I've been doing a lot of drop shot fishing with some rather small baits, but surprisingly catching some decent, if not, large sized bass. It got me to thinking I wonder what's the largest sized bass caught while finesse fishing. After giving it a thought I figured I'd ask it here, of course. I caught two bass this weekend that both weighed in the 4's. Both were caught on 3" grubs. Caught some more on a 5" stick worm, but they were all 2's and under.

What's the biggest bass you've caught while fishing a finesse technique?

Caught several in the 3-4 pound range on the Ned and 2 just under 5. 4.92 if I recall was the biggest. Lost one close to 7 on a drag that was set way too tight.

9.48 on a drop shot during the first hour of Mega Bass a couple of years ago only to put it on the board and find it was 1/4" short!!!

Over 7lbs on 8lb line with finesse worm

I've caught two that were 6 and some change on a flick shake in the past. I rarely ever throw light stuff anymore though....probably should.

12.5lbs on a Crig set up with 10lb test --- fish was so fat it had a hard time putting up a good fight , almost 25" around the girth during spawn
9.4 lbs on a Dshot with 8lb test along weed edges ---luckily she ran for deep water and moved away from the shoreline weeds

Caught a few over 7#'s this past winter on a drop shot with a 3" stick bait. Spinning rod with 8# line, makes for some excitement.

Long ago got a 7.25 & 7.40 on spinning tackle and 8lb line on the same day. Caught on a drop shot.

Several 8’s and 9’s drop shot fishin. Using 5” straight tail Arron’s Magic Roboworms. Several times on Athens and Joe Pool. A handful of 6’s and some 7’s on Fairfield using the same thing. Big fish won’t pass an easy meal.

I'll post of pic of 11.5 caught on a DS later. Last big fish I caught out of Austin. Was night fishing and decided half way through the night and to rig up one on baitcaster and 14# test. Took small worm off and rigged DS. Worked a slope from 4ft to 12ft. Robo worm.

My very first DS fish was a 4.5er on first drop also on Austin.

10 lbs on 8lb Stren Easy Cast with Gene Larew skirted craw.

8.88 on the chart but probably bigger since she was heading in to spawn on a drop shot.

8 lb on wacky

Finesse Squarebill - my PB that was actually weighed - almost a new boat. Weighed 9.04.

That same bait in a different color tricked a 4.5 foot longnose gar to give me the fight of my life on Saturday. He bit through the line as I was trying to find a way to get him next to the boat after 3-4 long runs.

My Senko fishing style isn't exactly "finesse," but I did pull a 6-something off a dock on a wacky rig. Had several in the 4-5 lb range as well.

True finesse, probably only about 4 lbs or so drop shotting. Sort-of-finesse, 6-7 lbs with a 3/16 oz shakey head and 4 inch worm (but on 20 lb line so doesn't really count as much)