Your Biggest Bass

Thonzberry · #1 (**permalink**) 11-30-2003, 09:22 PM

Just wondering how many Bass fisherman out there have landed any BIG ones. My best is 11lbs. 2oz. at Castiac Lake. I have caught a few in the 10lb. range.

Loye · #2 (**permalink**) 11-30-2003, 09:43 PM

I like it! A bass forum! Well im not much of a bass fisherman,maybe because i really havent caught many except for a few white bass at Nacimiento. So I would have to say my biggest was a mere 2 lber.

Rimrock · #3 (**permalink**) 11-30-2003, 11:49 PM

I posted this picture last spring. She came from the Delta and weighed 12.5 lbs.

Thonzberry · #4 (**permalink**) 12-01-2003, 01:05 AM

Rimrock, I remember when you posted that. Very nice.

The Buck Stopper · #5 (**permalink**) 12-01-2003, 03:05 PM

My biggest weighed 5 pounds on one of those cheap spring scales from WalMart for about $4.00. Howver, it was 24 inches long. It was an awesome fish. Enormous mouth. When they get big, you can really tell. I'm from Upstate NY, so the fish don't get nearly as big here as they do in TX, CA, or Florida. It was interesting how I caught him. At the time I was fishing with live worms, and I had just caught a sunny. I was reeling in the sunny, and about 10 feet from shore I felt this monster tug. I was out in the water in bare feet, and I beat it out of the water onto land. The monster got off, so of course I casted again. Got him again about 10 feet from land. The one other 5 pounder a friend of mine got was caught almost exactly the sme way. I guess the big ones are too smart for lures sometimes!

m57jager · #6 (**permalink**) 12-02-2003, 11:38 PM

I said I wouldn't keep a bass til my first double digit. I hooked a bass that felt about 5-6 lbs then I saw her roll. She took off. I got her in and weighed mt biggest so far at 9.9 lbs. So, I still don't have one on the wall.

ZEKEDAWG · #7 (**permalink**) 12-04-2003, 03:18 PM

5.5# large mouth on a cricket while fishing for bluegill in a pond off the Sacramento river.
Many spots in the 4 # range, now that is a fight.

One Track · #8 (**permalink**) 12-04-2003, 03:24 PM

Grew up in a bass boat and never put one on the wall. Biggest is an 8-4 out of El Capitan Res. in San Diego. That was in a tournament, and I took Big Bass Award. Think I was about 13 yrs. old. My Pa has a 12-14 and a 13-6 on the wall.

bzzboyz · #9 (**permalink**) 12-04-2003, 08:52 PM

I spent the first 30 years of my life saltwater fishing. I did not start freshwater fishing until I was 30 years old. The first freshwater trip I made was with my dad and a friend of his who lived on Lake Sam Rayburn. My first day ever freshwater fishing I brought in a 9.5 lb. and my dad got a 8.5 lb largemouth. My dad never freshwater fished again but I was hooked (literally). I have yet to do any better in the last 12 years. Unfortunately I did not get those on film. The are both mounted (because they were both of our first big ones) but at my dads house. I need to get mine back one of these days. I do have this picture of a 4-4.5 pounder I got on my last trip this spring. Not sure because I did'nt have a scale.

By the way. Thanks for adding this section on the forum.

Lone Wolf · #10 (**permalink**) 12-04-2003, 09:21 PM

Are we talking ones that got into the boat or that didn't?

If we're talking ones in the boat my biggest was 8-9 out of Lake Hartwell SC/GA. I If your talking about the biggest one that didn't make it to the boat, well . . .

bzzboyz · #11 (**permalink**) 12-04-2003, 10:39 PM

LoneWolf, on the ones that got away you have to add a minimum of 5 puonds to those.

Arrowhead · #12 (**permalink**) 12-05-2003, 08:38 AM

My largest is 11 lbs

Arrowhead · #13 (**permalink**) 12-05-2003, 08:56 AM

Here is a good fish fry in North Carolina

Arrowhead · #14 (**permalink**) 12-05-2003, 08:57 AM

Here is a 9lb'er from Lake Okeechobee

One Track · #15 (**permalink**) 12-05-2003, 10:01 AM

Now we're talkin'. Those are some nice bass there fellers.

fpscabs · #16 (**permalink**) 12-06-2003, 02:54 AM

Onetrack
YOur dad's bass are really nice looking. You should snap a pic and post for the rest to see.

