this is my new personal best

bigman15 · 03-07-06, 02:44 PM

Hey guys, this is my new personal best. I caught it on a lake not to be named about 30 miles south of Little Rock Arkansas. 12.89 pounds, I know she looks bigger but I was holdin her a little close to the ol' camera. Mighty fine bass. She put up one heck of a fight. Caught her off an underwater ledge about 16 feet down with the ol' brown jig with a zoom trailer. Boy was she a hoss. Bass and a half boy, I'll tell you what. Git down on it boy. Git er' done.

JB · 03-07-06, 02:48 PM

f/n AWESOME! wtg..I resized your image for ya if you dont mind, tell us details of the catch..thats a nice un!
Attachment 169

Rodman_Rob · 03-07-06, 03:06 PM

that fish looks bigger than you.

Wishing2BFishing · 03-07-06, 03:33 PM

They don't grow em' like that in Pennsylvania (well there may be a few). Anyway, congrats. I have never caught a hog that big and I am very envious.

NOTE: With a catch like that, you can retire for the season. Just hang your rod up and say, "I already caught a 12 pounder".

bigman15 · 03-07-06, 03:40 PM

Okey Dokey smokey, so here i am in my 1996 ranger, 17 footer. I am checkin the depth finder looking for some structure. I had heard the bass were deep so i decided to only try casting shallow for a while. i used a 6 inch chompers watermelon colored worm at first. as i rigged up my worm on my offset gamakatsu hook, a rush of confidence flowed through me, today was the the day that i would land the mother of all hosses. i casted my worm out. let it sink to the bottom, and slowly began my pattented twitching retrieve. i reeled the worm all the way in without a hit. a few more casts brought the same result. but on the lucky 7th cast, i saw my line move laterally a little bit after the worm had sunk to the lake floor. i slowly reeled in slack until i felt the dead waight of a decent sized bass on the other end of my quantum accurist and st. croix rod. i brought the rod tip down and threw my hands and arms vertically towards the sky. in one smooth motion i set the hook and felt the decent sized sow on the other end. she swam straight away from me but i eventually horsed her in. it took me about 35 seconds. it turned out to be just about 5 pounds, i neglected to weigh her, she could have been a little bit more. i released it into the abyss and watched her swim away as free as an emacipated slave. i continued to fish shallow, but two hours worth yeilded me no bass. i decided to move deep. i trolled around until i found some bottom structure. i was extremely aroused at the bottom contours of the lake as i had never fished this body of water before. i watched the depth finder until i came up upon a seemingly weed choked drop off. it went from 10 to about 17 feet in a very fast decline. this was a prime spot for me. i put on a 3/8 ounce brown jig(i will not give out the manufacturer) and tipped it with a zoom trailer(brown). i threw it out a fair distance towards the drop off, as i had backed away from the structure earlier so i would be able to cast to it. boat positioning is everything. my first cast was a beauty. the jig sailed through the air like sparrow cutting through the cool spring air. the jig hit the water with a small, controlled splash. i waited until the jig reached the bottom. but before it did, i saw my line move ever so slightly, i would say the jig was about 3 feet off of the bottom at this point and maybe 10 feet under the surface of the water. as the line twitched a surge of adrenaline rushed through my body. the feelings i felt as my line moved unnaturally could only be duplicated by a high powered street drug. my mind was filled with joy and ecstacy as i reeled in slack to feel with seemed like a hooked shipwreck that i had accidentally casted in to. whatever was on the other end of my line was heavier than anything i have ever felt on a fishing rod. i proceeded to set the hook so hard that i felt i just my tear the very lips off of the monster that was the hoss on the end of my line. the hook set was solid. the feeling was orgasmic. i began to attempt to reel in the beast. it wouldnt budge. i trolled right over the top of it and began my feeble attempt to horse in the monster. i set my drag to a little bit more forgiving setting and let the beastly sow have its way with me. it swam uncontrollably in a blind rage. i didn't think i would ever land the monster. my 14 pound test was on the verge of snapping with every contortion of the bass' body. the beast started to beeline towards the cover of the shallows. i let it run and waited for her to slow down. eventually it did start to decrease its pace, it was then that i decided to make my move. i pulled hard on my rod in an attempt to bring the sow back towards me. she was beginning to give in! i trolled towards the holstein, in order to try to lessen the difficulty of the fight. i began to reel in vigorously in my final attempt to land the huge slab of beef. she slowly ascended to the surface. i peered into the water to try to catch a glimpse of the whale. it eventually showed itself. it emerged from the water in all of its gargantuan glory. upon seeing goliath, i was nearly sent into a mild heart attack as my heart skipped about 4 beats. i plunged my hand into the sow's mouth with wreckless abandon. i lifted the fish out of the water. and brought it over my boat. the weight of the fish in my hand rivaled that of a small economy car. as quick as a wink i dehooked the trophy and set it into the livewell. i had conquered the beast. i was the gladiator and the fish was my opponent in the roman colleseum that was represented by the lake. i drove towards shore and immediately trailered my boat. i started yelling in a war cry that i had never even heard before. soon enough a small crowd of people around the dock gathered around me. i climbed into my boat and revealed to the crowd the obnoxiously gargantuan largemouth bass. the crowd cheered and whistled at me in sheer enjoyment. i went to the dock and put the fish on the scale that was set up there. 12.89 pounds, read the digital screen. it was my new personal best. a fish of a lifetime.

