8.4 lbs caught 1st day of the tourney. We had 4th big bass of the tourney at 5.17. Unfortunately they only pay 1 big bass per day and we were #2 on Sunday. 2rd biggest 6.1 received the $2200 consolation prize.

Thats an awesome fish bassdude.

That is AWESOME! Caught a smallmouth in the BWCAW that might compete for my biggest bass ever...

BTW, I thought that maybe you were talking subwoofers when I saw this thread 🙂

thats a fattie.

When I moved in to my place, I had 3 about this size in my pond.

It was a real blast fishing for them, and I learned a lot about them too. I could sight fish, and actually tried to leave the nicer ones alone......saving them for company to catch (and release).

Some punk MFer fished them out when I was at work one day.

Bass Dude is into Fishing, chris . . . LoL

Nice Fish . . .

I was thinking ' bait ' when I first saw this thread . . .

I see that now! 🙂

Bass...what do you like to use for fishing?

My fav is the floating Blue Rapala...about 3-4" in lenght. Works awesome on topwater and if that doesn't work...crank it and I'm still catching fish! I'm also a big fan of spinners...black or white with a single silver blade.

Nice catch!

Fatty Lumkin! NICE!

Biggest bass I ever caught was that size. Just a shade over 8 lbs.

How did that fish catch those two fat bastids?

:)

caught by the guys pictured. Won them $3500. The only fish they weighed in during the 2 day tourney.

I caught all my fish on Senkos that weekend. I prefer plastics over any bait. I'll use what is working at the time. This was pre-spawn and they did not want anything moving fast. There was a very good Zara Spook bite as well.

Zara Spook is a favorite of mine........in good old white/red.

Gotta know how to use it though.

wlak that spook baby

do you take the front (middle) hook off of yours?

I invariably get the line tangled in the hook from overzealous zig-zagging; but not after I removed the hook.

Hell of a fish! My biggest largmouth in hand is 6.5 lbs.

Andy.. zara spook!! great top water. I lost mine once fishing it with to light of line. I let an overzealous nice fish get short line on me and snap.. righ at the bank. For the next half hour.. the SOB kept jumping out of the water with that sucker in his mouth thrashing around trying to get it loose! haaa.. He was taunting me lol. He finally got it out and the rip rap brought it right back to me. I still have it in my box! 🙂 The little baby spook is killer for lake smallies in the evening when the water is like glass. I have even caught quite a few in the river with it.

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That looks like a delicious bass

I once caught one that was just over 6 lbs...but the best fighters are the tail standers (1 1/2 to 4 lbs)they give you a real fun fight and will toss the bait if you are not careful...miss fishing in Florida and the deep South..

Charlie

Andy, I leave the hook on and keep the tip up using a 6.5 ft rod.

Awesome fish Tony !

Tony , large mouth bass are not as good eating as small mouth, is that true?