Biggest this year was 5.2 on my trusty Perch flavored KVD 1.5 square bill that I had retired for 2 reasons.

 

1. I caught my PB with that lure 3 years ago. I retired it because....

2. They don't make that particular color anymore. 

3. Scared to lose it lol

Virtually any other year, I would say Frog but this year was different.  BAD flooding early in the year changed my home lake a lot and the frogging was poor this year.  In fact the fishing was poor in general in 2019.  I did have decent luck all summer throwing a weightless T-rigged Blue/black Senko.  

3" Berkley Powerbait Pit Boss in Watermelon Orange flake.  5.2 pound Largemouth, out of what pretty much amounts to a creek.

6th sense minimag squarebill, 8.0lb (PB)

 

runner up was 7.8lb swim senko nearly deadsticked, and with a weighted hook which I almost never do. Found them stacked up and pulled out 10-15 with a keitech on an underspin and a finesse spinnerbait. Big girl was lazy, all that stuff was going too fast. 

Black/blue 3/8 oz jig with a Zoom sapphire super chunk trailer.

Two fish tied for that honor last season. One was on a 1/2oz jig and RageTail Craw. The other was on an 8in. paddle tail swimbait behind a 1/2oz plain jig head.  There is a possibility it was the same fish as I bagged them two weeks apart.

6.2 lb bass on a Pearl White 3/8oz Project Z Chatterbait.  

One of my home made pbj 3/8 Arkie jigs and rage tail summer craw trailer.  Brand new lake and was taking the L when I threw that combo together.  Thought it was way to wacky to work.  Pitch to a clump of pads.  Boom new PB of 18 1/2 inches.  Runner up is a bandit 300 root beer crank nailed a 17 1/2 smallie on. After catching many more on the bandit that day I went to m-57 surplus and bought them out  

6.48 lb. on a 3/8 fineness football head with a beaver style trailer slow crawlin....

4.6 lbs. on a wacky rig

 

Best was 8-10 on a Gambler Big EZ swim bait in Copperfield.

 

Second best was 8 even on a wacky rigged Bitters salty sling (senko) in June bug blue tail

 

Both came at the end of February 

Caught an 8lbs on a white beetle spin. 

SpaceMonkey. WaterMelon Red.8.75 LargeMouth

4.8 on a Ned Rig

Four LMB over 20" (no weights) - one each on chatterbait, jig, Rage Bug and senko

 

Not sure what to make of that....lol

On 1/14/2020 at 12:29 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

SK Tungsten 2tap, Delta Red, 6.5lb largemouth

Duo Realis Rozante 77, Neo Pearl, 5.83lb smallmouth (PB)

Making my decision to pick up the neo pearl a few months ago seem like a good one!

I caught 2 fish that were 6 3/4lb. Both flipping a texas rig at isolated lilly pads in 4-9 ft. Sweet beaver in flora bama and a magnum structure bug in okeechobee craw.

7.4 lbs.  Alabama Rig.  

4.5 lb smallie on a Megabass S-Crank, I think it was the 1.2 size.

My version of a "Senko" in Mexico. Haha. Greenpumpkin W/ Black and Gold flake on a T-Rig in 25-30' of water.

I'm late to this thread, but my best came on an old reliable. 

 

1/4oz Black Cavitron buzzbait (red blade)

20.5", 4.75lb (+/- .25, didn't have my scale on me that day)

19 hours ago, fishballer06 said:

I'm late to this thread, but my best came on an old reliable. 

 

1/4oz Black Cavitron buzzbait (red blade)

20.5", 4.75lb (+/- .25, didn't have my scale on me that day)

First big bass entry on a buzz bait, nice.. 

Love me some Cavitrons.

35 minutes ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

First big bass entry on a buzz bait, nice.. 

Love me some Cavitrons.

I can remember a guy talking at weigh in's at one of my first tournaments ever. The guy said "I hate throwing buzzbaits. They never catch anything bigger than 14-15."

 

I just chuckled and kept my mouth shut. 

10" Watermelon Purple/Red Flake Power Worm on a Texas Rig, was only like 4.5lbs though.

59 minutes ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

First big bass entry on a buzz bait, nice.. 

Love me some Cavitrons.

Theres been a couple of years Buzzbzits caught my biggest bass .