bigman15 · 03-07-06, 03:42 PM

theres the details. git er done bass hunter

JB · 03-07-06, 03:51 PM

sweet, need a tissue?

lovinfishin9 · 03-07-06, 05:51 PM

woah!!! u should be a writer for a outdoors section of a newspaper

lizardsrule · 03-07-06, 09:44 PM

Congrats, that is a real Hawg! Just wondering why all the secretive stuff. Won't name the lake or name the jig? Again congrats, hope you catch several more.

Lizards

LoneStarAngler07 · 03-07-06, 09:52 PM

your a pretty good writer man! nice catch!

scrap · 03-07-06, 10:22 PM

well done.

WTL · 03-07-06, 10:33 PM

I just laughed when I saw the pic. That fish is amazing. Bloody good show, lol!

WTL · 03-07-06, 10:40 PM

Lizards, what the name of the lake that you keep catching all of the 10s, 11s and 12s at....wait! don't say it just yet, let me get a pen....

Curado · 03-07-06, 10:45 PM

Very nice, congrats.

bassintom · 03-07-06, 10:46 PM

really nice fish...congrats.
but if you go with lizards you'll catch them everyday..lol jk
good job....good writing.
thanks for sharing the story.

454ss · 03-08-06, 02:03 AM

holy what a fish i hear ya JB lovin that hat man represent lol

bigman15 · 03-08-06, 01:10 PM

hahaha, alright guys. time for the truth. the whole picture is a lie. i wrote the story as a joke. if you search google images you can find that pic. i didnt catch that thing are you kidding me. i live in minnesota and have never seen a bass that big. my actual personal best is a 22 inch 6 pounder which is less than 3 pounds off the record in minnesota. but ya the whole picture was a L I E. just thought id try to get a reaction.

JB · 03-08-06, 05:02 PM

well I blew it up on photoshop when you first posted and looked at the edging, then realized it was a pic from suncountrybass.com

http://www.suncountrybass.com/2004recordbb.JPG

lizardsrule · 03-08-06, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WTL

Lizards, what the name of the lake that you keep catching all of the 10s, 11s and 12s at....wait! don't say it just yet, let me get a pen....

Got your pen yet

"WILDCAT LAKE"

Lizards

JB · 03-09-06, 07:33 AM

lizards,
they still have the "lunker lodge" at the lake?

lizardsrule · 03-09-06, 09:17 PM

Only when I go, the locals can't seem to catch anything other than a few small specks. Specks by the way, are what these southerners call crappie.

Lizards

bass kicker · 03-09-06, 09:23 PM

were you fishing a tourney and are you going to enter that in the sites tourney

lizardsrule · 03-09-06, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bass kicker

were you fishing a tourney and are you going to enter that in the sites tourney

Read post # 17

Lizards

WTL · 03-09-06, 10:07 PM

Speck is more a Florida term I think. We call crappie, crappie here. Plus it can get confusing since to me specks could just as easily mean speckled trout.

Another confusing nickname; Jack Salmon.

JB · 03-10-06, 07:32 AM

isn't the term "jack' = male of the species?