MNHNTR · #17 (**permalink**) 12-06-2003, 09:19 AM

Old Vail Lake.... April 1, 1988.......................

Loye · #18 (**permalink**) 12-07-2003, 09:21 AM

JD · #19 (**permalink**) 12-10-2003, 03:27 PM

I caught a 10.2 in 83'. Had plenty of others close to ten. Lake Amador in Ione,Ca. is still one of my vacation spots every year. 5.2 last month at Diamond valley. This place is a must for the SoCal angler. Good luck all- JD

Tsmola · #20 (**permalink**) 12-10-2003, 03:39 PM

about 5 1/2-6 pounds, I have one 5 pounder on the wall, but he's not nearly my biggest one, I let my biggest one go

Tsmola · #21 (**permalink**) 12-10-2003, 03:58 PM

well, while I'm at it, here's a pic of my 5 lb mount

RABruin · #22 (**permalink**) 12-28-2003, 03:41 PM

Somewhere between 9 - 11 lbs. No Camera, no scale. my Brother in law caught an 8lb'er the week before, mine was considerably larger.

sportyg · #23 (**permalink**) 01-03-2004, 11:53 AM

JD,

You fish DV from boat or shore ???

yosam_97 · #24 (**permalink**) 01-09-2004, 11:32 AM

Biggest large mouth I ever caught was 9-10. Caught in a small private pond.

chukkars · #25 (**permalink**) 01-09-2004, 12:47 PM

My biggest was a 7.9 at Paradise Point in the San Juaquin Delta. Actually just a baitfish for that fishery these days. My biggest fish all time so far was 3 weeks ago and I didn't even catch it. I took my 13 year-old son and two of his buddies striper fishing in the Delta and they had the time of their outdoor lives. One of my sons friends had never caught a fish over a pound and the other had only caught trout. One of his friends caught a 15lb. and one caught a 6lb. all on bass-tackle. I learned within 30 minutes of fishing that three 13 year-olds in a 20' bass-boat with baitcasters is a full-time job (and a test of your patience which I passed) so I put my rod away. Best day of fishing I've had in my life. Only thing I caught was three 13 year-old boys who I'll guarantee will be outdoorsmen the rest of their lives and a head-cold. It was cold, raining, geese flying, ducks flying and boys laughing continually. I love the outdoors. Just had to re-focus after I had children on what a successful trip in the outdoors is all about. Not bag limits. Enjoy it with friends and take the kids. That's how you'll keep the anti-hunters at bay. Promote the sport to kids. You'll have more fun than a full game-bag.

Nanny Whacker · #26 (**permalink**) 01-12-2004, 01:16 PM

My best by far is 12 lb 2 oz. Spring Lake - Defuniak Springs, FL. I will have to dig up the pic to post. I was just a kid back then. Caught it on a blue home made plastic worm my dad made. I was using an old rod I had broken and dad had repaired with electrical tape. 8 lb test line. Some things were just meant to be.

Orygun · #27 (**permalink**) 01-28-2004, 07:29 PM

Got a smallie under the I-5 bridge on the Tualatin River in Oregon that was just over 4 lbs. Was new to the state then and didn't know it was one of the most polluted rivers in the state or I wouldn't have enjoyed frying it up so much.

big dave · #28 (**permalink**) 02-04-2004, 12:37 PM

The biggest one I have caught that I was able to weigh was 8.0 lbs even. I have caught two others that I feel sure were over 9 lbs. but I didn't have any scales so I won't make them official. I have caught numerous fish in the 6 to 7 lb. range.

big dave · #29 (**permalink**) 02-04-2004, 12:46 PM

another pic of a fish from the Big O

bondo · #30 (**permalink**) 02-04-2004, 12:55 PM

My biggest 9.05 Kings river central cal. I guess if i spent more time at Clear lake or the Delta I could get into the 10+ club.