14 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

After reading this I can't get the song "Born Free" outta my head.

 

Born free, as free as the wind blows
As free as the grass grows
Born free to follow your heart

Live free and beauty surrounds you
The world still astounds you
Each time you look at a star

Stay free where no walls divide you
You're free as the roaring tide
So there's no need to hide

Born free and life is worth living
But only worth living
'Cause you're born free

Stay free…

 

Find a nice lake and let him be free.

I was thinking "Born to be Wild" but that also works.

14 hours ago, AnglingWithIan said:

Almost a pound

If your in Florida, please come release him into my lake. It would be nice to have some 6 inch 1 pounders in there.☺

That does seem pretty fat for a 6" bass! I don't think it's impossible though... I've seen some weird ones that were fat and stumpy, then some that were long and skinny. I have a lot of the latter here, 6-16" but that range from a quarter lb. to barely a pound to maybe close to 2 lbs. in some instances. I'm shocked such bass haven't been more aggressive with lures.

6" bass that weighs a pound . You're definitely a bass fisherman ! 

3 hours ago, FishDewd said:

That does seem pretty fat for a 6" bass! ...

Considering how many folks claim 12" keepers weigh 2 lbs, 17" bass are 5 lbs and those largemouth that have their nose bumping the 20" mark are DD's, that claim seems right on...

 

In fact, didn't George Perry but his World Record in his back pocket for the walk home?

On 5/4/2018 at 3:23 PM, dgkasper58 said:

crappie hurt your bass population?  Only time I have seen this issue is when Bass are choking on them.

They'll compete directly with bass in a smaller pond because the main forage is minnows in the crappie's favorite size. It's not recommended to have both in a smallish body of water unless there's a really good food supply. That said, there's a 30 acre reservoir near me where they both do well.

2 hours ago, Yeajray231 said:

6" bass that weighs a pound . You're definitely a bass fisherman ! 

This 1 pound, 6 inch bass reminds me of the Colorado state record largemouth bass that weighed 11 pounds, 6 ounces yet it only measured 22.5 inches. Guess these two bass might be related!

5 hours ago, soflabasser said:

This 1 pound, 6 inch bass reminds me of the Colorado state record largemouth bass that weighed 11 pounds, 6 ounces yet it only measured 22.5 inches. Guess these two bass might be related!

Good genes! I'd kill to catch one that weighed 3 lbs lol. Seriously, I'd do a backflip off the boat, dock, shore into the water... whatever the scenario happened to be lol. 11 pounder and I'd have a coronary and would have to be escorted out of there via ambulance! Possibly even get a psychiatric evaluation to make sure I didn't hallucinate the entire event!