03-07-06, 02:44 PM	#1
bigman15 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Posts: 5	this is my new personal best Hey guys, this is my new personal best. I caught it on a lake not to be named about 30 miles south of Little Rock Arkansas. 12.89 pounds, I know she looks bigger but I was holdin her a little close to the ol' camera. Mighty fine bass. She put up one heck of a fight. Caught her off an underwater ledge about 16 feet down with the ol' brown jig with a zoom trailer. Boy was she a hoss. Bass and a half boy, I'll tell you what. Git down on it boy. Git er' done.

03-07-06, 02:48 PM	#2
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	f/n AWESOME! wtg..I resized your image for ya if you dont mind, tell us details of the catch..thats a nice un! Attachment 169 Last edited by JB; 03-12-06 at 08:49 PM.

03-07-06, 03:06 PM	#3
Rodman_Rob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ocala, FL. 1/2 hour southwest of Rodman Posts: 1,702	that fish looks bigger than you. __________________ Lizardsrule may not be able to drive a boat, but he can sure put you on the fish!

03-07-06, 05:51 PM	#8
lovinfishin9 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Middletown, VA Posts: 566	woah!!! u should be a writer for a outdoors section of a newspaper __________________ Take your caviar and that fish that ain't cooked, take if off a cracker and throw it on a hook. :D :)

03-07-06, 09:44 PM	#9
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Congrats, that is a real Hawg! Just wondering why all the secretive stuff. Won't name the lake or name the jig? Again congrats, hope you catch several more. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

03-07-06, 03:33 PM	#4
Wishing2BFishing BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Morgantown, Pa Posts: 1,254	They don't grow em' like that in Pennsylvania (well there may be a few). Anyway, congrats. I have never caught a hog that big and I am very envious. NOTE: With a catch like that, you can retire for the season. Just hang your rod up and say, "I already caught a 12 pounder".

03-07-06, 03:40 PM	#5
bigman15 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Posts: 5	Okey Dokey smokey, so here i am in my 1996 ranger, 17 footer. I am checkin the depth finder looking for some structure. I had heard the bass were deep so i decided to only try casting shallow for a while. i used a 6 inch chompers watermelon colored worm at first. as i rigged up my worm on my offset gamakatsu hook, a rush of confidence flowed through me, today was the the day that i would land the mother of all hosses. i casted my worm out. let it sink to the bottom, and slowly began my pattented twitching retrieve. i reeled the worm all the way in without a hit. a few more casts brought the same result. but on the lucky 7th cast, i saw my line move laterally a little bit after the worm had sunk to the lake floor. i slowly reeled in slack until i felt the dead waight of a decent sized bass on the other end of my quantum accurist and st. croix rod. i brought the rod tip down and threw my hands and arms vertically towards the sky. in one smooth motion i set the hook and felt the decent sized sow on the other end. she swam straight away from me but i eventually horsed her in. it took me about 35 seconds. it turned out to be just about 5 pounds, i neglected to weigh her, she could have been a little bit more. i released it into the abyss and watched her swim away as free as an emacipated slave. i continued to fish shallow, but two hours worth yeilded me no bass. i decided to move deep. i trolled around until i found some bottom structure. i was extremely aroused at the bottom contours of the lake as i had never fished this body of water before. i watched the depth finder until i came up upon a seemingly weed choked drop off. it went from 10 to about 17 feet in a very fast decline. this was a prime spot for me. i put on a 3/8 ounce brown jig(i will not give out the manufacturer) and tipped it with a zoom trailer(brown). i threw it out a fair distance towards the drop off, as i had backed away from the structure earlier so i would be able to cast to it. boat positioning is everything. my first cast was a beauty. the jig sailed through the air like sparrow cutting through the cool spring air. the jig hit the water with a small, controlled splash. i waited until the jig reached the bottom. but before it did, i saw my line move ever so slightly, i would say the jig was about 3 feet off of the bottom at this point and maybe 10 feet under the surface of the water. as the line twitched a surge of adrenaline rushed through my body. the feelings i felt as my line moved unnaturally could only be duplicated by a high powered street drug. my mind was filled with joy and ecstacy as i reeled in slack to feel with seemed like a hooked shipwreck that i had accidentally casted in to. whatever was on the other end of my line was heavier than anything i have ever felt on a fishing rod. i proceeded to set the hook so hard that i felt i just my tear the very lips off of the monster that was the hoss on the end of my line. the hook set was solid. the feeling was orgasmic. i began to attempt to reel in the beast. it wouldnt budge. i trolled right over the top of it and began my feeble attempt to horse in the monster. i set my drag to a little bit more forgiving setting and let the beastly sow have its way with me. it swam uncontrollably in a blind rage. i didn't think i would ever land the monster. my 14 pound test was on the verge of snapping with every contortion of the bass' body. the beast started to beeline towards the cover of the shallows. i let it run and waited for her to slow down. eventually it did start to decrease its pace, it was then that i decided to make my move. i pulled hard on my rod in an attempt to bring the sow back towards me. she was beginning to give in! i trolled towards the holstein, in order to try to lessen the difficulty of the fight. i began to reel in vigorously in my final attempt to land the huge slab of beef. she slowly ascended to the surface. i peered into the water to try to catch a glimpse of the whale. it eventually showed itself. it emerged from the water in all of its gargantuan glory. upon seeing goliath, i was nearly sent into a mild heart attack as my heart skipped about 4 beats. i plunged my hand into the sow's mouth with wreckless abandon. i lifted the fish out of the water. and brought it over my boat. the weight of the fish in my hand rivaled that of a small economy car. as quick as a wink i dehooked the trophy and set it into the livewell. i had conquered the beast. i was the gladiator and the fish was my opponent in the roman colleseum that was represented by the lake. i drove towards shore and immediately trailered my boat. i started yelling in a war cry that i had never even heard before. soon enough a small crowd of people around the dock gathered around me. i climbed into my boat and revealed to the crowd the obnoxiously gargantuan largemouth bass. the crowd cheered and whistled at me in sheer enjoyment. i went to the dock and put the fish on the scale that was set up there. 12.89 pounds, read the digital screen. it was my new personal best. a fish of a lifetime.

