Got to go fishing! One hawg! **pics**

[Bassboss]

I went fishing with my dad after I when to Gander Mt. to pic up a few things, I went to get Anacondas, ended up with a bunch of other stuff! Oh, BTW, I also when with a friend; last time I saw him was before my B-day. He got me a nice pocket tool!

Anyways, I caught one bass in the beginning. My dad caught 2 small-ish ones. We caught them all and the 10' Rage Tail Anacondas. Me and my dad caught the only fish. We had an encounter with water moccasin, and an encounter with a small python! I almost got bit by the moccasin, I was climbing on some rocks and I got a strike........ only fish was not the one striking! Thankfully it missed me! I'd like to fish another day!

Oh! Did I mention the bass I caught was a 5-pounder! 18', 16' fat!

Before ya ask it was caught and released.............. in grease!

Pics:



Thanks for looking,

[wareagledc]

nice fish man

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by wareagledc

nice fish man

Thanks, that's my 2nd biggest bass this year!

[bamabassman]

great fish bassboss, good to see you get a biggun too.

[CMorg]

Weight calculator says 4.32lbs. Are those pretty accurate ?

[wareagledc]

where do you get the weight from cmorg?

[Bassboss]

Ya there not that accurate, but I used this one.

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

great fish bassboss, good to see you get a biggun too.

Thanks bama! How'd you do today?

[rrw4258]

I think the bassresource one is off. There is no way that my 25" Fish in my avatar weighed over 10. It is at leas a couple pounds high.

Ryan

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by rrw4258

I think the bassresource one is off. There is no way that my 25" Fish in my avatar weighed over 10. It is at leas a couple pounds high.

Ryan

This one said 5.76?

All check a bunch out, than I average it out!

[CMorg]

Originally Posted by wareagledc

where do you get the weight from cmorg?

This site , http://www.bassfishin.com/bassware.htm
Scroll down halfway

[wareagledc]

thanks alot for thoes calculators i needed a easy one to use.

[Bassboss]

Last night I used six different ones, I averaged the weights and than dived the total number of calculators I used. I got 5.067lbs.

The lowest I got was 4.42 and the highest I got was 5.76.

I think it's pretty safe to say it's in the 5lb class range!

[Jim80]

nice fish bassboss good to see ya got out for a bit .

Jim

[jmartin]

Nice fish but I gotta say not a big fan of fish calulators If Bogagrips say its 9 pounds then you can take it to the bank.....Its 9 pounds.
Jerry

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by jmartin

Nice fish but I gotta say not a big fan of fish calulators If Bogagrips say its 9 pounds then you can take it to the bank.....Its 9 pounds.
Jerry

I'd love to but I am not paying 120$ for Bogas, what's the best under 50?

I've been looking at this one for sometime!

[rrw4258]

This is the one i use...
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st..._SearchResults

Ryan

[tnfisherman]

you ate it thats not right

[Super Fluke]

Originally Posted by tnfisherman

you ate it thats not right

I agree. Catch and release the bass you catch, or atleast the ones over three pounds. That fish is a little bit under five pounds.... It should have been able to grow way over five pounds though

[bamabassman]

ok now folks....don't get on him ok? it was a legal catch. his to do with what he wanted. trust me, in florida...you ain't hurting the population of the 5 pounders in that state. 5# is a little one for florida.

[BassBandit]

Well Bama, some people need to be educated on C & R before they will continue keeping every fish they catch. Now if it was during the spawn then I do problem with those who pull them out of nest to keep them. The fish he post I'm sure it is male. If it is spawning season in Florida and the bass is trying to guard its nest then again I do have problem with it because the fry can not survive on their own. Btw the kid looks like hes always hungry so...

[bassackwards]

good job man

[abu4600]

nice fish bassboss.

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

ok now folks....don't get on him ok? it was a legal catch. his to do with what he wanted. trust me, in florida...you ain't hurting the population of the 5 pounders in that state. 5# is a little one for florida.

Thanks for the back up bama!

5lbs is not big for south fl. But it's probably the 2nd or 3rd biggest bass I've caught.

Originally Posted by BassBandit

Well Bama, some people need to be educated on C & R before they will continue keeping every fish they catch. Now if it was during the spawn then I do problem with those who pull them out of nest to keep them. The fish he post I'm sure it is male. If it is spawning season in Florida and the bass is trying to guard its nest then again I do have problem with it because the fry can not survive on their own. Btw the kid looks like hes always hungry so...

I'm almost sure the bass have spawned or, are towards the end! It's been the right temp for the spawn for since late Jan. early Feb. and through out.

And just to comfort you guys a little. I did not catch this in a pond, It was in a canal the goes to lake Okeechobee and to the ocean. So their is plenty of bass to populate. Also I caught it in like 15' water, so I don't think it was on a nest (to deep). I also release 85%-90% of my bass.

I also would have let it go if I had my camera, or a measure tape. If I did, I would have measured it, piced it and let her go (or him).

But I did not bring, although I meant to.

Hope this helps you guys have a little peace of mind, that I'm not a bass keeping a machine, that's the only like the 3rd bass out of 47 that I've caught.

And also, thanks for the complements!

[Bassboss]

Originally Posted by rrw4258

This is the one i use...
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/st..._SearchResults

Ryan

Thanks, how accurate is it, it got bad reviews..... but than again, allot of times the reviews on BPS are from newbees thinking it will work magic if it's over 20.00$.

Thanks,