Myself and a few buddies fished the Allegheny River this past weekend.  A combination of canoes and wade fishing.  Caught these 2 off of a point with a weed bed running almost the full length.  We caught about 6 really nice fish out of this area.  The fat one is my PB at just under 4.5 lbs.

 

Congrats on the new PB and nice fish.

Congrats on the pb. That's a heck of a fish.

Congrats on the PB very nice fish. I am yet to catch my first smallie

Thanks guys! I was getting a little frustrated because I had 2 beasts throw my hook at the side of the canoe. It was great landing that one!

Congrats on the PB!

 

Jeff

Excellent fish! Did you get a length measurement?

Nice fish!

Outstanding!

I layed it against my rod and measured my mark when I got back to my jeep.  It was about 19 1/4".  It was a tank though!

Excellent haul! Congrats!

Congrats on the PB man, felt good I'm sure!

I layed it against my rod and measured my mark when I got back to my jeep.  It was about 19 1/4".  It was a tank though!

 

That is a tank! I started a thread a day or two ago displaying my best smallie....it was 19" but didn't have near the girth as yours....I was guessing mine was close to 4...