In case you missed my report here area few fish from Lake Amistad. 1st 23.5″, 2nd 22.5″, 3rd 21″ & the 4th image is a 20″. I threw the longear sunfish in just because it looked interesting and I had never caught any before. When they hit I swore they were large bass.
Here are a few of my nicest Smallmouth Bass caught with Steve Dezurik this past weekend on a St Jude’s trip up on the upper Miss R. For the 3 of us, We had numerous Smallmouth that were 18 and 19 inches, and I caught 2 of our 3 over 20 inch fish.
My brother got this bass at lake fork while we were down there over the weekend for the Berkley Big Bass Championships. He got it the last day of pre-fishing.
Oh yeah he caught it on a popper in 10′ of water on the edge of some pads
A good largemouth from a Winona Area dredge pit. I spent the day fishing with Haywood 04 on several bodies of water. This one hit a white 5/8 0z jig and twin-tail trailer. The fish went 7.0 on Jeff’s scale and 6-8 on mine. It measured 21” long and a 16” girth. Using the all fish size calculator it comes up at 6.75 lbs but the bass formula it come up at 5.88. I question that. With two scales and the calculation I think 6.75 is about right.
It was a good time fishing with John Stears AKA Riverfan. It was truly an honor to be with him for what he called his biggest bass out of a boat. With all the hour and years that he has been on the water that is truly a memorable fish! Thanks for the great day and hope to do it again soon!
Camera phone. It’s all I had. Quality not the best. Measured 22″ but didn’t have a scale. Caught AND RELEASED. I need this strain of DNA to BREEEEEEED !! She fell for a drop shot with a minnow.
Surprisingly, that was on a Minnesota lake 3 days ago. My memory of the name of the lake is almost as foggy as the picture itself. Baitfish this time of year was key to finding her. I hope she visits many many beds in the spring to spread eggs. My kids will surely enjoy catching her offspring.
John, was that the fish you caught when we were in the runout pond on the I494/I394 cloverleaf? Great Photoshop!! Anyway, awesome fish You and that dropshotting… Keep that in mind next vets tournament
6lbs 5oz. Same fish Steve Dezurik caught the day before I caught it. And John (riverfan), I caught a 7.5lbs bass that was also 21″ long and 18″ girth. That was weighed on an official scale at a tourney so I’m guessing your 6.75 is very close to the real weight.