My PB Smallmouth

  • tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    April 8, 2012 at 5:28 pm #1321562

    I was fishing for early Walleye with my good friend Pete Yake. We had some very good luck early (6AM) but the dam flow shut down and so did the bite.
    We came to a rip rap rock shoreline and I decided to cast a jig/ringworm looking for possible shallow walleye. I was only a few reel turns into my retreive when I had a sharp “tap” on the line…I set the hook with the LC 66MF spin rod..It fought deep and strong, headshaking like a big walleye. When it came to the net we were both amazed at the girth and broad shoulders of the mega smallie! She is starting to fill out but it will be a while before she is ready to drop eggs.She taped 23” and 17.5” girth… My friend Dell (DNR fisheries biologist ret)
    calculated her at 7.5 to 7.75 lbs… She is back swimming and I am going to get a repo mount… What an Easter Blessing!

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    April 8, 2012 at 5:34 pm #1056763

    Happy Easter Tom! What a gorgeous fish.

    sandmannd
    Posts: 928
    April 8, 2012 at 6:33 pm #1056771

    Congrats on the PB, that’s an incredible fish.

    mossydan
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Posts: 7727
    April 8, 2012 at 7:11 pm #1056779

    One heck of a smallie Tom, happy easter.

    bassn7
    Bruce,WI
    Posts: 776
    April 8, 2012 at 7:15 pm #1056781

    I said same thing WOW!!
    Stan

    a.j.-wiesner
    Ely,MN / Rochester,MN
    Posts: 929
    April 8, 2012 at 7:38 pm #1056784

    beautiful fish tom!! congrats and keep catching

    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    April 8, 2012 at 7:54 pm #1056785

    Like, like

    mbenson
    Minocqua, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3842
    April 8, 2012 at 8:00 pm #1056786

    OMG Tom!!! What a toad!!! You are the PB King right now, Eh???

    Happy Easter to you and am thanking him for our Blessings today.

    Mark

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    April 8, 2012 at 8:17 pm #1056791

    Congrats on a Trophy Smallie Tom.

    Corey Rhymer
    Roberts, WI
    Posts: 763
    April 8, 2012 at 8:57 pm #1025358

    One hell of a specimen! My favorite species to fish.

    ms75449
    Lake City, MN
    Posts: 299
    April 8, 2012 at 9:01 pm #1056795

    What a fantastic fish!

    mike-g
    Bloomington,MN
    Posts: 556
    April 8, 2012 at 9:24 pm #1056798

    Congrats on the PB SB!!

    drewsdad
    Crosby, MN
    Posts: 3138
    April 8, 2012 at 9:46 pm #1025384

    Nice Easter present Tom!

    Joel

    a-and-t
    By Rochester,MN
    Posts: 708
    April 8, 2012 at 11:30 pm #1056816

    That is one big bronzeback

    DrewH
    s/w WI.
    Posts: 1404
    April 9, 2012 at 1:51 am #1056873

    Great job of fishing Tom and better to turn her loose

    Grouse_Dog
    The Shores of Lake Harriet
    Posts: 2043
    April 9, 2012 at 3:25 am #1056910

    AWESOME!!!!!!!

    A true Slouch!!!!!!!

    Jack Naylor
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 5668
    April 9, 2012 at 4:48 am #1056921

    Tom
    Absolute TANK Smallmouth.
    WOW WOW WOW, and did I say W O W…..

    Con frigging gratulations
    That sure beats out my PB….

    Jack

    matt-p
    White Bear Lake, MN
    Posts: 643
    April 9, 2012 at 5:27 am #1056925

    TANKER!!

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    April 9, 2012 at 10:22 am #1056940

    WTG Tom, you weren’t kidding!

    swlund
    Cuba City, WI
    Posts: 395
    April 9, 2012 at 12:23 pm #1056951

    Beautiful fish. Big and pretty. WTG. You have a wall big enough for that repo?

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