New PB, smallie, caught on jig by the marina...has me so excited I'm going again this morning!!!!!!!

Nice smallie! They pull really hard when they're that size. 

Sweet smallie, and congrats on your new PB!

PB is the best, congrat

Congrats on the new PB. Good looking fish.

PB's are always sweet. Congrats. 

WOW! nice lady ,congrats on pb. I would be excited as well. caution, this could get very addicting!!

Awesome smallie and congrats on the new PB. 

Very nice 

Nice! That is a big smallie.

Thanks everyone!! It definitely fought harder than any LMB that I've caught. She stayed under until she was 6 feet from the bank and started head shaking like crazy...to be honest I was quite overwhelmed. I thought I had caught a bucket and it was just swaying left and right until I saw her.

 

On another note...if the Falcons let the Pats come back after that deficit I'm going to be very disappointed.

On February 5, 2017 at 10:59 AM, JustJames said:

PB is the best, congrat

 

I guess you haven't seen the SI cover yet...

33 minutes ago, reason said:

 

I guess you haven't seen the SI cover yet...

The new one from upton, nope never see it once.?

congrats on the new personal best......nice fish

 

I just did some research and come to find out the lake record Smallie is 6.43lbs. To believe I was close to the record made me realize I'll probably never catch a Smallie of that size again.

5 hours ago, MikeWright said:

I just did some research and come to find out the lake record Smallie is 6.43lbs. To believe I was close to the record made me realize I'll probably never catch a Smallie of that size again.

 

Sure you will!  There's a big difference in a 4# and a 6# smallie. 

 

Extrapolation using the Bassmaster lunker scale:

- your smallmouth is equivalent to a 7.1# LMB 

- your lake's record smallie is equivalent to a 10.7# LMB 

 

Sorry... had to math-out for a second.  Beautiful fish!  Go get another!

 

@flyingmonkie

 

13.00lb LMB Lake Record

 

Belton Lake Records

Not sure what jig that is, but I have been known to pair a baby boo jig with that color skirt and that color baby rage craw quite often