Got this Lake St Clair record smallmouth last week!! Crazy!! 

Facial expression is priceless! 

lol IKR?? I was truly shocked because of the area she was in. We get 7+ lbers out on the Canadian side of St Clair but not really in this area. It's a known area but I spent a little more time on it and found something special. And then THIS happens lol. 

So just to be clear -- we are looking at a picture of you holding a new lake record smallmouth on St. Clair???

 

There are no words...

 

I mean, "congratulations" is a word but, somehow that doesn't seem sufficient.

Congratulations for catching a 9.7 pound smallmouth bass. It is a beauty and bigger than most bass fisherman's home state PB largemouth.

Fantastic fish! Is there a photo where you aren't holding it out toward the camera so we get a more realistic view?

 

That is a great fish.

 

Congrats.

Giant smallmouth! 

9.7 lb Smallie Isn't far off Michigan or Ontario records. Was the weight validated by DNR?

Congratualtions.

Tom

 

16 hours ago, Scott F said:

Fantastic fish! Is there a photo where you aren't holding it out toward the camera so we get a more realistic view?

 

I do have a pic on the scale. Because it's only CIR season I didn't spend a lot of time with the fish and got her back in quick. But we weighd it 4 times over at 9-7. I'll post the scale pic I need to downsize it it says 

Here's the scale pic y'all. I swear I could have almost put my fist in that things mouth. Looked like a 7lb largemouth mouth lol

Super Sized Smallie for Sure ~ 

Congrats on the great catch and your new PB.

You may be stuck on that one for a while.

Certainly a nice 'problem' to have. . . .

A-Jay

Awesome, catch of a lifetime! Grats!

What did you think when you first hooked it ?

44 minutes ago, scaleface said:

What did you think when you first hooked it ?

At fist all I saw was the belly and it looked bigger than a 7lb class fish to me. It was WIDE just maxed out. But I didnt really get a good look at the length. And when they are that far it's just hard to judge. Once she got to the boat i saw the length and freaked out. I was concerned about the tube coming out if I horsed her but I also know that the longer a tube is in a fish of that size the more chance you have of losing the fish. So I just kept the line tight and got her in as quick as I could. My partner had trouble landing her because her tail was so large. He had to like scoop her in over the gunnell. But it wasnt really until I picked her up off the bow I knew what I had just caught. It just felt very very different putting my thumb in her mouth. The eyes were bulging much bigger and the body just kept on going down. It was unbelievable. That's when I made a call to the shop about the state record. But when I set the hook yeah it felt big like a 5-6 lber but I would have never guessed that big until she came up. Lesson learned too. Always fight big smallmouth like it's a 9lber cuz it could be!!! 

Whoa! That's an incredible fish! Congrats!

30 minutes ago, jtharris3 said:

Whoa! That's an incredible fish! Congrats!

Thank you appreciate it!! 

That is a nice smallie! Congrats!

On 5/3/2018 at 11:11 AM, Brian Schram said:

Here's the scale pic y'all. I swear I could have almost put my fist in that things mouth. Looked like a 7lb largemouth mouth lol

Did you get a picture or a video of the whole bass hanging from the scale? Here in Florida the whole bass ( from the mouth to the last tip of the tail) has to show on the scale if we want to submit the picture to the TrophCatch program. Also the hand cannot touch the metal that weighs the bass. Lots of bass have been disqualified from the TrophyCatch program because of people submitting partial weighing pictures but it might be different in your state. 

3 hours ago, soflabasser said:

Did you get a picture or a video of the whole bass hanging from the scale? Here in Florida the whole bass ( from the mouth to the last tip of the tail) has to show on the scale if we want to submit the picture to the TrophCatch program. Also the hand cannot touch the metal that weighs the bass. Lots of bass have been disqualified from the TrophyCatch program because of people submitting partial weighing pictures but it might be different in your state. 

No that is the only pic I took. It's only Catch and immediate release here so I did not spend much time. Especially when I found out that it missed the state record by some ounces. I wasn't planning on submitting it anywhere just Sharing with anglers 

15 minutes ago, Brian Schram said:

No that is the only pic I took. It's only Catch and immediate release here so I did not spend much time. Especially when I found out that it missed the state record by some ounces. I wasn't planning on submitting it anywhere just Sharing with anglers 

Next time try to get a picture of the whole bass if possible and maybe measure its length and girth. Regardless your smallmouth bass is a beauty.

congrats on the PB. what a fish!!! you must have found AJ'S personal honey hole! amazing catch. 

Great fish!!  Congrats on a true stud.  I think you found KVDs honey hole!  

Words fail me!  Amazing freak of a fish!  Congratulations.  That beats our state record smallie by 2 lbs 5 oz.

Wow. Awesome fish.  Congratulations

Hey all good some believe it and some don't lol. It was a good enough picture for the guy that has the current Ohio state record so that's good enough for me. I don't think many have even seen a 9lb smallmouth yo really judge