I didnt catch a big fish this past year . An 8 inch blue Jelly Worm , I think nabbed the largest . 

 

Not much , a bad year for big fish but a good year for limits of 15 inch keepers .

 

I had the same luck as you, the biggest bass I caught this past year came on a 4.5 inch roboworm on a dropshot.

Last year my biggest largemouth was 5 lbs and my largest smallmouth was 4.5 lbs.

Both were caught on a 6 inch trick worm on a shaky head.

Spent most of my last year chasing trophy catfish, but my largest bass came on a wacky rigged 5" green pumpkin senko.  Fish was about 4 pounds, which is decent for my lake here in central ohio.  They electro fished last year and largest that came out of the whole lake was 5.2 pounds.

A homemade football jig caught my biggest largemouth of last year, 6.65 pounds. Already caught 2 bigger than that this year

 

 

I didn't catch a smallmouth worth remembering last year unfortunately thanks to constant high water conditions. 

8 pound 3 ounces on a purple wacky rigged Senko.

2.4kg (+- 5.2oz) on a black and red 3/4oz Colmic Gamera Jig with a zoom z craw trailer.

spro little john dd in cell mate 

My biggest bass of 2017 luckily came in tournaments (both big wins).  A 6 pound largemouth on a Spro frog and two six pound smallies, one on a 3.5" green pumpkin coffee tube, the other on a 3.5" Biffle bug.

Dirty Jigs swim jig in Okeechobee 420 color, with a Rage Menace Grub in watermelon seed color on the back. Caught on the 4th of July.

Pad Crasher caught my 2 biggest bass last year, 5 lbs even and a 6lb 8oz, both largemouth. Caught within 20 minutes of each other and they were the only 2 bites I had that day  

Culprit 9 inch fat max. Okechobee color. I was swimming it like a swimbait on a jig head.

this 5+ LM on a 5” june bug Zoom lizard in late October. so dont let anyone tell you that a lizard is only a springtime lure. 

4 lb LMB caught late summer on a weightless Zoom Trick Worm in Candy Bug. I can't break #5 :/

5+ LM on a Dredger CB in  8 ft of water

18 minutes ago, lo n slo said:

this 5+ LM on a 5” june bug Zoom lizard in late October. so dont let anyone tell you that a lizard is only a springtime lure. 

Cousin and I won a large tourney using lizards in September .

8 minutes ago, NHBull said:

5+ LM on a Dredger CB in  8 ft of water

What kind of boat is that ? I fish from a 22 foot Lowe deck boat .

 6# in October on a seiberts brush jig with rage menace trailer

7 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Cousin and I won a large tourney using lizards in September .

What kind of boat is that ? I fish from a 22 foot Lowe deck boat .

That was a Bennington 2250 GSR which is now retired for a Lund

5-6 LM on a 6" black PowerBait Lizard,  T rigged

5,7 and 8 pounder all caught on a Ratl-trap

Biggest Bass of 2017:

 

3 and a half pound LMB on a Yum Dinger

 

3 pound SMB on a Z-Man TRD

Black and Blue poppin pad crasher.  No idea on weight, but it was almost 29 inches.

Rage Craw

5.5 Largemouth on a 3.5" tube and 4.8 Smallmouth on a Fat Ika both in green pumpkin.

 

I don't know how much she weighed, but it was a Smallie around 21" based on a rough measuring. 

Caught on a 2.5" Cabin Creek Tube on a Cadman's Smallie Crawlin jig. Seems like my beat fish ALWAYS come on that presentation.