Mexico
A-Jay
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Location Northern Michigan ~
My PB: Between 11-12 lbs
Favorite Bass: Smallmouth
Favorite Lake or River Lake Menderchuck ~ Lake Baccarac
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Posted Friday at 06:36 AM · IP
In October 2018, I was most fortunate to spend 6 ½ days fishing on Lake Baccarac in Mexico.
Shared the boat with good friend and truly great stick, Big Fish Jeff Howell.
This was my 7th trip to this special lake and once again Lake Baccarac showed out ~ Big Time.
Both Jeff & I are not ‘numbers’ guys – meaning we generally do not count how many bass we catch. Instead we choose to fish for the biggest bass; an approach that may not always result is high numbers but hopefully bigger fish. However as this special week in Mexico continued and the numbers of true giants began to and continued to go in the net – we had no choice but to keep track. In an attempt to simplify things, we decided that in order to be a “score-able bass’ the fish would need to be at least 7 pounds. These would be the ones we ‘count’.
The final count for our 6 ½ days (approx. 65 hours) for two guys fishing on Lake Baccarac:
Over 7lbs ~ 20
Over 8lbs ~ 16
Over 9lbs ~ 11
Over 10 lbs ~ 4
Over 11 lbs ~ 1
Over 12 lbs ~ 1
So that’s 53 bass over 7 and of those, the average fish was right at 8 ½ pounds.
It’s also one score-able bass every 73 and a half minutes.
Jeff's biggest 5 of the trip were: 12.23(a PB), 10.58, 10.22, 9.96, 9.61 = 52 lbs 9.6 ounces
My biggest 5 of the trip were: 11.30, 10.22, 10.14, 9.83, 9.28 = 50 lbs 12.3 ounces.
That's Pretty Crazy.
And so is this ~
I've watched the videos from this magic trip 'several times' and it still doesn't seem real.
A-Jay