shootermcbob Posted May 9, 2011 Posted May 9, 2011 two years ago...didn't have a scale to weigh it so I don't know how much it weighed, only that it was much bigger than anything I have caught before or since. It was barely dusk, and I caught this largemouth on a black jointed jitterbug using a bass pro crankin stick and a cabelas prodigy baitcast reel(I am not sure if using a cabelas reel on a basspro rod is legal in all 50 states ) Largest I have weighed was 3.8 pounds. I caught it last summer on the same black jointed jitterbug...although I don't remember the rod/reel combo for this one. I received that jitterbug as a "throw-in" for a trade I made with a member here...I can't remember who it was now, but thank you. That jitterbug is BEAT UP, and still answers the bell. Quote
Tallent88 Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 9.7 t rigged brush hog working it on the edge of same pads at a beaver hut two others over 7# came from exact spot since Quote
Super User slonezp Posted May 10, 2011 Super User Posted May 10, 2011 She was caught on Ky Lake in 2008 on a crappie minnow. Between 6&7lbs Quote
hookingem Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 You and Chris are both representing Okuma well...hahaha Quote
Fish Chris Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 WRB, I knew you had me beat... twice over.... but I didn't want to say anything until you did I wish you had some photos of those fish..... but because of the time and place you were fishing (and also because it's coming from you) I don't have the slightest doubt. Matt, what's a pound ? That fish is freaking HUGE !!! Great photo too. So cool Peace, Fish Quote
Super User WRB Posted May 10, 2011 Super User Posted May 10, 2011 WRB, I knew you had me beat... twice over.... but I didn't want to say anything until you did I wish you had some photos of those fish..... but because of the time and place you were fishing (and also because it's coming from you) I don't have the slightest doubt. Matt, what's a pound ? That fish is freaking HUGE !!! Great photo too. So cool Peace, Fish One of these days I will learn to post a photo. Reading Nate Fullmers tutorial and hope that works! Just hate to reply without a photo. Back in the dark ages we only carried throughaway Kodak pocket cameras and the film usually went bad by the time we needed a picture. The few I have are photos taken usually by a bystander at the dock as the fish was being released. Today I have a digital camera, just haven't caught any giant bass lately. Both you and Matt have awesome photos of your giant bass, beautiful fish! Tom Quote
Super User Catt Posted May 10, 2011 Super User Posted May 10, 2011 Dang y'all make mine look small WRB I have one of your pictures on my computer, I think! Quote
Super User WRB Posted May 10, 2011 Super User Posted May 10, 2011 Dang y'all make mine look small WRB I have one of your pictures on my computer, I think! I did send you the 18 lb 11 oz picture from Casitas (old bass with a worn out tail)and you tried to help me with a photo bucket link that I managed to screw up! This stuff just baffles me. Your bass is a giant for the lake you fish. It's all about being in the right place at the right time and a lot of luck! Quote
Fishmaster10 Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Largemouth bass: 6 lbs 12 oz Smallmouth bass: No weight, but measured at 20 1/4 inches Quote
Fat-G Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Has anyone else realized the wide array of lures that all of these fish have come on? Topwaters Jigs Swimbaits Live bait Cranks Spinnerbaits Plastics I think this goes to show that catching a big fish has a lot to do with being in the right place at the right time, rather than having the "perfect" bait to make her bite. I think that a number of different lures would have caught the same fish given the same conditions, time of day, and her pure hunger. 1 Quote
TerryR Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 Oddly enough, I caught my PB large and smallmouth while fishing for other species. Smallmouth-5lb, 5oz 21.5 inches on a leech while walleye fishing. Largemouth- not weighed, measured 23.5 inches on a musky sized bucktail spinner while musky fishing. Quote
Super User Catt Posted May 11, 2011 Super User Posted May 11, 2011 I did send you the 18 lb 11 oz picture from Casitas (old bass with a worn out tail)and you tried to help me with a photo bucket link that I managed to screw up! This stuff just baffles me. Your bass is a giant for the lake you fish. It's all about being in the right place at the right time and a lot of luck! Yea I got that picture No dude you got it all wrong! Catching big bass is about the lure & what "Pro" recently won with it Catching big bass is about the name on the side of your rod-n-reel Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted May 11, 2011 Super User Posted May 11, 2011 The 6-02 in my avatar. Caught him on a jitterbug about 6 in the morning. Only caught two LMB that day and the other was a dink Quote
Randall Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 I tried a photo but it wouldn't post for some reason. Here is a video of my PB caught on a High Power Herring swimbait. It was a topwater strike with the fish coming out of the water. It was still almost 16lbs a while after it was caught and had spit up a big shad. Had to wait for a buddy to bring me a good scale as I only had a rusty spring scale in the boat. Quote
Mono Man in IL Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 8.14 3/25/87 from Bull Shoals Lake jerking a silver/blue back spoonbill Rebel. Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted May 13, 2011 Super User Posted May 13, 2011 Has anyone else realized the wide array of lures that all of these fish have come on? Topwaters Jigs Swimbaits Live bait Cranks Spinnerbaits Plastics I think this goes to show that catching a big fish has a lot to do with being in the right place at the right time, rather than having the "perfect" bait to make her bite. I think that a number of different lures would have caught the same fish given the same conditions, time of day, and her pure hunger. I posted in this thread early on and forgot all about it, but I just read thru it all again and your're 100% correct, it's being at the right place at the right time with the right lure! Quote
WdyCrankbait Posted May 15, 2011 Posted May 15, 2011 I got one at 5# on topwater Super Spook. That was pretty cool, the whole lure just dissappeared on the bite. I got another one a couple of weeks ago that I felt was a little bigger, probably 5.5#. But, after looking at all these huge bass everyone else is catching I need to go fishing with you guys!! Quote
Bass_Fanatic Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 10 lbs 1 oz on a Zoom Trick worm and a 9 lb 14 oz on a Rage Craw both in the same day! Quote
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