Swamp Girl

I love @CastingClinic's and @WaskaCrank12's posts. These two guys remind me of samurai, i.e. warriors who also poets. @JHoss invited us to reflect and CC and WC12 did it well. Gotta love this: And this: Samurai. And when I say "samurai," I don't mean this guy:

@king fisher: I'm pretty sure that you caught ^the Kraken.^ I sadly inform you that there's nothing longer and fatter than the Kraken.

Four fours!

Some of those days between the equinoxes see an additional four minutes more or less of light from one day to the next.

I spent decades fishing that area for smallies. I caught some 21-inchers, but not a 22-incher...and you did it as a kid!

22" that far north would be an OLD, OLLLLDDDDDD fish. What a catch!

@Catt: I caught that bass. Unfortunately, my cap fell off my head just as she jumped, freeing my snakes. Pity. She was my PB. Sincerely, @LrgmouthShad: Your fish is deep, not a bit thin.

Agreed. If lying were against the law, I'd have to arrest you, Officer Clayton, for I've seen your bass and NONE of them are skinny fish.

Catching rock bass that far north would still be Heaven.

An interesting idea, Tom.

^Big water^ Musky fishing?

It's a good-looking boat. Thanks for the review.

What I didn't share is that the skinny bass in my original post was terribly hungry, so hungry that she saw her wagging tail and went for it, curling herself into a circle to eat it. Well, she kept eating herself all the way up her body to her head. Then she swallowed her head too and poof, she disappeared! And this is why I don't like to catch skinny bass.

@LrgmouthShad: Now I'm thinking that if I start a "Post your Big Bass" thread, the BR gang will wax about the nuances of fat bass versus long bass. 😁

Me too. I can catch ten lmb and photograph all ten and each looks different, which has me wondering why. My smb don't vary nearly as much.

Ha! Not me. The wind is howling over ice in Maine. @casts_by_fly: Your fish are healthy! I'd love that lake.

Here are another two examples. The first bass is only 18.25", but thriving: The second bass is 20.75" and likely heavier, but I prefer the one above:

Exactly. I worry about the skinny ones. I wonder why, with their years of experience, they aren't thriving.

I agree with you 100%. If I catch a 15" bass that's bulging, I smile.

Yeah, me too. There were many evenings in 2024 when I'd drive down my gravel driveway, park, walk through the woods, and launch my canoe only to catch four or five bass and I was so happy.

I should have given this thread the heading, "Post your big bass!"

Different bodies of water. The thick one was a bog bass and the skinny one was a pond bass.

Would you rather catch a fat, shorter bass, like this... ...or a longer, skinnier bass, like this? Assume they weigh the same. Thicker or longer? ...or a longer, skinnier bass?

You're the best, Bob. I've never met ya, but I still miss ya. Truly.

I hear ya, Scott. I fight the loss of light by adding light. My outside Christmas lights are twined blue and green and I just filled a box elder burl bowl with white Christmas lights. I also hanged two scones last week and have another two to hang. Then there are the candles! I do not go gentle into this good night, I rage, rage against the dying of the light!