03-07-06, 03:42 PM	#6
bigman15 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Posts: 5	theres the details. git er done bass hunter

03-07-06, 03:51 PM	#7
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	sweet, need a tissue?

03-07-06, 09:52 PM	#10
LoneStarAngler07 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houston Tx Posts: 233	your a pretty good writer man! nice catch! __________________ "Fish ON, FISH ON"

03-07-06, 10:22 PM	#11
scrap BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 217	well done.

03-07-06, 10:33 PM	#12
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	I just laughed when I saw the pic. That fish is amazing. Bloody good show, lol! __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

03-07-06, 10:40 PM	#13
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Lizards, what the name of the lake that you keep catching all of the 10s, 11s and 12s at....wait! don't say it just yet, let me get a pen.... __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

03-07-06, 10:45 PM	#14
Curado BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 333	Very nice, congrats. __________________ http://www.harttackle.com

03-07-06, 10:46 PM	#15
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	really nice fish...congrats. but if you go with lizards you'll catch them everyday..lol jk good job....good writing. thanks for sharing the story. __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

03-08-06, 02:03 AM	#16
454ss BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Glennville,GA Posts: 615	holy what a fish i hear ya JB lovin that hat man represent lol

03-08-06, 01:10 PM	#17
bigman15 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Posts: 5	hahaha, alright guys. time for the truth. the whole picture is a lie. i wrote the story as a joke. if you search google images you can find that pic. i didnt catch that thing are you kidding me. i live in minnesota and have never seen a bass that big. my actual personal best is a 22 inch 6 pounder which is less than 3 pounds off the record in minnesota. but ya the whole picture was a L I E. just thought id try to get a reaction.

03-08-06, 05:02 PM	#18
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	well I blew it up on photoshop when you first posted and looked at the edging, then realized it was a pic from suncountrybass.com http://www.suncountrybass.com/2004recordbb.JPG

03-09-06, 07:33 AM	#20
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	lizards, they still have the "lunker lodge" at the lake?

03-09-06, 09:17 PM	#21
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Only when I go, the locals can't seem to catch anything other than a few small specks. Specks by the way, are what these southerners call crappie. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

03-09-06, 09:23 PM	#22
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	were you fishing a tourney and are you going to enter that in the sites tourney __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

03-09-06, 10:07 PM	#24
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Speck is more a Florida term I think. We call crappie, crappie here. Plus it can get confusing since to me specks could just as easily mean speckled trout. Another confusing nickname; Jack Salmon. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

03-10-06, 07:32 AM	#25
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	isn't the term "jack' = male of the species?

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