Author Topic: One BIG smallmouth! (Read 5615 times)

agchawk · « **on:** June 06, 2011, 07:18:11 PM »

I wish I could take credit for this monster but I cannot. I can, however, share it with you guys and gals.

My buddy is a bass fishing maniac and dragged this one to the bank today. He brought it by in a cooler full of water to let my son and I take a look before he took it for measurements for a replica mount.

It tipped the scales at 5lbs 14oz and is IMPRESSIVE! My son is 4' 1", 47lbs to give you a little perspective.

FYI: She was indeed released and is doing well. We never keep the big females this time of year and my buddy was very careful to make sure she was not harmed and was released alive.

couesbitten · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:23:59 PM »

Holy $hit!

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:24:30 PM »

That thing is a HOSS

congrats to him on a nice fish!

Lowedog · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:38:56 PM »

Very nice!!!

Mossy · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:39:06 PM »

Nice catch!

esh · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:50:00 PM »

Now that's a smallmouth

WAmuleyHunter · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2011, 07:52:49 PM »

congrats! And thank you for releasing such a great fish!!! it should be done all the time now that we can get great replica mounts.

Wingin it · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2011, 11:26:58 PM »

Nice!

bowsandhose · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2011, 11:53:48 PM »

wsucowboy · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2011, 11:58:53 PM »

WOW!

bearpaw · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:36:57 AM »

awesome smallie.....

PolarBear · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:38:17 AM »

Nice! Thanks for putting her back to spawn!

DeerHarvester · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2011, 05:02:23 AM »

Very impressive fish!

goosegetter79 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2011, 10:26:12 AM »

Holy crap!! Did that come out of the snake?

bucklucky · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2011, 10:38:10 AM »

Awesome Small mouth. Glad it will live another day!

agchawk · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2011, 12:28:01 PM »

Quote from: goosegetter79 on June 07, 2011, 10:26:12 AM

Holy crap!! Did that come out of the snake?

Yes, it did come out of the Snake. between my buddy, my brother, and I we have landed 13 smallies in excess of 3 lbs but this one was by far the biggest.

Thanks guys. I am almost 100% catch-and-release year around but occassionally keep a few cats for a fry now and again. We are just EXTRA careful with these spawning females. Most of the time we don't even taken them out of the water except to weigh them for bragging rights. However, and I cannot blame him one bit, my buddy wanted a replica done of this one so he had to get her to the taxi for some proper measurements and more detailed pics. After a slow re-introduction into the river she took off into the deeper water and will hopefully allow us the joy of catching her again one of these days.

goosegetter79 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2011, 12:39:02 PM »

Quote from: agchawk on June 07, 2011, 12:28:01 PM

Quote from: goosegetter79 on June 07, 2011, 10:26:12 AM
Holy crap!! Did that come out of the snake?

Yes, it did come out of the Snake. between my buddy, my brother, and I we have landed 13 smallies in excess of 3 lbs but this one was by far the biggest.

Thanks guys. I am almost 100% catch-and-release year around but occassionally keep a few cats for a fry now and again. We are just EXTRA careful with these spawning females. Most of the time we don't even taken them out of the water except to weigh them for bragging rights. However, and I cannot blame him one bit, my buddy wanted a replica done of this one so he had to get her to the taxi for some proper measurements and more detailed pics. After a slow re-introduction into the river she took off into the deeper water and will hopefully allow us the joy of catching her again one of these days.

That's awesome. I use to fish the snake for the smallies but we never caught anything over 2 pounds.

teal101 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:44:00 PM »

Whats the length on it? My buddy pulled a 23.5" smallie out last week. It was a HOG

runamuk · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:46:21 PM »

wowzers

sakoshooter · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2011, 04:16:00 PM »

Very nice smallie. Glad to hear it was released. Gotta keep the gene pool going strong.

agchawk · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2011, 06:50:06 PM »

Quote from: teal101 on June 07, 2011, 01:44:00 PM

Whats the length on it? My buddy pulled a 23.5" smallie out last week. It was a HOG

If I remember right she was just over 20" long and was almost 15" around at the back of the gill plates. I'll have to get the measurements from my brother-in-law.

teal101 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2011, 08:37:31 AM »

Quote from: agchawk on June 07, 2011, 06:50:06 PM

Quote from: teal101 on June 07, 2011, 01:44:00 PM
Whats the length on it? My buddy pulled a 23.5" smallie out last week. It was a HOG

If I remember right she was just over 20" long and was almost 15" around at the back of the gill plates. I'll have to get the measurements from my brother-in-law.

Impressive fish. My buddy didnt put a scale to his fish so we're trying to estimate it's weight. Soo close to breaking that 6lb mark!

Elkrunner · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2011, 11:05:34 AM »

Ripper · « **Reply #23 on:** June 08, 2011, 06:34:24 PM »

Dandy of a fish, that beats my best smallieby a few oz. Glad to here she was released. I do eat a few smallies every year. 12 to 15 inchers are great to eat.

Elkrunner · « **Reply #24 on:** June 09, 2011, 10:25:44 AM »

Quote from: Ripper on June 08, 2011, 06:34:24 PM

Dandy of a fish, that beats my best smallieby a few oz. Glad to here she was released. I do eat a few smallies every year. 12 to 15 inchers are great to eat.

That's what she said!

FC · « **Reply #25 on:** June 09, 2011, 11:52:09 AM »

That is a behemoth of a smallmouth!

shedcrazy · « **Reply #26 on:** June 09, 2011, 03:36:10 PM »

Great fish

andersonjk4 · « **Reply #27 on:** June 10, 2011, 12:20:36 PM »

Very nice fish! Smallies like that put up a hell of a fight too.

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