NEW PB!! Double digit fish!! With Pics!!

Bassboss · 06-21-10, 01:58 PM

Hey guys! Just got back from a trip about 2 hours ago! Got my new PB too!

I tried to get on the water by 6:30, but didn't manage to get there until almost 8:00, as I over slept, top water bite was turning off as soon as we got there. However I did mange to get 2 fish on a spook Jr first thing.

Around 9:00, 15 - 20, little kids were their for some fishing camp. As I was walking by I heard the supervisor talk about some "legend," of a bass in the lake that was over 10lbs. I rolled my eyes and said to my self, "I've been fishing this little pond for 3 years, and never caught anything near 10lbs, lots of 5 and 6 pounders, but non near 10." apparently it's name is "Buster"

After a wile of fishing a senko and a crankbait with no luck, I put on a 6" watermelon zoom lizard, a 3/0 mustad worm hook (Straight shank), and a 3/16 oz green pumpkin bullet weight.

After about a half hour with only small ones on the lizz, I get a hard "donk" on the end of my line. I set the hook and my drag slips a little bit! I leave it, and thank god I did! This 2' football of a bass lunges almost all the way out of the water, and me and my little brother start freaking out, thing starts peeling drag like no tomorrow! A few more jumps, and runs, it gets close, and my little lipper, grabs it for me and we both a super Ike!

We run over to the kids to show them out catch! We holler to the kids "WE GOT BUSTER!!"

One of the little kids asks me "What kinda fish is that?!" I say, I tell him it's a large mouth bass. He says, "No way, that WAY to big to a bass!." Cute kids!

The supervisor comes over to check it out, with a scale in hand!

We weight her and she comes out at 12lbs, 1oz. We snap some pics and let her back to keep the big bass jeans in there!

The guy also offered me a volunteer job to help the kids out, he said if I do a good job, it may lead to a summer job!

I left my number and he'll call me sometime soon.

2 - 3 pounders just won't seem as big now!

Pics don't do it Justus to the the size of this thing! Keep in mind my a 6', 210lb kid!

rrw4258 · 06-21-10, 02:07 PM

Very cool man... congrats on the new PB. That is a mighty fine fish.

Ryan

Bassboss · 06-21-10, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rrw4258

Very cool man... congrats on the new PB. That is a mighty fine fish.

Ryan

Thanks a lot Ryan!

My hart still gits pumpin' when I see the pics!

walkeraviator · 06-21-10, 02:44 PM

what a pig... id love to hook one like that... congratulations man.

nofearengineer · 06-21-10, 02:55 PM

Congratulations....it is a fine fish indeed.

Abbeysdad · 06-21-10, 03:21 PM

Nice fish! I get me one like that, I'm thinkin replica on the wall.

WaffleJaw · 06-21-10, 03:21 PM

Dude that is seriously an impressive fish!!!..Congrats on hauling in that ole girl.
wow!!
I wonder if you can ride on its back like Atreyu from Never Ending Story??
This is the closet example I could find,sorry

Bassboss · 06-21-10, 03:26 PM

Thanks a lot guys!

And who'd a thunk I got pics of it too right?!

Quote:

Originally Posted by WaffleJaw

Dude that is seriously an impressive fish!!!..Congrats on hauling in that ole girl.
wow!!
I wonder if you can ride on its back like Atreyu from Never Ending Story??
This is the closet example I could find,sorry

Just like that waffle.. just like that.

Thanks man!

Jrob78 · 06-21-10, 03:47 PM

Nice fish Sammy!! Congratulations!

coyute · 06-21-10, 03:47 PM

Nice fish!

bassinbob · 06-21-10, 04:00 PM

Great fish. Congrats.

Shake n' Bake · 06-21-10, 04:06 PM

Wow dude that is so sweet. That would be by far the state record here in NY.

Cavs1123 · 06-21-10, 04:41 PM

Sammy that is an absolute monster!

WatterBoy · 06-21-10, 05:55 PM

Awesome fish, B-Boss -- way to go!!!!!!!!

Did you get length/girth measurements on her?

Bassboss · 06-21-10, 06:46 PM

Thanks guys, It think the reason I caught her is because of my luck John Deer hat!!

Told the guys on the football team and showed them the pics, now they all wanna go fishing with me lol!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by WatterBoy

Awesome fish, B-Boss -- way to go!!!!!!!!

Did you get length/girth measurements on her?

Not exactly, but I set her by by my rod and from one point to point, it went roughly 26 inches, give or take. Not sure about the girth, how ever.

Stew · 06-21-10, 07:55 PM

Woot woot!!!

Jim80 · 06-21-10, 08:26 PM

Congrats Kid nice fish

Jim

MIbasser · 06-21-10, 08:56 PM

Nice fish bassboss. I think pink hoody might actually like that one!

bcklash · 06-21-10, 09:05 PM

Nice fish Sammie, but I believe that little boy in the picture caught it.

MallenManson · 06-21-10, 09:13 PM

Way to go Boss! Great fish for real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bassboss · 06-21-10, 10:47 PM

Haha! I feel important, never got this many replies in a thread like this
But really guys, thanks a lot!

Bubba_Bruiser · 06-22-10, 07:04 AM

Nice haul fo sho Boss! Congrats on the PB and being a better person than me for letting her swim for another day. Just think, she would have been a teenager a couple of months ago. But none the less, way to go.
And thanks to Waffle for getting "The Never Ending Story" theme song stuck in my head.

Bassboss · 06-22-10, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bubba_Bruiser

Nice haul fo sho Boss! Congrats on the PB and being a better person than me for letting her swim for another day. Just think, she would have been a teenager a couple of months ago. But none the less, way to go.
And thanks to Waffle for getting "The Never Ending Story" theme song stuck in my head.

