Largest bass caught in Texas lake using McDonald's chicken McNugget

 

FoxNews.com

Published June 1, 2017

 

A couple got a "Mc-nificent" catch when they reeled in a record-breaking bass last month at a Texas lake by using a McDonald's chicken McNugget as their bait.

 

Matthew McNellis and his girlfriend went fishing in May at Lake Bardwell in Ennis and had no luck catching anything, McNellis told KDAF. 

 

McNellis' girlfriend then suggested using a chicken nugget they bought from McDonald's as bait. To their surprise, they reeled in a 2-and-a-half-foot long bass that weighed more than 10 pounds. 

It was a 30 inch fish? Nah try 24.5 inches. Old news. 

I Saw a video on U Tube of some kids wacky rigging gummy worms catching more bass than when they fished with soft plastics.  Not going to sell my tackle yet, but maybe I should

This is the 3rd thread posted about this....  Typical sensationalist journalism at best.  10 lb. bass doesn't hit the radar in Texas.  The requirement for their Share-A-Lunker program is 13 lbs.

3 minutes ago, king fisher said:

I Saw a video on U Tube of some kids wacky rigging gummy worms catching more bass than when they fished with soft plastics.  Not going to sell my tackle yet, but maybe I should

I T-rigged a generic sour gummy worm that was about 3" long at my buddy's pond just to prove I could catch something on it. I got a bite the first cast and caught one on the second cast. The worm was too dense and inflexible to be practical though. I took it off and replaced with a finesse worm after the first fish. the the rest of them I had in a sandwich back melted together. I also made a lure I call the "Wrench Wrig" out of a wrench after watching a YouTube video about it. I keep forgetting to try it. I thought I might even put a gummy worm trailer on the Wrench Wrig hook.

To be sure, there are times when bass will hit anything. But we all know that's few and far between.  But on private ponds, it seems bass will hit a paper clip, especially on professionally managed ponds such as the Kingfisher Society.  It makes average anglers look like rock stars.

to be fair, this one was caught on a public lake, not a private managed pond.

hey, send me all your lures and il send back equal number of chicken nuggets. I'l even include a few dipping sauce for free to fine tune your presentation. PM if interested.

I believe it was caught at a marina/bait station where bass are practically trained to eat what gets throw in. 

Caught a 5 pounder with a tortilla chunk once ....... you don't see me trying to catch bass with tortilla chunks.

Fat "things" will always love their McDonalds. No holding this fish back