Author Topic: Holy smallmouth! (Read 8673 times)

bwhntr350 · « **on:** April 06, 2015, 09:41:48 PM »

Was not going to post this but figured what the heck! My smallie from Saturday and a largemouth from a couple weeks ago.

6.74#

7.80#

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2015, 09:47:33 PM »

Couple of fatties

Congrats

lokidog · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2015, 09:50:50 PM »

Nice fish! I'm usually a fish eater, but I hope you let her go to lay those eggs. If not, I'm not one to hold it against you as it is legal, and still tasty.

stevemiller · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2015, 09:59:31 PM »

Nice fish,what was inside that thing when you opened it up?

Crunchy · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2015, 10:40:10 PM »

American lake has some hoggs

Timberstalker · « **Reply #5 on:** April 07, 2015, 06:47:26 AM »

Incredible small mouth. Damn nice Bucket Mouth too!

Woodchuck · « **Reply #6 on:** April 07, 2015, 06:58:10 AM »

Holy smallmouth

TommyH · « **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2015, 07:00:47 AM »

Yumm! Breaded and deep fried smallmouth.

HUNTINCOUPLE · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2015, 08:14:30 AM »

Quote from: TommyH on April 07, 2015, 07:00:47 AM

Yumm! Breaded and deep fried smallmouth.

Nice fish!

bassquatch · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2015, 03:30:39 PM »

TOADS!!!

buglebrush · « **Reply #10 on:** April 07, 2015, 04:08:50 PM »

Hogs! Congrats! Wow I need to get out there! Love me some smallies

M_ray · « **Reply #11 on:** April 07, 2015, 04:18:45 PM »

Wow a couple of nice ones!

C-Money · « **Reply #12 on:** April 07, 2015, 04:29:09 PM »

Nice!! Glad you had some success!

Hard2handle · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2015, 09:09:10 PM »

Hats off to you !

those are some awesome fish.

bwhntr350 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 08, 2015, 05:42:12 AM »

Did not kill, of course. Getting a fiberglass replica of the smallie. And the smallie was pure luck. Was not targeting big fish, really, just looking for a bite on a tough day and it happened that the only bite was, most likely, the biggest smallmouth that I'll ever catch.

The best part of the day was the guy I was with and his reaction. The fish came to the surface from 13 or 14 feet and he says "That fish is 6 pounds". Then it jumps, somewhat, and he yells, and I mean yells, "Oh my God! That's a F'ing Pig!" SO funny! We were getting blowed into a dock, he said he didn't know if he should grab the net or tend to the boat and he was doing double takes back and forth and finally just grabbed the net. Good memories!

Watimberghost · « **Reply #15 on:** April 08, 2015, 05:52:13 AM »

Wow, some great fish! Congrats!

lokidog · « **Reply #16 on:** April 08, 2015, 06:26:12 PM »

Quote from: bwhntr350 on April 08, 2015, 05:42:12 AM

Did not kill, of course. Getting a fiberglass replica of the smallie. And the smallie was pure luck. Was not targeting big fish, really, just looking for a bite on a tough day and it happened that the only bite was, most likely, the biggest smallmouth that I'll ever catch.

The best part of the day was the guy I was with and his reaction. The fish came to the surface from 13 or 14 feet and he says "That fish is 6 pounds". Then it jumps, somewhat, and he yells, and I mean yells, "Oh my God! That's a F'ing Pig!" SO funny! We were getting blowed into a dock, he said he didn't know if he should grab the net or tend to the boat and he was doing double takes back and forth and finally just grabbed the net. Good memories!

I get crazy psychotic when I get a big fish on. My grandfather was with me in my 12' zodiac when I caught my biggest salmon (30+ lb on a trout rod with 8 lb test line), total freak out on my part, especially since we just had a tiny net and the fish fit less than halfway into it. Someone finally came over and loaned us a big net. That was the last time I fished with my gramps, a great memory.

Band · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2015, 07:51:33 AM »

Nice ones!

Panic Minnow · « **Reply #18 on:** April 12, 2015, 07:38:19 AM »

Nice fish!

BOWHUNTER45 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2015, 08:32:10 AM »

Surprisingly Washington grows some nice bass ..Was you fish down South ..L.K Washington ? I did a park remodel on Juanita beach a couple years ago and when I walked out on the docks I seen some dandy bass .. I caught one large mouth about 3 lbs but there were some hogs hanging out there ..problem was they would hear me coming or feel the vibration of me walking out there and take off ..So I would stand still for about 20 minutes until they returned ..Hard to work once I seen them

bwhntr350 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 14, 2015, 08:26:34 PM »

I just heard a rumor that I killed that smallmouth, lol. I let her go less than 10 minutes after I caught her. I am a huge opponent to keeping fish in the livewell, unless it is a tournament especially fish that are chocked full of eggs. People say "It don't hurt them to live well them"! I retaliate with "Does it help them?"

So, no, I don't kill bass. In five years of fishing for them I have killed three smallmouth bass, two 12 inchers and a 2.5 pounder all died by a hook in the wrong place. I never conked any of them. In fact, the 2.5 pounder I threw back in hopes it would live. I grabbed it, belly up, 10 minutes later.

Have had only one largemouth die. That was in a tournament last year. I was frog fishing and my frog rolled out of the lily pads, I guess, upside down. It was a 3.5 pounder. I reeled it in and swung it into the boat and it was a blood fest as one of the hooks stuck him right where both gills come together. I messed with that fish for an hour in my live well trying to keep it upright and it, finally, turned it's heels up. I gave it to some guy fishing back at the launch after weigh in.

Unfortunate and I feel bad but I have never killed a bass intentionally, so, now that that is straight.

coachcw · « **Reply #21 on:** April 14, 2015, 08:35:16 PM »

Great fish, ha very you guys ever fished the lower yak for smallies?

bwhntr350 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 14, 2015, 08:47:41 PM »

Never fished it but have a friend who has. It sounds like a blast if you hit it just right.

lokidog · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2015, 10:14:47 PM »

Quote from: bwhntr350 on April 14, 2015, 08:26:34 PM

Unfortunate and I feel bad but I have never killed a bass intentionally, so, now that that is straight.

Nothing wrong with eating fish, bass included. I do let fish full of eggs go, if I can tell, but I mostly fish to eat fish.

HunterStrait · « **Reply #24 on:** April 15, 2015, 07:21:08 PM »

Quote from: lokidog on April 14, 2015, 10:14:47 PM

Quote from: bwhntr350 on April 14, 2015, 08:26:34 PM

Unfortunate and I feel bad but I have never killed a bass intentionally, so, now that that is straight.

Nothing wrong with eating fish, bass included. I do let fish full of eggs go, if I can tell, but I mostly fish to eat fish.

Same here, i am very big on eating bass, but i don't keep the spring caught ones. imo, mid summer-Late fall is the best time for catching eaters, since most of them are pretty much empty of eggs.

TommyH · « **Reply #25 on:** April 15, 2015, 07:29:25 PM »

Quote from: lokidog on April 14, 2015, 10:14:47 PM

Quote from: bwhntr350 on April 14, 2015, 08:26:34 PM

Unfortunate and I feel bad but I have never killed a bass intentionally, so, now that that is straight.

Nothing wrong with eating fish, bass included. I do let fish full of eggs go, if I can tell, but I mostly fish to eat fish.

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