Fish of a Life Time

  • bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    September 25, 2013 at 7:13 pm #1321795

    Meet Dave. Respected individual at work who absolutely LOVES his new Hobie Cat he bought last winter at a show. Dave’s been using the Cat along with his arsenal of spinner bait tackle since essentially ice out this past March. His little pedal powered dingy can reach in back water areas in the Trempealeau area in which a flat bottom would struggle.

    He pulled this monster Monday (9/23) in an area that has given up some rather larger than large large mouth all summer long.

    nICE fish Dave!

    dank
    Minneapolis, MN
    Posts: 1123
    September 25, 2013 at 7:14 pm #1196774

    wow. what a piggy.

    any idea on the weight.and length?

    wowzer

    stuart
    Mn.
    Posts: 3682
    September 25, 2013 at 7:25 pm #1196776

    Good for him.Take a different path and be rewarded.

    to_setter
    Stone Lake, WI
    Posts: 591
    September 25, 2013 at 7:36 pm #1196777

    Wow! That looks like a really big fish! I’ve caught a few 20-21 inch Bass over the last few years and have gotten photo’s. In my photo’s they really don’t look all that impressive at all (even with my ape like arms stretched way out ). In this photo, that fish LOOKS huge, so it’s got to be really big. Congrat’s to your buddy Dave on a real nice catch.

    bigdaddyg
    north central indiana
    Posts: 103
    September 25, 2013 at 7:50 pm #1196779

    Congrat’s bosman very nice. that would even be a big fish at lake Okeechobee FL.

    beakgeek
    SW Minneapolis
    Posts: 5
    September 25, 2013 at 7:50 pm #1196780

    Wow! Did he get a weight on that?

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    September 25, 2013 at 8:00 pm #1196782

    It was weighed on a digital scale at Schafer’s Bait shop in Onalaska.

    9lbs 1oz.

    25.5″ long.

    And YES. It was caught on the Mississippi River. Not a farm pond corn fed pet.

    Joel Ballweg
    Sauk City, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3295
    September 25, 2013 at 8:04 pm #1196783

    Truly awesome fish for this area.
    Congratulations Dave!

    Thanks for sharing that picture Bosman.

    francisco4
    Holmen, WI
    Posts: 3607
    September 25, 2013 at 8:15 pm #1196788

    What is the state record?

    FDR

    taz
    Frederic wi
    Posts: 395
    September 25, 2013 at 8:48 pm #1196792

    Quote:

    What is the state record?

    11lbs 3 oz
    FDR

    belletaine
    Nevis, MN
    Posts: 5116
    September 25, 2013 at 8:54 pm #1196793

    That’s a very impressive fish!!

    Pete Bauer
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2599
    September 25, 2013 at 9:56 pm #1196797

    I normally don’t care about bass, but HOLY &%@#!

    slipbobnick
    MN
    Posts: 115
    September 25, 2013 at 10:16 pm #1196802

    that thing has shoulders on it!

    bullcans
    Northfield MN
    Posts: 2002
    September 25, 2013 at 11:42 pm #1196809

    Wow
    nice fish
    where is the nearest water to let that pig go?

    I can only imagine what happened to him

    kwp
    Eden Prairie
    Posts: 857
    September 25, 2013 at 11:52 pm #1196812

    I caught a 21″ Bass last weekend and mine looked like a minnow compared to that donkey

    rgoi812
    Good hour from whitewater
    Posts: 468
    September 26, 2013 at 12:40 am #1196820

    Great fish…..congrats!!

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    September 26, 2013 at 1:44 am #1196837

    Awesome fish, that fish is a pig and a once in a lifetime Wisconsin / Mississippi River fish. Way 2 go

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    September 26, 2013 at 1:52 am #1196839

    Wow. That is huge.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    September 26, 2013 at 2:33 am #1196853

    Great Fish! Hope he gets it mounted…that girl carried some great genes!

    crawdaddy
    St. Paul MN
    Posts: 1572
    September 26, 2013 at 5:09 am #1196873

    I am drooling on the keyboard.

    sauger
    Hastings ,MN
    Posts: 2442
    September 26, 2013 at 11:19 am #1196880

    Wow!

    phishirman
    Madison, WI
    Posts: 1090
    September 26, 2013 at 11:33 am #1196883

    truly a fish of a lifetime and would have been a possible state record come spring! On the end of my line, I don’t think it would have made it back into the water either. Assuming this fish is getting mounted, be sure to put some pics up when it’s put on the wall!

    BassinBill
    La Crosse, Wi
    Posts: 247
    September 26, 2013 at 12:51 pm #1196910

    Wow that thing is an absolute PIG!! Good job to him

    keepcasting
    Excelsior
    Posts: 445
    September 26, 2013 at 2:31 pm #1196930

    Wow, that is really a once in a lifetime fish for Wisconsin, and would have been a state record in MN. Congrats to him!

    Bassstick
    Johnsburg , IL. Fox Chain of lakes area
    Posts: 18
    October 29, 2013 at 12:10 pm #1202765

    Congrats Dave, a true beast and you made a lot of people jealous with it including ME!

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