ten pounder for that, and it would be a fiberglass replica.

Free the fighter; give somebody else a chance to enjoy her, and give her the chance to breed again from that good gene pool.

[Hawghead]

I was curious to know a few details about everyones personal best LMB or SMB.

1. How big was it? 9 lbs

2. What Bait did you catch it on? Watermelonseed baby brushhog

3. General time of day and weather? (was it noon on a bluebird sky day? After dark on a cloudy night after a storm front?)

Sunny dad, Good Friday (dont worry we had already bought fish to eat ) Sunny day. Very warm sunny day had her up and moving.

Caught in the shallows maybe 3 or 4 feet of water from a Small plastic 'bass boat'.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

9.98lb Largemouth

Caught out of submerged grass in 7ft of water on a 1/16th oz Mojo rigged Trick Worm on a #1 offset worm hook, 8lb test fluorocarbon line.

Sept 9th 2006 while fishing in a tournament with Senko77.

LOL, again and always at 9.98.  (Sorry man   ;D)

My biggest LM with a scale was 6-4, caught on a Mattlures Hardgill around 11am, spring time.  Largest without a scale was estimated around 7 and change.

Biggest SM is 4-11 (4X), all caught on a jerkbait in April, small pond in Vermont.

[J Francho]

Free the fighter; give somebody else a chance to enjoy her, and give her the chance to breed again from that good gene pool.

Amen to that...

Bill, impressive list man.  I've fished Okeechobee and Kissimmee quite a few times, never nailed a trophy.  What about PB NY bass?

[Paul Roberts]

LM: 8.00 pounds, weighed on three digital scales.

Bright sunny day, mid-day, in mid-May.

Pitched a 6 inch wacky-rigged Senko to a dock in about 8 feet of water, located in Discovery Bay in the California Delta, using 14 test Coploymer. It was about 80 degrees that day.

In a boat.

.................................................

LM: 7.94 , weighed on two digital scales.

Cool windy day,with bright sun, about 45 degrees air temp.

Dragging a t-rigged weightless 5-inch Senko in the rim canal of Lake Okeechobee, at the northern end of the lake.

In a boat.

..........................................

LM: 7.76 pounds , weighed on two digitals.

Bright sunny day, about 80 degrees air temp,; mid-day.

Pitching a 6 inch t-rigged lizard to a tree in about 7 feet of water in Lake Fork, Texas.

In Kelly Jordan's boat

...........................................

LM: 7.40 pounds weighed on a digital.

Bright sunny day, about 70 degrees air temp.

Caught on a ballhead jighead with a two inch Niny Craw, on 8 pound copolymer.

Caught in a man-made reservoir in Northern NJ that does not allow boating.

Wading in waders.

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LM: 7.20 pounds.

Bright sunny day, late afternoon; approx 80 air temp.

Chatreuse spinnerbait in about 4 feet of water.

Caught in a man-made 2 acre pond in a long Island, NY State Park near my home.

Bank-fishing.

..........................................

LM: 7.15 pounds

Bright sunny afternoon in about 65 degree water, 75 air temp.

Caught from about 12 feet of water, on Table Rock Lake in mid-April.

In a boat.

............................

I have not gotten any fish mounted yet; waiting for the ten pounder for that, and it would be a fiberglass replica.

Free the fighter; give somebody else a chance to enjoy her, and give her the chance to breed again from that good gene pool.

WildBill, can you give us month of the year on those?

[Paul Roberts]

Let's definitely get the month, if not date, in there. Todd, can you edit your initial post to add month of the year?

[Raul]

Don 't have picture of it.

Weight = 13.86 lbs

Bait = Rapala Shad Rap SR7 SD

Rod = Berkley Ligthing Rod LR16 5 '6"

Reel = Abu Garcia Ambassadeur XLT Plus

Line = Trilene Big Game 10 lbs

Place = Presa Emilio Portes Gil aka " San Lorenzo ", Tamaulipas.

Month = March 7, 1989

Weather = Clear bluebird skies, sunny, slightly windy

Time = exactly ? man I don 't have that good of a memory but it was between 12 and 3 pm.

[Choke Canyon Boy]

My personal best largemouth was caught upriver at Choke Canyon while I was fishing for white bass. It was about 3 PM and partly cloudy and the air tempature was around 85 degrees. The water was prob 75 degrees. I was using a strike king 4s crankbait in sexy shad. I caught this bass of a submerged tree near a river bend. This bass weighed 6.85 lbs...

[Paul Roberts]

My personal best largemouth was caught upriver at Choke Canyon while I was fishing for white bass. It was about 3 PM and partly cloudy and the air tempature was around 85 degrees. The water was prob 75 degrees. I was using a strike king 4s crankbait in sexy shad. I caught this bass of a submerged tree near a river bend. This bass weighed 6.85 lbs...

What month was that?

[WRB]

I was curious to know a few details about everyones personal best LMB or SMB.

1. How big was it? 19.3 lbs

2. What Bait did you catch it on? custom hair jig with Super Pork trailer.

3. General time of day and weather? (was it noon on a bluebird sky day? After dark on a cloudy night after a storm front?) March 3rd, 1994 was raining, light wind and perfect pre spawn conditions, water temperature 62 degrees. This bass was the 3rd of 4 bass I would catch that morning around 9 o'clock. I tried to catch the 5th bass to fill out my limit, but was concerned about keeping the bass healthy and stopped fishing to get the bass weighed. It's hard to imagine, I was dissapointed at that time the bass wasn't 20 lbs+ and released it soon after weighing. Lake Castaic, CA.

WRB

Castaic (main lake) was at it's prime in 1994 and has never regained it's giant bass population, since striped bass were accidently introduced.

[Eternal Angler]

8 pound Largemouth Bass caught on a Beetle Spin

[calikahlua]

8.6# LMB out of a golf course pond in SoCal

[Paul Roberts]

8 pound Largemouth Bass caught on a Beetle Spin

What month was it caught? Do you remember the weather? Maybe time of day?