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Pourboy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:21 pm

camobass wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:16 am

Pourboy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:00 pm

camobass wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:18 pm

Is that the fish Snag Long posed with?

Pretty funny, but no. I caught that at Lake Miramar in 1998 on a live waterdog. 19lbs 4oz. One of my favorite fishing memories of all time. And it jumped 3 times!

That’s awesome. That pic had the same patina as that one that long didn’t catch but posed with for the lake record.

I miss the water dog days.

I only got a couple of polaroids of it and then released it. Ed Ziralski (sp?) from the Union Tribune called me a couple days later really upset that I hadn't called him to let him know and so he could take photos. Pretty funny. I did not realize I was supposed to call the press.

At least you got a photo of yours and had a little credit acknowledgement but at the same time that may have helped keep that lake quiet too. I know people are still catching 16-18lb bass out of there to this day on swimbaits. A lot of lakes that got noticed from big catches seemed to have hurt from exposure. I'd say that the world record bass that was snagged at Dixon caused a lot of pressure on the lake and for a fact tell you I saw 3 bass spawning the size of trash cans a year prior to that catch and no longer see much past doube digits

I’ll chime in here, my PB caught at the lower river. 10.2 LBS

Awesome!

bigbassin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:11 am I’ll chime in here, my PB caught at the lower river. 10.2 LBS

Damn I need to start fishing SD river!

Not as big as the giants in this thread but the biggest bass I’ve caught since 1991, my 5-13 from Cap in September. That means I have a whole bunch more big ones to catch if I want to catch up with the rest of you! But, I look forward to the challenge.

In some recent years....

Just ounces under 9 lbs Lake Murray
6" Huddleson Deluxe 68 April 2022
Spawned out 9 1/2lb'er Lake Sutherland
Late May, 2021 Googan Krackin Craw

Funny @VinnyBass same exact bait for my old profile pic...although I suspect a different body of water...

Full(er) story: I was throwing some spinners and other "noisy" baits and standing barefooted on a tulle stump and something tickled my foot...I looked down and it was a small crayfish...weird I thought. A bit later same thing...a little tickle and another crawdad. Being a thinking man (sort of) the next day I came back with the previously mentioned Googan Krackin Craw and on the second cast, BANG! this little lady was on the line...brief, but very stressful fight later and it was photo time. Sorry no scale so no exact weight, I would guess 7 or so...

My biggest was at Sutherland on a silver Rat-L-Trap on 8/7/17. 7.95 lbs.

Old camera phone and no selfie stick. But his head is almost as big as mine. LOL

RamonaAngler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:31 am IMG_20170807_062450.jpgMy biggest was at Sutherland on a silver Rat-L-Trap on 8/7/17. 7.95 lbs.

Old camera phone and no selfie stick. But his head is almost as big as mine. LOL
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Nice one Brett! I was looking for the word "frog" in your post...ha ha
I bet you and many of us are looking forward to a better year of fishing
next year at Sutherland. Tight lines always

VinnyBass wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:37 am

RamonaAngler wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:31 am IMG_20170807_062450.jpgMy biggest was at Sutherland on a silver Rat-L-Trap on 8/7/17. 7.95 lbs.

Old camera phone and no selfie stick. But his head is almost as big as mine. LOL
IMG_20170807_062536.jpg

Nice one Brett! I was looking for the word "frog" in your post...ha ha
I bet you and many of us are looking forward to a better year of fishing
next year at Sutherland. Tight lines always

Thanks Vinny! I'm still hunting for that double digit bass sometime in my future. Hopefully ALL the lakes will be "back to normal" next year. Take care!

professionull wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:02 pm

bigbassin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:11 am I’ll chime in here, my PB caught at the lower river. 10.2 LBS

Damn I need to start fishing SD river!

Pretty sure he's talking about Lower Colorado. That's a really good LCR fish!

KillinTime wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:25 pm

professionull wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:02 pm

bigbassin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:11 am I’ll chime in here, my PB caught at the lower river. 10.2 LBS

Damn I need to start fishing SD river!

Pretty sure he's talking about Lower Colorado. That's a really good LCR fish!

Agree on the nice bass!
I was kind of baffled on what part of the SD river that was? Ha ha

professionull wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:02 pm

bigbassin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:11 am I’ll chime in here, my PB caught at the lower river. 10.2 LBS

Damn I need to start fishing SD river!

There are, or at least WERE, some big bass in the SD River. This is my PB of 12lb 8oz from the Santee area way back when.

Dream fish!

Another Bass, despite the Nightcrawler Lid this one was on a Crawdad.

My Dad circa. 1988

Floater at Jennings

Surferjohn wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:55 am Floater at Jennings
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I remember hearing about some huge bass that were floaters at Jennings a few years ago. That was once a beast!

Sorry maybe (likely) I'm dumb, but what is a "floater"

tomnilll wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:17 pm Sorry maybe (likely) I'm dumb, but what is a "floater"

Most of the time when a bass dies it stays on the bottom, but as the body decomposes, gas forms in the body, which at times can cause
the body of the fish to float to the surface or at times when a bass is near death it floats to the surface. So thus the term..."a floater."