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 Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/06/18 09:15 PM
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Lizzurd99
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Had an 11 to 12 lb fish on Athens a few weeks ago at the boat and she spit my bait at me. I saw nothing but bug eyes and a bucket mouth. She couldn't even get her head out of the water. I am still cringing over that fat Nancy!
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/07/18 12:18 AM
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Slefler
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14.5 shocked it out of a private pond East of Lake O' the Pines. It was nuts and of course my co-worker released it after he got about 5 pictures with it and I never got my picture with it. 
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Okie Poke]
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02/07/18 02:04 AM
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Der Vorsteher
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My biggest viewed was on Alan Henry several years ago. I've had several over 12 and many over 11 from that lake. This fish dwarfed those, I'm guessing over 15lbs. Moved like a submarine, errily efficient. So, you didn't land it? When AH was peaking, we would go out there usually a week at a time. We would pull up to a giant cedar and look into the crystal clear and see some unbelievable sized giants. There was no way you could get to them, though. Some of the funnest bed fishing I've done was on AH. Many a day we would catch 10-15 fish a day that would bust 7lb mark. Biggest was 10.2 during AH heyday. The good ole' days have since went long gone.... I fished with a guy (cant remember his name off the top of my head) who guided during the spawn. I am not great at determining size of fish but he found one on a bed and we worked her for 8 hours. He is the guy that caught tree DD's in 45 minutes on one bank and he said he felt like she was between 13 and 15 easily. Never seen a bed fish act like she did. She nosed up on it for two hours and I finally got her to eat it. She inhaled the whole lure in her mouth, very calmly turned around and start swimming away from us. I reeled down and set the hook and somehow it came right out. Immediately threw back in and she would nose right up to it but never did bite again. She did that for 6 more hours. Was it TTUFisherman, Curtis Norrod? Yes it was! Thanks for jogging my memory. A good friend of mine is a Game Warden and before becoming a warden he worked for parks and wildlife. He sent me pics all the time of giant fish they shocked up. It would blow your mind the number of 10+ fish swimming in our lakes, even ones you wouldn't think had fish that size.
Team Wolfs
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/07/18 06:28 AM
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Amackmac
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15.18 Roberts record. Happen to be on the water and texted Dannie something he sent a pic back of the livewell saying he thinks he has the lake record and heading to the Marina. Ran up there and saw the beast!!  also netted one barely under 13 with Dannie at Falcon. She jumped over the the net the first time but luckily didnt hit the line. That's the two biggest I've seen with my own eyes 
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/07/18 07:44 PM
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over the hill @PK
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I weighed a 15.38 for Donny Allison {second biggest on PK even now}on PK back in the 80'smade my 11.44 look small
Butch Farmer
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
#12615568
02/07/18 07:48 PM
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over the hill @PK
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seen 2 fish on a bed on PK hook the small one which was at least 9#s the other one dwarfed it but never got her to bite
Butch Farmer
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/07/18 07:56 PM
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over the hill @PK
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I caught a 13#10oz out of Bryson but lost a bigger fish with my hand 6 inches form lipping her when she broke me off !!! I bet the heard me scream all the way to town
Butch Farmer
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Amackmac]
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02/07/18 07:56 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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15.18 Roberts record. Happen to be on the water and texted Dannie something he sent a pic back of the livewell saying he thinks he has the lake record and heading to the Marina. Ran up there and saw the beast!! also netted one barely under 13 with Dannie at Falcon. She jumped over the the net the first time but luckily didnt hit the line. That's the two biggest I've seen with my own eyes Geeeezzzz look at the HEAD on that [censored]!!!
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
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02/07/18 07:58 PM
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Der Vorsteher
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15.18 Roberts record. Happen to be on the water and texted Dannie something he sent a pic back of the livewell saying he thinks he has the lake record and heading to the Marina. Ran up there and saw the beast!! also netted one barely under 13 with Dannie at Falcon. She jumped over the the net the first time but luckily didnt hit the line. That's the two biggest I've seen with my own eyes Geeeezzzz look at the HEAD on that [censored]!!! The fish has a big head too!
Team Wolfs
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Der Vorsteher]
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02/07/18 08:01 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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15.18 Roberts record. Happen to be on the water and texted Dannie something he sent a pic back of the livewell saying he thinks he has the lake record and heading to the Marina. Ran up there and saw the beast!! also netted one barely under 13 with Dannie at Falcon. She jumped over the the net the first time but luckily didnt hit the line. That's the two biggest I've seen with my own eyes Geeeezzzz look at the HEAD on that [censored]!!! The fish has a big head too! 
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/07/18 08:27 PM
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Hookem
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Seen some 14s that were caught on Austin. Anglers were waiting for TPW to show up to the 360 launch.
But the biggest I've seen was the one on Travis that tried to take my buddy's 12" white right before he lifted to the boat. Eyes as big as quarters. Guessing 15-16#.
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/09/18 05:11 AM
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johnathonmharding
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Was at Fork in 2016 was staying at Axtons , we put in at axtons go fish north end for lil bit relize we forgot drinks and lunch in the truck, we head back to axtons boat ramp my buddy hops out to run to the truck, i figured i throw around while he was up there. 1st cast up by the pads with a frog, I let sit for a min then just twitched it and looked like a toilet flush just sucked it under, Set the hook and reel wont turn just hear gears grinding, only get to pick up anyline when shes coming at me, she starts going under the boat and surfaced on the other side and came unbuttoned, Id say at least 12 post spawn
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/09/18 07:44 PM
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BlueNitro
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 This gal was 14.8 and caught the first of January by me. She was skinny (look how my hand sunk into her belly) but was 29 7/8" long with a 31" girth (if I remember correctly). I wish she was in better shape or had eggs in her because the biologist said she would have been in the 18 lb range. I lost a couple of 18 lb fish at the boat and one that was close to 20 as guessed by the biologist that was fishing with me. This was on Vail Lake in California back in 95 through 99 and I only wish I had better line and equipment to get some of the pigs I stuck into then. I had close to 50 double digit bass that came from Casitas, Castiac, Hodges, Perris and Dixon from California. I have seen 20 lb plus bass swimming in Dixon in the spring that would make you almost fall out of your boat.
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: Jpurdue]
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02/09/18 07:57 PM
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JIM SR.
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up close and personal, Cameron had a giant in the LFM tank a few years ago, that I think he caught that was 14#+. In that tank it looked like Bass-Zilla. 
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Re: Biggest Bass You've Laid Eyes On
[Re: BlueNitro]
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02/09/18 08:43 PM
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BassObsessed
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This gal was 14.8 and caught the first of January by me. She was skinny (look how my hand sunk into her belly) but was 29 7/8" long with a 31" girth (if I remember correctly). I wish she was in better shape or had eggs in her because the biologist said she would have been in the 18 lb range. I lost a couple of 18 lb fish at the boat and one that was close to 20 as guessed by the biologist that was fishing with me. This was on Vail Lake in California back in 95 through 99 and I only wish I had better line and equipment to get some of the pigs I stuck into then. I had close to 50 double digit bass that came from Casitas, Castiac, Hodges, Perris and Dixon from California. I have seen 20 lb plus bass swimming in Dixon in the spring that would make you almost fall out of your boat. 31'' girth. I wouldn't call that skinny.
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