Super User South FLA Posted July 22, 2011 Super User Posted July 22, 2011 Went to my local Gander Mountain to pick up a few rounds for the shooting range with my buddy, on the way out we stopped and stared at the cork "bragging board" and said WOW! So I snapped this pic with my phone to share. Funny thing is that there was a sticky note next to it saying if someone knows this person to please call a number! So I called the posted number to hear if the inquirer heard any news but unfortunately he did not. It could be a hoax, but the way the person (Can't figure out if it is a he or she ), is holding it looks real. I know its tough to near impossible figuring out how big a bass is from a picture, but I would say this bass is at least in the high teens! What's your take, does anyone here know anything about it? Quote
hookingem Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 It wouldn't suprise me at all if that fish weighed 20#. It also wouldn't suprise me one bit if it was a hoax. Quote
CFFF 1.5 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Looks like a huge bass but pictures can be deceiving. There are 20lb bass somewhere in Florida though. Quote
Fat-G Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Oh wow... you know he (she?) probably caught it on a crappie jig or something too... Quote
Packard Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 It's fake, look how the lips overlap the hands and the eye does not look right to me. They copy and pasted the bass on top of the he/she. Quote
Super User South FLA Posted July 22, 2011 Author Super User Posted July 22, 2011 It's fake, look how the lips overlap the hands and the eye does not look right to me. They copy and pasted the bass on top of the he/she. Eye's look normal for a HAWG, the reflection is most likely due to the flash off the retina. I see what you mean with the overlap, but the bass is in the foreground obstructing her hand, looked at some pics of my fish and on the big'uns the huge lips and jaw overlap my hand. The picture is not very good quality since it was printed on regular printer paper and then I snapped a picture of it. Nevertheless, Florida has the potential! Quote
Quillback Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Could be that person is only 2 feet tall, LOL. If that picture is for real, it is one heck of a bass. Quote
1234567 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 For some reason that picture looks familiar. If it's the one I'm thinking of, I read that the lady holding the bass caught it in a kayak or something out of some lily pads. If memory serves me correct, it was caught in alabama or mississippi and holds the lake record at 14 pounds or somewhere near that. That's all I can remember if that is the same picture that I saw. I checked it and it is Regina Womack from Louisiana. Her fish there was 15 pounds after spawn. Ounces from the state record. I think it was caught in Louisiana. Quote
chilliblanket Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 For some reason that picture looks familiar. If it's the one I'm thinking of, I read that the lady holding the bass caught it in a kayak or something out of some lily pads. If memory serves me correct, it was caught in alabama or mississippi and holds the lake record at 14 pounds or somewhere near that. That's all I can remember if that is the same picture that I saw. I checked it and it is Regina Womack from Louisiana. Her fish there was 15 pounds after spawn. Ounces from the state record. I think it was caught in Louisiana. thats only 15 pounds? it looks ginormous Quote
Fish Chris Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Looks totally real to me. I'd have guessed 17 to 19 lbs.... but then again, if it's not that long, it would look thicker / heavier. I could believe it being as small as 14 lbs, or as large as 20. In any case, it's a hawg that I wouldn't mind catching Fish Quote
1234567 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Here's the story: I got an email from Lisa Alexander about a fishing trip that she and friend Regina Womack took with their new kayaks to fish in Lake Valentine up near Alexandria. On the trip, Regina caught a near-state record Largemouth Bass. I have two accounts of the event. Here is Regina's account: Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 8 PM, I caught a fish of a lifetime. I have fished Valentine Lake in Gardner, La for many of years. I would have never guessed that a fish of this size would be caught out of this lake. Someone pinch me! That Thursday, my friend, Lisa Alexander and I took one of our many kayak fishing trips to Valentine Lake. We started fishing around 5:30 PM that evening. There were at least three people including a man fishing from the pier not too far from us. Lisa and I fish the southwest end of the lake because of the grassy shallow areas which I call a bass haven. Around 7:45 PM, I was watching the top of the water for any movement and notice a very big swirl on the opposite side of the Lake. I continued to watch and noticed that the swirl happened again in the same location. I decided to give it a few cast before going in for the afternoon. I