8 inch manns purple worm t rigged no weight. 1985. 10 lb 4oz ....yr before that a 9-4 on a live frog at 9 30 at night .aint caught nothing that big sense then a few 8s lotsa 7s 6s 5s lost count. Tryin to break that state record still aint found a worthy pond to fish needs to be old,and unfished

8.13 lbs in a southwest Iowa lake. I haven't caught anything over 6 since that day 3 years ago.

Storm Mid-Wart that hit on top before I even started cranking. Not sure on the color but I've since bought 9 of the color on eBay!

10lbs 2ozs on a Zoom Magnum Lizard in watermelon seed

 

I've hit the 5lb mark 3 times for smallmouth, once on a chartreuse shad 97mr slender pointer, once on a watermelon gold flake trick worm on a pro slider head, and once on a BDS Zero Lucky Craft crankbait in American Shad.

Largemouth- 1/2oz Booyah Boo Jig w/ big texan pit boss trailer

 

Smallmouth- Livetarget Emerald Shiner Jerkbait

Black Jitterbug

250mm of Deps Flash Carp goodness.

4 lb. largemouth  texas rigged Zoom U-Tail worm green pumpkin w/chartreuse Tail.  (Still have the actual worm put up for safe keeping)  

My PB Smallmouth was on a Shakey Head and magnum shakey head worm.  My PB largemouth was on a small senko rigged on a drop shot.

9.78 on a june bug Brush Hog

Mike

SMB - 4" hand poured finesse worm on DS rig

 

LMB - t-rig baby brushhog in green pumpkin

Chartruese/White 3/8oz Chatterbait w/ Ale Wife Cane Thumper Trailer

Largemouth: black jitterbug

Smallmouth: Frog pattern skitter pop

Rapala squarebill crankin' rap 03 in red craw.

Largemouth: Senko 5"

Smallmouth: Zoom grub 5"

Rapala Shad Rap SR7 SD.

Skinny dipper on a fish head spin.

Largemouth 6lbs (First one on Seibert outdoors pbj jig with netbait paca chunk in watermelon spice color.  Second one on watermelon seed fluke)

Smallmouth 3.75lbs (wacky rig, watermelon/green pumpkin laminate senko)

just under 7#'s on a Booyah poppin' pad crasher

Live Bait: Nightcrawler, at Lake Perris, in the evening, in the heat of summer, last year, gin clear water, high of 108 that day, semi-desert location in socal.

My 2 PBs:

6lb 9oz on a Berkley Havoc Pit Boss in Big Texan

6lb 2oz on a Strike King Coffee Tube in Smoke Red/Black

1/4oz shaky head with a black/blue ragetail craw. Hopping it around a boat dock with brush piles.

10.2 on a bama rig

10.18 on a 4.5" rattlesnake

10.10 on a zoom trick worm

G-finish shad Zara Spook.  

LMB---Sizmic Toad

SMB--Jitterbug

Largemouth----Chatterbait with Live Magic Shad trailer

Smallmouth---- Zoom 4" curly tail worm--Mojo rig.