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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Ken A.]
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05/26/15 01:22 AM
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KevinSpencer
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Back when the slot was 21" I weighed a 10.01 that barely went over the 21" line. That fish was shaped like a football. Fattest fish I have ever seen.
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 01:44 AM
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patriot07
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Dad caught an under DD with Tom Redington a few years ago. Just a hair short. Had the frame of a 6, the head of an 8 and the belly of a 12.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Soren Kierkegaard
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 01:45 AM
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Randy Harrell
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Smallest over I have seen was a 5.38 at Media last May. Snake!!!
Set the hook first, ask questions later!!!
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 01:56 AM
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JIM SR.
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I caught three 7 pounders one summer evening in Little Mustang throwing a pop-r over the grass, caught them all within 20 feet of each other in 15 minutes, they were all over 24 inches..!!
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 02:45 AM
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skins84
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11.2 at Cooper that was 21 3/4 long 24" around. I've weighed a under at Mcdonalds that was 2.75 that won an hour but I remember someone with a 2.94 the same tourny.
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 02:55 AM
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Billy_Lawson
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Had a friend call me about an hour into a tourney a couple years ago and ask what the top side of slot was. When I said 24 he said just checking cause I got a 10.3 that won't measure!
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 04:02 AM
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cephusjoe
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Great question and the replies are entertaining Lol
Last edited by cephusjoe; 05/26/15 04:02 AM.
Mcurtain county okie
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 06:00 AM
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TxFisherman03
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I weighed in a 5.38lb. over in media last year. It was 24 1/8" The fish looked more like an eel. You could tell it was an old fish. Looked like a native bass. Big ole head and shoulders the a long body and tail. It was blind in 1 eye and hit a top water around 10am.
Byron
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 11:52 AM
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westxbass82
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I'm the guy who posted about the 12 I caught that was in the slot. It was in the 2012 Sealy tourney. I got a lot of grief on here because people said the pic didn't look like a 12, but that's what the scale showed and the scale was pretty accurate. I still have nightmares about that fish, because the fish that took first that year was a 10 pounder!
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 12:02 PM
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Rob Lay
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My experience is limited, but so far I have caught a 6.8 pound over and a 8.6 pound slot. Cody was with me last Spring and caught a 10.05 on the Cul-M-Rite that was under 24" barely. Not for sure, but I think many of those heavy shorter fish are more pure Florida strain, which is what Sharelunker is looking for. That said, I think VERY rare or impossible for a Sharelunker to not make 24". Maybe on a guide scale.
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Rob Lay]
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05/26/15 12:44 PM
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Ken A.
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That said, I think VERY rare or impossible for a Sharelunker to not make 24". Maybe on a guide scale. Look thru the SAL entries over the years. It has happened more often than you would think Rob. It would be a freak but I've seen it firsthand. I helped weigh a fish over 13# that was 23" X 23"
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 12:55 PM
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tx_basser
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I caught a 6.92 that was 25 inches long. Had the head of a 12 lb fish.
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 01:13 PM
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WasThataBite
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Westxbass82, I have thought about your bass several times since I saw it. That would be my luck in a big tournament to catch a bass like that and not be able to weigh it. That fish was a pig. Sucks you weren't able to weigh it.
PB: 10.78 lbs at Lake Fork
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 04:24 PM
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bogey♂
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My Dad caught an almost 12 during a Bass Champs that was 1/4" under the upper limit.
you know, nothing wrong with seven men who met on the internet going for a swim together
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Re: Largest under and smallest over you have seen/heard on Fork
[Re: Mark Perry]
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05/26/15 04:26 PM
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Shawn Mead
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Largest slot I have seen was a 10.52.....smallest over I have seen was a heavy 5 lber.
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