Thanks Gary.

And for some reason, I feel as if I'm lucky for never watching The Never Ending Story!

rodnreel · 06-22-10, 09:37 AM

Sweet fish, dude! I'd be going Ike too!

WaffleJaw · 06-22-10, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bassboss

Thanks Gary.

And for some reason, I feel as if I'm lucky for never watching The Never Ending Story!

You never watched the Never ending story!!! Its like hotdogs and CocaCola ...Its an american classic!!......for nerds like me.
Your on summer vaca right?....Go to your local video store and rent it....Also rent Willow,Princess Bride,Time Bandits and Robocop.

They will make you rethink the way you live.

06-21-10, 01:58 PM	#1
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	NEW PB!! Double digit fish!! With Pics!! Hey guys! Just got back from a trip about 2 hours ago! Got my new PB too! I tried to get on the water by 6:30, but didn't manage to get there until almost 8:00, as I over slept, top water bite was turning off as soon as we got there. However I did mange to get 2 fish on a spook Jr first thing. Around 9:00, 15 - 20, little kids were their for some fishing camp. As I was walking by I heard the supervisor talk about some "legend," of a bass in the lake that was over 10lbs. I rolled my eyes and said to my self, "I've been fishing this little pond for 3 years, and never caught anything near 10lbs, lots of 5 and 6 pounders, but non near 10." apparently it's name is "Buster" After a wile of fishing a senko and a crankbait with no luck, I put on a 6" watermelon zoom lizard, a 3/0 mustad worm hook (Straight shank), and a 3/16 oz green pumpkin bullet weight. After about a half hour with only small ones on the lizz, I get a hard "donk" on the end of my line. I set the hook and my drag slips a little bit! I leave it, and thank god I did! This 2' football of a bass lunges almost all the way out of the water, and me and my little brother start freaking out, thing starts peeling drag like no tomorrow! A few more jumps, and runs, it gets close, and my little lipper, grabs it for me and we both a super Ike! We run over to the kids to show them out catch! We holler to the kids "WE GOT BUSTER!!" One of the little kids asks me "What kinda fish is that?!" I say, I tell him it's a large mouth bass. He says, "No way, that WAY to big to a bass!." Cute kids! The supervisor comes over to check it out, with a scale in hand! We weight her and she comes out at 12lbs, 1oz. We snap some pics and let her back to keep the big bass jeans in there! The guy also offered me a volunteer job to help the kids out, he said if I do a good job, it may lead to a summer job! I left my number and he'll call me sometime soon. 2 - 3 pounders just won't seem as big now! Pics don't do it Justus to the the size of this thing! Keep in mind my a 6', 210lb kid! Attached Thumbnails __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die. Last edited by Bassboss; 06-21-10 at 08:35 PM.

06-21-10, 02:07 PM	#2
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	Very cool man... congrats on the new PB. That is a mighty fine fish. Ryan __________________ Never Give Up!

06-21-10, 02:55 PM	#5
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Congratulations....it is a fine fish indeed. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

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Abbeysdad BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central NY - Finger Lakes Posts: 1,307	Nice fish! I get me one like that, I'm thinkin replica on the wall. __________________ Fish now, work later

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WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	Dude that is seriously an impressive fish!!!..Congrats on hauling in that ole girl. wow!! I wonder if you can ride on its back like Atreyu from Never Ending Story?? This is the closet example I could find,sorry __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

06-21-10, 02:44 PM	#4
walkeraviator BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 1,119	what a pig... id love to hook one like that... congratulations man.

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Jrob78 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 4,671	Nice fish Sammy!! Congratulations!

06-21-10, 03:47 PM	#10
coyute BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 12	Nice fish!

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bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	Great fish. Congrats. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

06-21-10, 04:06 PM	#12
Shake n' Bake BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 58	Wow dude that is so sweet. That would be by far the state record here in NY.

06-21-10, 04:41 PM	#13
Cavs1123 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 1,398	Sammy that is an absolute monster! __________________ Tom

06-21-10, 05:55 PM	#14
WatterBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Owatonna, MN Posts: 2,280	Awesome fish, B-Boss -- way to go!!!!!!!! Did you get length/girth measurements on her?

06-21-10, 07:55 PM	#16
Stew BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shawano, Wisconsin Posts: 154	Woot woot!!!

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Jim80 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Thomaston CT Posts: 3,862	Congrats Kid nice fish Jim __________________ In memory of Zooker 1/11/73-7/2/2010. You will be sorely missed and never forgotten.

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MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	Nice fish bassboss. I think pink hoody might actually like that one!

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bcklash BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Elliston, Va. Posts: 4,372	Nice fish Sammie, but I believe that little boy in the picture caught it. __________________ The soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. keep us free:

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MallenManson BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beulah, Michigan Posts: 6,431	Way to go Boss! Great fish for real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Bass fear me. Women pepperspray me.....

06-21-10, 10:47 PM	#21
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Haha! I feel important, never got this many replies in a thread like this But really guys, thanks a lot! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

06-22-10, 07:04 AM	#22
Bubba_Bruiser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South MS Posts: 3,659	Nice haul fo sho Boss! Congrats on the PB and being a better person than me for letting her swim for another day. Just think, she would have been a teenager a couple of months ago. But none the less, way to go. And thanks to Waffle for getting "The Never Ending Story" theme song stuck in my head. __________________ \,,,,/ ROCK ON! HRN4L!

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rodnreel BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Jamestown, OH Posts: 310	Sweet fish, dude! I'd be going Ike too! __________________ "If you become a jack of all bass fishing trades but a master of none, you're setting yourself up for mediocrity." - Denny Brauer

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