PB Largemouth

  • tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    September 10, 2014 at 7:05 pm #1453597

    I caught my PB Largemouth last week from a small public lake in Iron County, U.P. Michigan
    This big girl was a hair under 23″ length with a fat 18.5″ girth, weighing 7.76lbs on the Rapala digital scale…she smashed a 3/8oz Super K (Gregg Kizewski) jig w a 5″ Kalins Grub trailer. I was using a Dobyns 703C rod and Lews SD casting reel, 12# Seaguar fluoro…She pulled so hard I thought she was a big Pike!
    The DNR told me that they had not heard of a wild Northern Strain Largemouth Bass that heavy this far north…My best Smallie weighed 8.43lbs and I doubt I’ll ever do that again…

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    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5625
    September 10, 2014 at 7:15 pm #1453603

    Atta boy Tom! What a monster!!

    Dave Ansell
    Rushford, MN
    Posts: 1572
    September 10, 2014 at 7:15 pm #1453604

    Great fish Tom! I was sort of expecting this to be an update from Pug now that he is in Florida…

    Congrats!
    Dave

    trumar
    Rochester, Mn
    Posts: 5967
    September 10, 2014 at 7:17 pm #1453605

    Nice fish Tom , even tho it is a Bass ;)

    Bryan Myers
    Moderator
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    September 10, 2014 at 8:11 pm #1453622

    What a toad Tom, congrats! That’s awesome to hear there are some monsters like that even that far north!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    September 10, 2014 at 8:55 pm #1453636

    Nice!

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    September 10, 2014 at 8:59 pm #1453639

    Hog!

    kwp
    Eden Prairie
    Posts: 857
    September 10, 2014 at 10:04 pm #1453669

    Way to go Tom…That fish is a donkey.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    September 11, 2014 at 7:13 am #1453718

    Whoa! That is a beast. Congrats.

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    September 11, 2014 at 8:10 am #1453729

    I’m not a bass guy but can certainly appreciate a true trophy when I see one. And considering the location where you caught that fish, that qualifies in my book.
    Congrats on a great fish Tom!

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13478
    September 11, 2014 at 8:49 am #1453744

    Good for you Tom! I know you’ve been putting the time in on those small lakes

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    September 12, 2014 at 10:18 pm #1454320

    Lows in the mid 30s the past couple mornings…Bass season may be over much sooner this year… (

    FryDog62
    Posts: 3696
    September 15, 2014 at 10:53 am #1454920

    Tom, that girl looks like a good candidate for a Weight-Watchers commercial. Nice!

    Saw your comment about a short bass season. Last year was a short one too with also a very late spring. Do you think that the season for smallmouth in river systems will be shorter this year too?

    Randy Wieland
    Lebanon. WI
    Posts: 13478
    September 16, 2014 at 7:55 am #1455245
    tom_gursky wrote:

    Lows in the mid 30s the past couple mornings…Bass season may be over much sooner this year… (

    Not “Over” – slower!

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