bassman31783 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Went home to East Texas for Christmas & had to bring my rods. My parents live on a small private pond that's always been fun to fish. Mostly dinks with a few 3's and 4's. The largest bass that I had ever caught in this pond was a 5 pounder about 6yrs ago. That is until 2 days ago this beauty. Brought my tackle bag down to the lake with me so I happened to have my measuring tape and a cheap spring scale. 21" long, 18 1/2" around & a hair over 7lbs. Beautiful fish. Caught her on a lipless crank burning it along trying to get a reaction strike. Not only was it really fun to catch her but also made me feel good that she was so healthy in the little pond. This last summers drought really hit this pond hard. As you can see in the pics by how low the water level is. Hopefully we'll get a lot of rain in the spring. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted December 28, 2011 Super User Posted December 28, 2011 Great Looking Bass ! That's a nice X-mas Gift ! She has got to be the Matriarch of that pond. Congrats A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted December 28, 2011 Super User Posted December 28, 2011 WOW! Congtratulations! Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted December 28, 2011 Super User Posted December 28, 2011 She made a very nice christmas present. Beautiful fish as well, congrats! Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted December 28, 2011 Super User Posted December 28, 2011 A GREAT healthy-looking fish, a real fatty, and just wild that she grew up in that little pond! Like A-Jay said, she must be the matriarch! To paraphrase Forrest Gump's mom: little ponds are like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get... Quote
Big-O Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Fine looking fish for sure! Appears that she is doing great and at the present water level (if it's legal) you might want to transplant a few bait fish from a nearby larger body of water. She'll thank you for it www.ragetail.com Quote
Missouribassman95 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 That's one heck of a reaction strike! WTG! Quote
hookset on 3 Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 Bassman, the coloring and patterns of the fish are beautiful. I like when they have those lines on the sides of their face, like indian war paint. Quote
Fat-G Posted January 1, 2012 Posted January 1, 2012 That's a wicked good looking fish you got there man. Almost looks like a smallie color wise! Love the three dark stripes under her eye. Beautiful! Quote
zeenman1 Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 Nice! And in such a small body of water. Quote
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