3/8 oz chatterbait (Buddha Baits Swagger Jig more specifically, which are unfortunately no longer being made) in a bluegill color with a zoom super chunk trailer. 5.82 pounds

Jig and pig . All Black with an Uncle Josh pork frog .

11.3 LM-- leopard frog booyah poppin pad crasher 

Biggest largemouth was on a wacky rigged green pumpkin/gold flake BPS stick-o worm.

 

Biggest smallmouth was on a white buzz toad.

11-8 largemouth on a 3/4 oz SK red eye shad

 

7-6 smallmouth on a rapala tail dancer

Call it lucky or unlucky but I've got 3 fish in an exact tie for my PB to the hundredth of a lb so... 

 

1st - Wacky rigged watermelon sticko

2nd - Lethal Weapon Swimjig 

3rd - 9" MS Slammer 

Evegreen OB 68 Magic Gill popper.

4 1/2 lb on a black and blue Zoom ZCraw, t rigged with a 3/8 oz bullet weight. 

6.8lbs, caught on a red and white Strike King spinnerbait with a paddle tail trailer. 

After 60+ years of fishing I have to say I consider myself a worm/jig fisherman with spinnerbaits a close second.  That being said, of the 10 or so bass I have managed to catch that were over 6 lbs.....every one was on a crankbait.  I have no explanation for this.

Both are NY fish.  I don't keep track of the out of state PBs, since an 8 lb. from Florida is hardly a trophy.

7-2 LMB: Texas rigged 10" Black Powerworm, 1/2 oz. bullet weight and 5/0 worm hook in 30-ish FOW

5-12 SMB: Drop shot Ayu Cross Tail Shad (flat side up), 3/4 weight and #4 drop shot hook in 40-ish FOW

 

Interesting 2nd place counter point:

7.1 LMB: Junebug 4" Flick Shake Worm on 3/16 Zappu Wacky jig in less than 1 FOW

On this AC Mag Shad that’s seen it’s fair share of use ?

7 hours ago, Catt said:

1/2 oz Rat-L-Trap ?

so much fun catching them on lipless cranks

5 hours ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

1/2 oz. Pegged tungsten, Junebug Ultravibe. Bass in Profile pic. 

 

After that bass I quit using ultarvibes, couldn't tell ya why?

why?

   I haven't weighed fish for over 30 years, and the only length I pay attention to is the DNR legal limit.  But the 3 biggest bass (not other species) that I've caught were on a Rapala Countdown CD9 (25 years ago), a 1/6th oz. Super Roostertail (first year in the lakes) and a 1oz. Eppinger Dardevle (last year). 

   Now if we want to talk about other species ..... well, that's another matter entirely.     ?    jj

PB Green Bass choked a 3/4 oz SK Red Eye Shad in Sexy Shad  at sunset ~

 

PB Brown Bass hammered 3/4 oz Biovex Stangun spinnerbait with a SK Blade Minnow Trailer ~

A-Jay

 

Jig n pig. Along with my other 3 biggest bass

11 hours ago, Jonas Staggs said:

jig fish?

Top 5 LMB listed under my PB were caught using jigs.

three biggest largemouth:

1. black Cavitron buzzbait

2. gold double-willow Stanley spinnerbait

3. black Cavitron buzzbait

 

three biggest smallmouth:

1. 4" Senko

2. 4" Strike King Ocho

3. Whopper plopper 75

 

 

I haven't caught my PB yet, but when I do I'll be drinking a Dos Equis...

 

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My PB was caught at sunrise on a black jitterbug.

11 lb. 13 oz. on a 10" junebug worm.

3 largemouth about 8lbs, one on Texas rig chartreuse pepper zoom swamp crawler, one on buzz bait, and one on a gold silver buddy 

 

smallmouth was probably my avatar fish with a rapala rippin rap but I’ve caught a whole lot of smallmouth about 5.5 lbs and I really have no idea which was PB. Seems like 2 or 3 of them ate rattle trap type lures  

Mine was a 9 lb. 3 oz. pre-spawn female on a Rapala jointed floater (J7). I was using 6 lb. mono on a Shimano Symetre 2000 reel and a 6 ft.ML Abu Garcia B.A.S.S. spinning rod. It is a great memory. 

@Jonas Staggs idk why, it was my go to worm for a long time. I just started using a 3/8 punch rig with small creature/bug. 

 

Makes me wanna slip one on a t-rig tomorrow ?