We had a bragging rights tournament for the KC area guys on the forum yesterday on Melvern Lake, KS. It went great with lots of really quality smallmouth (for Kansas) caught. I fished with my wife and although she didn't catch a bunch of fish she did catch the biggest of the day in our boat  She was fishing the smallest Luck E Strike squarebill that is a whopping 1.5 inches long and 1/8oz on 6lb test when this tank of a smallmouth hit it going the other direction. I thought maybe she'd snagged a carp by the tail until it jumped. She kept telling me to take the rod because she was going to lose it but I just talked her through it until it got close enough to get in the net. 18.5" and 3.96 pounds and second or third biggest anyone caught.

I did my best but came up a little short of matching her fish. My biggest was this 18 1/4 incher that helped us to our second place finish. 

Congrats to your wife on a great fish!!  Sounds like you guys had a good time!!

Wow! Really nice catches! Congrats on her PB.

That's a great fish. Kudos to your wife!

Those are some nice fat fish! My wifey likes to fish with me but she gets frustrated when I catch more and I always seem to catch the biggest. Her biggest this year so far is 3lb largemouth.

WTG. Great fish especially the wife's PB.

Awesome fish. Congrats to your wife.

 

Those are healthy fish there. Fun to see.

Some nice looking fish there!

Congrats to Mrs. Bluebasser! Well done, both of you.

 

Excellent pics.

Nice fish, great pic!

 

 

 

Nice going!

Nice healthy looking fish.  Congratulations to your wife on her PB!

Nice, those are some good sized smallmouths.  Congrats to you both!