I'll play.

Speed what is your largest Pa fish? The record is 11.3. You gotta be within a few pounds.

I wouldn't be so skeptical with green fish. I seem to recall finishing within spitting distance of Dwight with a green one, a few years ago. Maybe he was having a bad year, lol.

I wouldn't be so skeptical with green fish. I seem to recall finishing within spitting distance of Dwight with a green one, a few years ago. Maybe he was having a bad year, lol.

 

John, if you don't mind me asking, was that bronzeback from Lake Erie?

 

Roger

I think that year, my fish was a 7-1 largemouth from a small lake a couple hours away from Erie. It may have also been a 6-8 largemouth from a Finger Lake - can't remember which fish was entered.  Both were two of my biggest fish in NY, the past few years.  I think Dwight's PA fish were Erie smalliers.  My personal best smallie is from Erie, a 5-12, which is a far cry from Dwight's fish. 

 

7-1

 

5-12

 

6-8

BEAUTIFUL    

 

 

 

I was hoping you'd say Burt Lake (thinking about vacationing there)

 

Roger

Burt Lake, MI?

Burt Lake, MI?

 

Yes, in Michigan's uppermost lower peninsula, just south of the Mackinaw Bridge.

Of late, Burt has been producing smallies heavier than Grand Traverse & Sturgeon Bay (rivaling those out of Erie).

Jonathon VanDam has a bronzeback honey-hole in the UP that he refuses to divulge. I'm willing to bet it's Burt Lake.

 

Roger

JVD would know. You might be right. For big smallies, I have Erie and the eastern mason of Ontario. It's tough with the early season weather though.

JVD would know. You might be right. For big smallies, I have Erie and the eastern mason of Ontario. It's tough with the early season weather though.

 

Wouldn't that be the 'western' basin?

I'm in.

No, while I live on the southern basin, the biggest concentration and best shot at a big smallmouth from Ontario is the eastern basin.

No, while I live on the southern basin, the biggest concentration and best shot at a big smallmouth from Ontario is the eastern basin.

 

Gotcha

 

 

I *** you, I really miss smallmouth bass & northerns. 

(I'm guessing Conesus on that LMB)

 

Roger

Gotcha

 

 

I *** you, I really miss smallmouth bass & northerns. 

(I'm guessing Conesus on that LMB)

 

Roger

 

I'm not playin'!  I don't think I have a chance getting anywhere near our state record of 8-15.  If I bust 6.5 lbs this year I'll be happy!

 

RoLo....you miss them nasty north country gators?  Really?  Slimy, stinkin' bastages!  They do provide excitement, I'll give them that but they (and their darn teeth) steal too much of my tackle to hold any credibility with me. 

I love northerns. They're my big, stinky, Lucky Craft stealing pets.

Roger, you're close with Conesus on the 6-8. Next door, Canadice. The big 7+ was from a mud puddle in central NY. I don't post about them online. Most have big fish, take your pick and learn them. They aren't easy.

RoLo....you miss them nasty north country gators?  Really?  Slimy, stinkin' bastages!  They do provide excitement, I'll give them that but they (and their darn teeth) steal too much of my tackle to hold any credibility with me. 

 

Yes, I do miss them nasty north country gators (not the snot rockets in weedy bays, but 35" up).

When targeting pike & muskies I use titanium wire, so their dentures present no problem.

 

Roger

Roger, you're close with Conesus on the 6-8. Next door, Canadice. The big 7+ was from a mud puddle in central NY. I don't post about them online. Most have big fish, take your pick and learn them. They aren't easy.

 

Canadice,Wow!   My next guess would've been Keuka (I blew that one).  

 

We have a couple fishing guides living in our community.

One of them guides in Florida during the winter and guides on Honeoye Lake, NY during the summer. 

According to Frank, Honeoye has a lot of bass but is not a good lake for size (nothing like your hippo). 

 

Roger

Speed what is your largest Pa fish? The record is 11.3. You gotta be within a few pounds.

