Dead River

Had five consecutive good trips including a half day that boasted 22 shoalies and 4 spots I've caught 5 fish 4 lbs or larger this year, catching the same 4 lb 12 oz fish twice on consecutive days albeit under different circumstances. That fish was a tie for my pb.

6 lbs on bed

6 lbs on bed - beautiful specimen

5 lbs 8 oz on bed

5 lbs 13 oz on bed at night!!!!

7 lbs 2 oz - on bed

6 lbs on bed

5lbs 8 oz

5 lbs 7 oz - on bed

7 lbs

Fortunately to have it come off but also to ruin your chances of landing the bass subsequently. It happened to me this past Saturday. She was locked on a bed alone against a bank in less than a foot of water, occasionally fending off encroaching handsize bream. I worked her hard, maybe too hard with a texas rigged lizard, she lipped the lizard twice and left the bed, only for me to realize she only had the lower portion when I swung and missed twice. She was mouthing the bank at one point trying t thwart the lizard attack, but she would not turn over and pounce on the bait when strategically placed near her. She was tough as nails, I bet I put 150 or more casts near her, which could be part of the problem. I had been bumping her and pulling the lizard past her quickly so as to induce a reaction strike, the cardinal sin came when I accidentally foulhooked her in the tail fan. I knew she would come off but I knew I'd more than likely ruined the situation. she became scared of the lizard thereafter, and it seemed the bream picked up on this as they sacked the bed. 10-12 lbs, huge head and shoulders, mine for the taking, I dropped the game winning pass in the end zone. Anyone got any similar stories or comfort? I'm absolutely sick over this, I've caught some good fish this spawn but in many ways it has maligned my progress...

i wouldn't want f1s in my pond unless it was female only, their offspring will be inferior...

I had the pleasure of fishing Ocmulgee PFA in Ga, which was a low stocking density female only trophy bass lake. The fish were stocked at 10 female bass per acre instead of 100. Many of the early stockings were F1s, but eventually FXs were introduced. The lake had a complex forage base comprised of lake chubsuckers, goldfish, shiners, threadfin shad, crappie, catfish, bluegill, shellcracker. The lake was 106 acres and hardly like fishing in the bathtub as many of you have alluded. Due to the stocking density being so low and there being so many easy meals for the bass to weight (they shocked goldfish that weighed 5 lbs) it was a one to two bite lake at best when full pool. Our catchrates went up during the prespawn that year as the water level dropped. i applaud the state for having a place like this for us to fish. caught 20 bass in feb 2012 for a combined weight of 170 lbs 5 of them were over 10 lbs, biggest 12-4

I am going to be in Miami the weekend of Friday April 25, I have never caught a pure florida strain largemouth and would like to fish that Saturday either with a guide, a good one, or a good simaritin (sp?) that can put me on some good fish, I'll give a reciprocal in Georgian waters if the latter comes through. Going down to see a band perform that I haven't seen since 1996, so I'll be there on Friday and possibly on Saturday if I can hook up some fishing. Please PM me with any information. And yes this is a very serious request. thanks

besides isn't the Massachusetts record bunk anyway? wasn't it full of lead? what is the legitimate largest northern strain lm on the books

off the cuff in that climate I would say a 6 lb northern largemouth would be a really big fish that people would brag about and be proud of. I think an 8 lber would be much harder to come by, a 10 lb northern strain would probably be more like a catching a teener down here. maybe even more like catching a 15 lber down here which is extremely rare. the point I was making was that 10 lb bass are not as common in the south as people let on. they are not in every farm pond, in some cases there may be only one fish that size in a pond if at all.

yeah there's no way. and I don't mean to be ugly by saying that. it just is what it is...

this thread stinks without pichers

I agree with most of what you've said here. but bear in mind the fx intergrade endemic to Georgia and the florida panhandle isn't a proper hybrid like the f1, you can make fx intergrades that way but this is Georgia's native blend so to speak. it has occurred naturally over millions of years as the best fit for the environment- the compromise between the two subspecies. While there are florida genes as far north as Maryland naturally, The Georgia fx is said to have 70-90 % florida alleles- you can get this intergrade from a state hatchery. This is indeed George Perry's bass but as it goes fx or pure florida strain, Very few people catch legitimate ten pound largemouth, they just aren't as common as the lore and media let on, even fewer people are going to catch a teener. A thirteen lb bass is very scarce. So by that rationale there wouldn't be many bass mounts done. We had a guide on here from Okechobee and he says he's caught only one double digit there... tenners aren't that common even in purported bass fishing paradise. I will feel very, very lucky if I catch a teener largemouth. I'm going to say 8 lbs for trophy, if you want one for sentimental purposes otherwise that's ok.

and that is one of the main reasons I posted this thread...

i've done that before. you should try it

Their fish are ok for what you pay for but if you've seen one you've seen them all. Their fish look very similar, esp. when you see the habitat scenes with 3-5 of the same looking bass. Have a look at some of the replicas that Dave Campbell, Travis Jones, or Rick Krane have painted. Rick Krane trains people, pretty much anyone he trains does good work. some of the smallmouth Dave Campbell painted are out of this world.

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