was fishing with a weightless worm, Zoom, Mag II plum. I casted out several times and on the four cast, she took it immediately. When she took it, it was like I caught something other than a fish. I was thinking an alligator at that moment. I started yelling at Lisa to come and help me. I didn’t have time to think, I could barely hold the rod and reel in my hands with all the jerking of my kayak. When I got it closer to the kayak I noticed the eye ball of fish underneath the thick grass that she had went through. I reached down into the water to grab her mouth and I felt a little frightened. Suddenly, I realized what I had caught. I pulled this monster fish into the kayak without flipping it, unbelievable! I held on to her with a death grip until my friend Lisa pulled up beside me. She couldn’t believe her eyes and I was so much in shock that I could say anything. After figuring out a plan to get her in, Lisa tied our kayaks together and made it to the pier where a gentleman helped us put her into my large storage bin of my kayak. It took us at least half and hour to get our kayaks loaded up and head back to Lisa’s house. I called my Dad, and both of my brother-in-laws, they didn’t believe anything that I was telling them so I gave up on the phone calls. We got back to the house where I placed her immediately into an ice chest of water. She was barely alive. Lisa took her old meat scales and calibrated a bucket and found her to weigh 16.25lbs at that time. We called Lisa’s dad, which was a retired wildlife and fishery employee and gave us some names and numbers. We then called our good friend, T.W. Thompson, the commissioner in Alexandria, La. I immediately took the fish to the Mayor’s house. Approximately ten people were present and making phone calls to try and find certification. It was close to 10:30 PM by that time she was weighed at Kroger’s in Alexandria, La, weighing her at 15.88 LBS. Here's Lisa's account: Here's Lisa's account: Regina Womack an myself took our kayaks to Valentine lake yesterday after work.. we go regularly and always catch a few.. but this is what we left with last night.. .she caught it right as the sun was setting in her kayak... I was about a hundred yards away when she starts yelling.. "OMG.. OMG.. OMG!! Lisa come over here quick.. come help me .. OMG OMG OMG so I paddle over just as she hauls this BIG SOW into her lap... Regina was holding on with both hands to the bass's mouth and shaking like and earthquake... it was over 16 pounds last nite.. but official weight after losing some.. 15.88 lbs.. will be number 2 in La State record books.. omg.. what a nite!!!! Both of us purchased kayaks from your establishment and have had many many good times and experiences with them!! Her's is a Native.. Mine is a Wilderness Tarpon. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted July 22, 2011 Super User Posted July 22, 2011 http://www.laoutdoorwriters.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=raz4WbMqdQY=&tabid=87 .1 oz. (1.6 oz.) off the record. Too bad it went on ice. Quote
Super User WRB Posted July 22, 2011 Super User Posted July 22, 2011 Just looked at this thread and was thinking I've seen that photo before. Reading down the facts come out. They way the photo was taken makes a 16 lb bass look like 20 lber, that is why it's a guessing game to get a good estimate from pictures without a reference ruler and measurements. 16 lbs is a giant regardless where it was caught, too bad she didn't get it offically weighed shortly after it was caught and alive. Tom Quote
Super User South FLA Posted July 22, 2011 Author Super User Posted July 22, 2011 AWESOME, Don't you love the WEB? I knew someone would either expose this as a hoax or find out the true story , I would have guessed 18 to 19lbs as I stated before! Goes to show you how pictures can be deceiving. Congratulations REGINA! You've lived the dream that keeps us bass aficionados returning to our little honey holes scattered across this great nation, BERTHA! Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted July 22, 2011 Super User Posted July 22, 2011 Good God. That thing's a horse! I might poop on myself if I caught one that big. I know I fish in areas where I have the chance, but seeing it actually happen would be ridiculous. I'd be exceedingly happy with something over 7 right now. I just can't get a big fish into the boat this year. Quote
Super User South FLA Posted July 23, 2011 Author Super User Posted July 23, 2011 Here is an article with more pics! http://packandpaddle.blogspot.com/2010/05/huge-bass-caught-from-kayak.html Quote
Mattlures Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 I dont think people realize how huge a 16lb bass realy is. Probably because there are a lot of pictures out there where fish are smaller then claimed. That fish is HUGE!! Any teen bass is Huge! Thats a cool pose. I might have to try that the next time I am lucky enough to get a big one. Quote
Super User Catt Posted July 23, 2011 Super User Posted July 23, 2011 Here's a picture I was sent by someone close to Regina, I some how missed this thread Quote
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