 

Not nearly as close as I'd like to be. 7lb 9oz

 

I've got a few things lined up going forward. I hope they work out as anticipated.

Boooo. No private bodies of water.

Ah well, I'm still in!

1 day left to sign up.

I am in.

Yes, in Michigan's uppermost lower peninsula, east of Little Traverse, just south of the Mackinaw Bridge.

Of late, Burt has been producing smallies heavier than Grand Traverse & Sturgeon Bay (rivaling those out of Erie).

Jonathon VanDam has a bronzeback honey-hole in the UP that he refuses to divulge. I'm willing to bet it's Burt Lake.

 

Roger

 

 

Roger you would better off finding his dad's honey hole. There are some big fish in that body of water.

http://www.rattlesnakie.com/state_record.html

Roger you would better off finding his dad's honey hole. There are some big fish in that body of water.

http://www.rattlesnakie.com/state_record.html

 

Yes I know Dwight, I've been ogling that picture for years 

There's no disputing that Lake Erie is the crowning jewel of world-class bronzebacks.

Oddly enough, Randy's brother Kevin spends a lot of time on Lake St Clair and he also likes Lake Charlevoix

and Lake Leelanau in the upper reaches of Michigan's lower Peninsula. Lately though, Jonathon VanDam

has been the smallmouth force to reckon with, but he refuses to divulge his secret lake in the Traverse City vicinity.

I'm guessing his Lake X is either Burt Lake, MI or Lake Skegemog, MI 

 

Based on the FLW national scoreboard, only Lake Erie prevented Burt Lake from clinching the national smallmouth title.

In the Walmart FLW tourney last year on Burt & Mullet, the winning stringer was 25-14

and the next 23 places all had stringer weights over 20 pounds, where 23rd place weighed 20-10 (That's insane!)

http://www.flwoutdoors.com/bassfishing/bfl/tournament/2013/7056/burt-mullet-boater-results/

 

Roger

Yeah I know Dwight, I've been ogling that picture for years

There's no disputing that Lake Erie is the crowning jewel of world-class bronzebacks.

Oddly enough, Randy's brother Kevin spends a lot of time on Lake St Clair and he also likes Lake Charlevoix

and Lake Leelanau in the upper reaches of Michigan's lower Peninsula. Lately though, Jonathon VanDam

has been the smallmouth force to reckon with, but he refuses to divulge his secret lake in the Traverse City vicinity.

I'm guessing Lake X is either Burt Lake, MI or Lake Skegemog, MI

Based on the FLW national scoreboard, only Lake Erie prevented Burt Lake from clinching the national smallmouth title.

In the Walmart FLW tourney last year on Burt & Mullet, the winning stringer was 25-14

and the next 23 places all had stringer weights over 20 pounds, where 23rd place weighed 20-10 (That's insane!)

http://www.flwoutdoors.com/bassfishing/bfl/tournament/2013/7056/burt-mullet-boater-results/

Roger

Roger I only threw that in there because not everyone knows that Randy , the Ohio state record holder for smallmouth and a Michigan resident is Jonathons father.

Yeah I know Dwight, I've been ogling that picture for years 

.

I'm guessing Lake X is either Burt Lake, MI or Lake Skegemog, MI 

 

Based on the FLW national scoreboard, only Lake Erie prevented Burt Lake from clinching the national smallmouth title.

In the Walmart FLW tourney last year on Burt & Mullet, the winning stringer was 25-14

and the next 23 places all had stringer weights over 20 pounds, where 23rd place weighed 20-10 (That's insane!)

http://www.flwoutdoors.com/bassfishing/bfl/tournament/2013/7056/burt-mullet-boater-results/

 

Roger

 

 

Both of these lakes are "Right in my Back Yard"  ~

 

But I'm hoping to be on Lake Erie for the Pre-spawn ~

It's just that good.

 

A-Jay

Is this tournament rules? No trolling, no live bait?