Post by: agchawk on June 06, 2011, 07:18:11 PM
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.
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Post by: agchawk on June 07, 2011, 12:28:01 PM
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.
Post by: goosegetter79 on June 07, 2011, 12:39:02 PM
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.
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Post by: agchawk on June 07, 2011, 06:50:06 PM
Whats the length on it? My buddy pulled a 23.5" smallie out last week. It was a HOG :yike:
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.
Post by: teal101 on June 08, 2011, 08:37:31 AM
Whats the length on it? My buddy pulled a 23.5" smallie out last week. It was a HOG :yike:
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! :IBCOOL:
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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!
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