Top Bass of 07?

I know there was a post of your biggest bass of 06. Does anybody have anything yet for 07? I’ve managed 1 respectable bass so far. 21 1/2 5.8 lbs.

and a better background (same fish)

WOW!! Nice bucketmouth!

I hear those things are quite tasty.

STORY i would love to here the story about that pig coming through the hole. ike

I’ll try and guess the story: Set up tip up, go drink a beer, look at tip up, no movement, have another beer, look at tip up, no movement, have another beer, look at tip up, oh crap there’s a flag. 3 man race to said flag, ozzy wins the race, watches for a second, gives her a solid BomberA hookset and pulls it up thinking another slimy northern only to see another5+ come out of the ice.

Now, how come you never get those when we are in a tournament.

Congrats, that is a TOAD!

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I’ll try and guess the story: Set up tip up, go drink a beer, look at tip up, no movement, have another beer, look at tip up, no movement, have another beer, look at tip up, oh crap there’s a flag. 3 man race to said flag, ozzy wins the race, watches for a second, gives her a solid BomberA hookset and pulls it up thinking another slimy northern only to see another5+ come out of the ice.

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Close guess Bomber, but no bubblies were involved. After strategically scouting out the area the tip-ups were placed into there holes. Set up the arsenal of flags in a shallow bay that was 4-6 ft. deep. Gettting to the bay was the hard part. This lake doesn’t have a public landing or very good access. We had to drag a clam 5600 about a 1/2 mile through 5 inches of snow. (no sled or 4-wheeler…if you have this model of a shack you know how great they pull in snow ) After hand selecting my shiners at the bait shop. (This bait shop is on the honor system and I love being able to select my shiner size.) The minnow had to be 3 7/8 inches long or the fish wouldn’t hit . Actually a shiner between 3-6 inches did the trick. This boy was caught on a bigger shiner. Not alot of fight until he realized he was going to be coming up a hole. (The fish was running back towards the hole as I was bringing him in.) After getting his head facing up the hole I dipped the arm down and did the BomberA famouser lip job and a little Ike celebration as well. That’s about it I guess…ALOT of skill involved!

Dandy fish! tough to top that so far in 07.

John

Im in the 20s for smallies… nothing that big though…. most are between 16-18″ though Heres one

I think Im pretty much done now until early season bassin heats up on the river though

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I’ll try and guess the story: Set up tip up, go drink a beer, look at tip up, no movement, have another beer, look at tip up, no movement, have another beer, look at tip up, oh crap there’s a flag. 3 man race to said flag, ozzy wins the race, watches for a second, gives her a solid BomberA hookset and pulls it up thinking another slimy northern only to see another5+ come out of the ice.

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I was busy with another flag-up about twenty yards away when ozzky did the Skilled catching of this 5 pounder. I took the wrong the flag i guess. ha ha! No alcohol bomber, otherwise you were right on.

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I was busy with another flag-up about twenty yards away when ozzky did the Skilled catching of this 5 pounder. I took the wrong the flag i guess.

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This is why I don’t like rotating flags w/ other people. I would rather just have my flags and they have there own, and you don’t need to worry about it. That way you don’t have to worry about the tip-up not working the way you want it to or the person taking your flag, getting the line tangled on the ice. Just my two cents on fishing tip-ups. I’ve done the share route too, but I like having using my own equipment, which if you noticed fisherofmen I didn’t take any other flags other than my own.

Not too rough to pull a fish up with a tip up ya’ll. THat’s why I like to go at it with a group effort mindset. ANyone can pull in the fish, it’s the getting out to the right spot and putting in the time that counts in ice fishing (tip ups anyways).

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Not too rough to pull a fish up with a tip up ya’ll. THat’s why I like to go at it with a group effort mindset. ANyone can pull in the fish, it’s the getting out to the right spot and putting in the time that counts in ice fishing (tip ups anyways).

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You would be amazed at how much more success you can have in a group where everyone takes care of there own flags.