Double Double Digits-My New PB

[FishinsMyLife]

Overcast skies drew me down to the ole swamp pond today in search of a topwater bite. I caught 5 (biggest 4lbs+-) on Horny Toads (in honor of TCU) and Ribbit Frogs. My little brother couldn't hookup, so we went to some live bait fishing off the dock. My first bite came from a 11lb 4oz hoss, and I figured it couldn't get much better. I decided to let my brother have the next fish (my rod or his), but he proceeded to miss it on my rod. When I showed him how to properly set the hook with the same rod, my line pulled back instead of coming flying back at me like I expected. After a little bit of pulling, a 12lbs even bass had been landed, pictured, and released. It beat my old biggest bass by 4 ounces.

My brother needs my horseshoe-he missed 3 more and had 3 blow ups on a shiner swimming on top before he could hook up. I wasn't leaving until he caught one. He ended up with this one between 4 and 5 pounds.

11lbs 4 oz

Bug-eyed 12lbs-had 3 more inches on her than the 11 even though she looks smaller

 

[fish devil]

:twisted: What a day for you!!! Congrats on the PB. That would be a State record up in my neck of the woods. GREAT JOB ON THE RELEASE!!!

 

[FishinsMyLife]

:twisted: What a day for you!!! Congrats on the PB. That would be a State record up in my neck of the woods. GREAT JOB ON THE RELEASE!!!

It may be a stretch, but this pond could have the forage and the cover to pull off a state record here. That 11-4 looked "younger"-not scarred up, tail full, healthy looking all around. In a few springs, she could be a record..but that's just wishful thinking :lol:

I kept my old PB (guthooked), and unless I catch a state record, I don't think I'll ever keep another bass over 3lbs (keep some under for pond management).

 

[Zum]

Wow.
Know largemouth here,how to they pull when they get that big.
Head for bottom,tire out fast?

 

[hengstthomas]

What was the length on those 2 Hogs ? Very very nice LMB !! WTG on your PB too and like FD said they would also be State records here in DE .
Is that your private Pond ? If so it certainly has some bruisers in it

 

[Andy]

Congrats!! :beer:
What's that 4 now that you've pulled out of there over 10?

 

[FishingCop]

Hey, wat to go FML..... great catching, great pics..... =D>

 

[Jim]

Yeah man! :beer:

What a day! =D>

 

[Captain Ahab]

They do not count as there were no loafer involved!


We need loafer fish


=D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

 

[angry Bob]

Sweet mercy those are some nice bass! Congrats on the new PB =D>

 

[FishinsMyLife]

Know largemouth here,how to they pull when they get that big.
Head for bottom,tire out fast?

Both of these fought as hard as any bass I've ever caught. I had a hook from a premade trotline tied on for the big baits and the first bass straightened it enough that I was lucky to have caught it.

What was the length on those 2 Hogs ? Very very nice LMB !! WTG on your PB too and like FD said they would also be State records here in DE .
Is that your private Pond ? If so it certainly has some bruisers in it

The 11 was 25.5 inches long and the 12 was 27.5 inches long. My old PB was 28 inches long, but I guess it just wasn't as thick.

These bass are from my uncle's private pond that he got back in March or so. He has graciously given me access to the pond whenever I want to fish it.

What's that 4 now that you've pulled out of there over 10?

Now, I've caught 3 over 11 pounds out of here since March, and my dad pulled one out that was within half a pound of breaking 10.

 

[ACarbone624]

Congrats on your new PB! =D>

 

[hengstthomas]

My old PB was 28 inches long, but I guess it just wasn't as thick.

How much did the 28" weigh ?
Just trying to get an idea of weights since I dont carry a scale and I release all LMB . My PB was 24" and 6 Pounds that I caught back in the 80's and in 2008 when I broke it twice with a 25.5" and a week later a 26.5" . They were both fat healthy Bass and I estimate the 25.5" at 9 pounds and the 26.5" at 11.5 Pounds . Our state record is 10.5 Pounds
Thanks for the info and Congrats again on some very nice Bass WTG !!

 

[poolie]

Congrats man!!!!! My PB comes nowhere close to those pigs. What is the SC state record weight anyway?

 

[Waterwings]

=D> Outstanding catchin' ! I'd have to have a replica wall mount made for that! 8)

 

[hengstthomas]

Congrats man!!!!! My PB comes nowhere close to those pigs. What is the SC state record weight anyway?

Largemouth Bass 16-2 Lake Marion 1949 P.H. Flanagan Manning, SC
(tie) 16-2 Aiken Co. Pond 1993 Mason Cummings Ridge Springs, SC

 

[FishinsMyLife]

My old PB was 28 inches long, but I guess it just wasn't as thick.

How much did the 28" weigh ?
Just trying to get an idea of weights since I dont carry a scale and I release all LMB . My PB was 24" and 6 Pounds that I caught back in the 80's and in 2008 when I broke it twice with a 25.5" and a week later a 26.5" . They were both fat healthy Bass and I estimate the 25.5" at 9 pounds and the 26.5" at 11.5 Pounds . Our state record is 10.5 Pounds
Thanks for the info and Congrats again on some very nice Bass WTG !!

My old PB at 28'' was 11lbs 12oz. If I thought I had a record, I would have gotten a cooler of water with an aerator until I found out if it broke the old record or not.

 

[hengstthomas]

My old PB was 28 inches long, but I guess it just wasn't as thick.

How much did the 28" weigh ?
Just trying to get an idea of weights since I dont carry a scale and I release all LMB . My PB was 24" and 6 Pounds that I caught back in the 80's and in 2008 when I broke it twice with a 25.5" and a week later a 26.5" . They were both fat healthy Bass and I estimate the 25.5" at 9 pounds and the 26.5" at 11.5 Pounds . Our state record is 10.5 Pounds
Thanks for the info and Congrats again on some very nice Bass WTG !!

My old PB at 28'' was 11lbs 12oz. If I thought I had a record, I would have gotten a cooler of water with an aerator until I found out if it broke the old record or not.

I hear ya I thought about it and even made 3 phone calls but I had no one to come help me and I had gotten dropped off just as a spur of the moment trip . It was very hot and humid that day so it was best to not keep her any longer . The Pond I got her in used to be a Pond stocked with FW Trout every year

 

[FishinsMyLife]

I hear ya I thought about it and even made 3 phone calls but I had no one to come help me and I had gotten dropped off just as a spur of the moment trip . It was very hot and humid that day so it was best to not keep her any longer . The Pond I got her in used to be a Pond stocked with FW Trout every year

I gotcha. I'm not sure I could have let that fish go, but that's awesome that you did. It would be cool to have that spot in the record book, but I'm sure it was just as satisfying to release a biggun close to the mark.

I'm starting to think ponds just can't produce BIG bass anywhere with just bass and bream stocked in them (like most of the ponds I fish around here). An abundance of a soft-finned forage species (shiners here, trout where they can survive) will help in growing big bass without a doubt.

 

[bobberboy]

I think it would take four or five fish here in MN to add up to 12+ lbs. Our state record is 8lbs-15oz. Man, that's a good day out fishing.