I get a call from a buddy about going up to Georgia for two days of fishing our most favorite pond. I jump on the chance because I have fished there before & know the potential for a new PB is looming. Besides it means fishing on my birthday a tradition I always try to maintain. We had a 6.5 hour drive to get there and didn't arrive until about 5:30 pm. We headed down to the back pond about 7 acres in size. Justin spread out to the right casting as he went. We all spread out as we started fishing. On Justin's fifth cast with a white spinnerbait he got bit. He yelled out I got a good one. Little did he know how really good it would turn out to be. We all headed over in his direction to see how big it was. Justin is a very accomplished fisherman in his thirties but has fished almost all his life. His biggest PB weighed was a big 9lb class fish until this trip. When he stepped off the bank with one foot to grab her he realized he had just caught a super pig. He put her on a digital scale that showed 14lbs-7oz. I weighed her on my digital and got 14-lbs-8.5ozs. She measured out at 25.75 inches long with a 24" girth.

We finished the trip with a full day of fishing after that trophy day. We ended up with two fish over 8lbs, two over 7lbs and four over six with some fives. One unlucky angler lost a DD on a Hudd 68 when she wallowed at the bank. Shame on him. 

 

 

Trips like these are what dreams are made of!  Congrats my friend and tell Justin I said the same thing!
 

Jeff

Really Nice  ~ Big Bass & Huge Smiles.

 

That what it's all about ~ Nice Job

 

 Congrats all around.

 

And to the "Unlucky Angler" - here's to a little better luck with the Brown Bass.

 

Happy belated Birthday btw.

 

A-Jay

awesome! Huge fish! Seemed like a great time.

Dwight, I'm in GA.... I didn't get a call..... 

 

NICE FISH!

that is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great job!! im headed to fish this weekand will post a report

What an awesome way to celebrate a birthday. We all should be so lucky.

wow wow wow wow! 

That last picture is incredible ... Id have thoufhtbt was even bigger if you want to lie

Looks like an awesome trip...congrats guys!!!

great trip and ever better fish! there fish of a lifetime right there

Dwight, I'm in GA.... I didn't get a call..... 

 

NICE FISH!

What he said!

Where in GA where you? Drop me a PM if you prefer to keep it on the down-low.

Amazing fish!

What he said!

Where in GA where you? Drop me a PM if you prefer to keep it on the down-low.

Chris we were in the Cordele area of South Georgia.

That is so awesome! Bank fishing strikes again.......

That was worth the drive . Nice catches from everyone especially the football gut in the last pic.

WOW!!!  interesting that a couple of those fish show signs of spawning but the biggest one doesn't seem to.  perhaps that lends credence to what i've heard all my life that the biggest fish tend to spawn later than the rest.

 

either way all of those fish are amazing and the teen fish is absolutely ridiculous.  bet all of y'all went home happy.

That is one of the fattest bass I've ever seen!

Video included below.

 

 

                                                    HAPPY 39 AGAIN!

 

 

                                                                

 

 

                                                                   

Video included below.

 

 

 

That is Such a TOAD of a Bass ~ !

 

A-Jay

Looks and sounds like a great birthday with friends, with a few great fish thrown in. Not much better than that.

just an amazing fish, megabass! a 17-7 was just caught in northwest Ga this past week.

just an amazing fish, megabass! a 17-7 was just caught in northwest Ga this past week.

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We saw that on the drive back. They reported that fish as 33" long. 1/2" longer than George Perry's shared world record was reported. The 14-8 was held in the water 2-3 times between weighing & pictures and was very strong on the release.

Wow that last one is looks HUGE!