Caught this badboy today while out fishing for sandies. I thought I was hung up on some trash or a piece of wood or something, till I seen it jump. All in all it was a weird day. Very little sand bass action. And to top it off, a fish jerked my rod right out of my rod holder. If any one catches a Daiwa Advantage Super-Tuned on a castaway rod right off the boat ramp in Murrell Park, I would like that back please. Don't worry, no fishermen were hurt during this photo shoot.

nice bass. did you eat it?

24 inches long probably 9 pounds or better hope you returned him to his mother/// a big bass like that will make you sick they taste bad also

Nice fish.

your boat doesn't have a livewell ?

Great fish

Nice fish! Looks like a legal catch to me - I don't care what you did with it. I don't get why others feel the need to be giving you c r ap about it.

Sorry to hear about your lost rod. Hope you get it back. At least you have a nice fish to show for your loss. Hey, I am curious, though, why is your fish on a stringer. If your livewell is anything like mine, then it's probably too small to hold this bruiser.

Nice catch!

Nice - - very nice! The largemouth seem to be more hungry than the sandies and hybrids my last few trips out. Fun to catch big ones no matter the type.

Hey that's you?? Hehe...we were in the maroon/white Skeeter clapping for you when you brought that fish in. I was telling Fatty and C-man about your bass when we got back to the ramp.

Congrats, we could see it was a toad when you brought it in.

Nice chunk!!!

Nice Bass. Congrats.

Nice fish.... Grapevine is just getting better. Only few more years before the next Sharelunker

nice one

Bass... are in the sunfish family... just like crappie.. and taste like 'em too. Legal catch... While I support catch and release, I will never give anyone flak about keeping a keeper fish.

Good catch man...

Nice fish, Grapevine is definately on fire.

What a TOAD!

I saw you too on the lake today while fishing around Silverlake Marina...what a catch!

Hope I get the next one!

what a toad, nice nice nice catch.

Well to address everyone's ? I was thinking about fileting that bad boy after that s.o.b. fish jerked my pole in the water. But then I stuck to my original plan and decided to let this fish go. I was just keeping it on the stringer to take a picture. I don't have a livewell, and I string up my fish if I change my mind and don't want to keep any. I don't eat largemouths (anymore). I used too, but there are better tasting fish outhere. Tritonman, I remeber seeing you and your buddy out there and appreciated the jester. I was about to get like Mike Iaconelli and start break dancing on the small deck I have. All in all it was a tough and pissed off day, but that beauty made it all worthwhile. As far as losing the pole, yeah it sucks, but I think I can convince the wifey to let me get another one. I am not really a bass fisherman, but with fish like that I might have to step my game up. And as far as keeping bass, my take is if it a legal fish, who cares if someone wants to harvest there catch. But that is another argument for a different day.

ahh, even if you eat him, its a nice fish

Info fisher,

Fantastic Fish! Hopefully, catching one like that helps alleviate the pain of losing your rod/reel. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to have someone here of TFF hook into your rig and return it to you.

Congratulations on the Lunker, & Good Fishin',
LlindeX

Nice bass!!!

Yeah but if you throw them back then the next generation of fishermen can catch one that size maybe your sons or grand kids. If you keep them all there wont be any big fish left. Keep the small ones there are lots of thoughs.

That's a nice bass for sure....

How did you loose the rod if you were able to get the fish in the boat?