Spro Bronzeye in Rainforest Black

Keitech 4.8" swing impact fat rigged on a weighted swimbait hook. 

Caught 3 between 6-7lbs on a chart./white chatterbait.

Lethal Weapon IV swim jig and a kietech 3.8 trailer. 

6 lbs ~ Zoom Magnum Trick Worm ~

A-Jay

27 minutes ago, WI_Angler1989 said:

Sadly, I don't know the weight of her. The length was 22.5 inches and FAT! Obviously take it with a grain of salt seeing as there's no scales to back it up. 

 

Caught on a Cabin Creek Salty Critter Jr tube (2.5") in watermelon blue flake.

 

Your facial expressions are hilarious. Nice bass

This one was caught on a keitech, but the 8+ pounder i lost was on a neko rig skipped under a dock

this is great

49 minutes ago, riverbasser said:

Your facial expressions are hilarious. Nice bass

Beleive it or not, there were dorkier ones! . Thanks man, she was awesome! I'm hoping to find her next season too.

LM was on a wacky rigged stick worm following up a buzzbait miss.

SM was a spinnerbait running parallel to rip rap on the river.

 

When the wind is gusting to 30 mph and you're in a 14' aluminum boat it's very difficult to stay steady enough to get an accurate weight - which is why you see this smallie, which I estimated at 5+ lbs., resting in the net in the bottom of the boat. She ate a 5/8 oz. vibrating blade bait which I had assembled from Barlow's components.

Biggest LM  last year  on artificial 7lbs on a Stanley Top Toad ( Is it spring time yet??)

Biggest SMB 5.5 on a swimbait.

I had 2 PB's in 2016. My best Larry came on a black/blue Chigger-craw and  the smallie came on a 4" wacky rigged Senko in baby bass.

gambler punch skirt with a Gambler Why not trailer. Black/blue. 1.25 Oz reins tungsten and Trokar 5/0 Flippin hook with a high speed Curado and IRod punch rod. This isn't my biggest, but biggest I have a picture of. My best 3 of the year all came on same bait and setup.

3/8 Jig - Black/Green.  It gets my biggest LM of the year more often than not...and stuck my #1 and #2 LM of the year on the same tournament day this year .  One of these was 6-1 and the other was in the upper 5 range (didn't weigh the second one).  

 

Coincidentally, my biggest smallie of the year was also on the same jig, but it was only in the 3 lb class...It's usually a little better and on something different, but oh well...No complaints .

 

4.5 lb largemouth on a strike king banshee (DSG house version) buzzbait in "chartreuse belly craw."

Interestingly, the same bait I caught my top bass of 2015 on, and I throw a wide assortment of baits for a bank fisherman.

 

Just have to add in an honorable mention for my 8 year-old boy's best bass:

4.25 lb on a T-rigged YUM mighty bug retrieved on surface like a buzzbait, with heart-stopping blowup.  All I did was a little coaching -- I am probably more proud of him getting that fish than any I caught myself in 2016.

4 hours ago, WI_Angler1989 said:

Sadly, I don't know the weight of her. The length was 22.5 inches and FAT! Obviously take it with a grain of salt seeing as there's no scales to back it up. 

 

Caught on a Cabin Creek Salty Critter Jr tube (2.5") in watermelon blue flake.

 

Man, that is a real BLACK Bass!

I caught several around this big.I THINK this one was the biggest.It was caught on a strike king 5 inch watermelon stick-o.Caught it on August 8 th, on a hot day. 23 inch long.

My best 2016 LM was 3lb6oz my avatar pic caught on a 5" senko. I also caught my personal best smallie at the exact same 3lb6oz weight on a 4" senko. Blue/black for the smallie I don't recall the color for the largemouth.

5" Yum Dinger wacky rigged.  Got a 6-8 and five or so casts later nailed a 5-1.

a 7" savage gear 3d trout caught me a nice 5.6 during the pre-spawn when the water was just about 60^o

3 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Man, that is a real BLACK Bass!

I caught several around this big.I THINK this one was the biggest.It was caught on a strike king 5 inch watermelon stick-o.Caught it on August 8 th, on a hot day. 23 inch long.

Nice fish, man! Notany largemouth that big around me, just big smallmouth. 

Yeah, they get real dark as the season progresses! This one is nearly black haha

Rapala Skitter Walk on a cold, foggy September morning. 

Rage Blade (white skirt)/ Rage Structure Bug (white) trailer.

 

 

No pics, but during the early spring I was "testing" my new ulterra trolling motor, utilized the spot lock , (awesome option by the way) and while using a rapala perch patterned x-rap, I targeted females moving up towards a spawing area. I was catching them off a submerged stonewall in about 15 to 20 feet of water anywhere from 4 to maybe 5 1/2 pounds (probably ten of them). Three old ladies enjoying a nearby shaded back porch kept yellin out to me, and they had fun at it..."Thats a good one!",... 'Wow!, another one",.. "You got the magic bait mister!",... and finally,.."Come pick me up ,..I wanna catch some too" (she was kidding).... Sadly,.. I only got to fish 6 times last year and this was the "most" successful day I had of them. There was another good day up on Winnipesaukee with my daughter, with some decent 3 to 4+ pound smallies and the biggest being her first smallie ever, but nothing to compare to my "spawning highway" day

Keitech Crazy Flapper on a finesse Owner Ultrahead!