Posted By: Ken A.
Attention Mexico-bound Bass Heads!! How to add 3 Pounds to your new PB!! - 11/19/21 02:26 PM
I busted my guide a while back doing this but learned a slick new trick for adding POUNDS to your fish while weighing it. I am pretty observant of everything that goes on in the boat because I want to learn everything I can during the experience. I don't miss much.
We were in Mexico with a local guide. He did not speak English very well but all those guides know that a MUY GRANDE PESCADO equals a MUY GRANDE Tip at the end of the day.
Imagine you just landed your new PB and its the biggest bass you've ever seen. Everyone is high-fiving and yelling in celebration. The guide grabs the scale and hangs your fish on it. And Viola, just like that you have landed your first double digit bass. You are so pumped because you know that a DD bass is the Holy Grail of bass fishing.
One of my pet peeves is when people "embellish" the weight of their fish. Just be honest folks. The problem when guys "embellish" the weight of the fish is that it diminishes how truly special a Legit DD is. A Ten pound bass is a Very big bass and they are rare, much more so than some of the guides would like for you to believe.
I have taken literally hundreds of folks fishing over the years and nothing beats the feeling when you have helped someone catch their new PB and it is a Giant.
Obviously the fish in this vid is a fiberglass replica. It's hard to see the digits on the scale but the fiberglass fish weighs 4 lbs 15 oz. I pull up very gently and it goes to 8 lbs 5 oz.
It is MUCH easier to get away with this trick with a live fish...In the boat....while the adrenaline is flowing. In case you are wondering if we tipped the guide at the end of the day, of course we did. Even though he was trying to make my 7.5# bass magically turn into a 10# bass we just laughed it off and kept fishing.
We were in Mexico with a local guide. He did not speak English very well but all those guides know that a MUY GRANDE PESCADO equals a MUY GRANDE Tip at the end of the day.
Imagine you just landed your new PB and its the biggest bass you've ever seen. Everyone is high-fiving and yelling in celebration. The guide grabs the scale and hangs your fish on it. And Viola, just like that you have landed your first double digit bass. You are so pumped because you know that a DD bass is the Holy Grail of bass fishing.
One of my pet peeves is when people "embellish" the weight of their fish. Just be honest folks. The problem when guys "embellish" the weight of the fish is that it diminishes how truly special a Legit DD is. A Ten pound bass is a Very big bass and they are rare, much more so than some of the guides would like for you to believe.
I have taken literally hundreds of folks fishing over the years and nothing beats the feeling when you have helped someone catch their new PB and it is a Giant.
Obviously the fish in this vid is a fiberglass replica. It's hard to see the digits on the scale but the fiberglass fish weighs 4 lbs 15 oz. I pull up very gently and it goes to 8 lbs 5 oz.
It is MUCH easier to get away with this trick with a live fish...In the boat....while the adrenaline is flowing. In case you are wondering if we tipped the guide at the end of the day, of course we did. Even though he was trying to make my 7.5# bass magically turn into a 10# bass we just laughed it off and kept fishing.