20 hours ago, everythingthatswims said:

Forgot about this one! She was 23" long, caught her in December two years ago. Blind in one eye and all sorts of beat up.

I don't know about the bass, but what's wrong with your arms that they don't bend at the elbows?  ??

I've caught a lot of weird fish in the dark ages before we all had a camera on our hips. One with a hook rusting out of the the roof of its mouth. Many with one eye that seem to be thriving. I caught one with a craw claw sticking out of his "butt" that I removed and sent the bass on his merry way. And for years, my PB was a bass with one eye, fins rotting off and actively bleeding sores all over it. But it was still hungry. Where I fish now that I have a smart phone, they all look very healthy. In fact, I stopped taking pics unless they're near a PB because they all look the same. A lot look like they have 6 lb mouths and 4 lb. bodies.

20 hours ago, IndianaFinesse said:

A good otter pelt is worth some money... Just sayin.

I have definitely thought about it. However, it is a very unique ecosystem in that 1/2 mile stretch of river and I don't want to throw anything out of whack. Despite how destructive they are, I am sure the otters are keeping certain species in check.

5 hours ago, Scott F said:

I don't know about the bass, but what's wrong with your arms that they don't bend at the elbows?  ??

I always long arm fish because it makes them look good, the picture is of the fish not me. The problems begin when people lie about weights and lengths on long armed fish, which I don't.

I don't mean to offend anyone, but long arming in photos makes the fish look better, but in my opinion, it makes the fisherman look worse. 

Snub-nosed creatures of the St Lawrence.  Mine (weigh in picture) was 5.2, the other 5.9.  The upper section of the jaw/head seemed to have stopped growing at around 2 lbs.  Thing is....  there are a lot of fish like this up there.

2 hours ago, webertime said:

Snub-nosed creatures of the St Lawrence.  Mine (weigh in picture) was 5.2, the other 5.9.  The upper section of the jaw/head seemed to have stopped growing at around 2 lbs.  Thing is....  there are a lot of fish like this up there.

Maybe not so far fetched. The smallmouth is part of the sunfish family. When male sunfish/bluegill grow big and old, they get that hump in their heads. 

1 hour ago, slonezp said:

Maybe not so far fetched. The smallmouth is part of the sunfish family. When male sunfish/bluegill grow big and old, they get that hump in their heads. 

This is a 5.9 Champlain Smallie with the normal nose.  Locals in the up there said that there are a bunch of the tiny nosed ones swimming around.

Definitely weird fish there guys! I also hold my fish that are over 6 pounds out like that. The small ones I just hold them by they're mouth, so man don't worry your not alone.

12 hours ago, Scott F said:

 

On 1/28/2017 at 11:53 AM, everythingthatswims said:

 

 

 

Not as weird as some of these but this smallie was much lighter in color than the ones I usually catch in this area..thinking it was the sandy bottom..