large white zoom super fluke on a keel weighted 4/0 hook for the  5 lb smallmouth.

Large white superfluke which i colored it some with black magic marker and smudged it in to look more like a minn shiner for the  5lb largemouth on keel weight 4/0 hook.

Both caught in the exact same location standing on the side of a culvert.

 

23 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Blue Fox Flash Spinner - from the bank

I actually bought that little kit they sale those in one time about 5-7 years ago and they absolutely get destroyed by bass in my local lake! Hidden Walmart gem.

18 minutes ago, NavyVet1204 said:

I actually bought that little kit they sale those in one time about 5-7 years ago and they absolutely get destroyed by bass in my local lake! Hidden Walmart gem.

I’ll also add that if your small creek or “wade” fishing, those will work all day long as well as the tried and true rooster tails.

Ajay lit a fire under me a year or 2 ago with his post on the Spro Rat. The rat has become my spirit animal and I fish it passionately and I become the rat!! Every little twitch, turn and thrust to get back to bank or boat I work as realistic as I can. Besides all that Bull I caught this as my biggest in 2021. I call her the belly deep bass…

Rage Bug green pumpkin 

1 hour ago, NavyVet1204 said:

I actually bought that little kit they sale those in one time about 5-7 years ago and they absolutely get destroyed by bass in my local lake! Hidden Walmart gem.

I have a kit new in box . Bought it about ten years ago at a resell store .

10 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

Mann's baby one minus crankbait.

I bet that was a fun strike.

FishLab Rattle Toad for Largemouth and Jerkbait for Smallmouth

19 hours ago, WRB said:

Only 5 outings this year as a back seater managed 6.4 lb LMB on a 5” Senko.

Tom

Fantastic! How did you rig the Senko--Texas or Wacky?

Lucky Craft 1.5. Caught a 6 1/4 lb. in late summer when they were busting shad in the flats. Love this color, was a hot lure for a couple months.

13 hours ago, PotatoLake said:

I bet that was a fun strike.

Nope.  I thought I was bringing in a log until it got close to the bank.  Water was about 45 degrees.

Biggest Largemouth on a GYBC 4” green pumpkin Senko

 

 

 

Biggest Smallmouth and Chain Pickerel on a Z-Man TRD TicklerZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Robert C. Gates said:

Fantastic! How did you rig the Senko--Texas or Wacky?

I Don’t fish Senko’s often but that’s what the bite was. Weightless 5” #301 wacky rig w/Owner size 1 Weedless Wacky Jungle hook about 8’ deep.

Tom

ECO Pro Tungsten swing head jig with a 7" BPS worm,

December 31, 2021 

 

BPS Tube Black and Blue flake 3.75" 

 

Measured 22" and according to Texas Parks and Wildlife it equates to 6.40lbs. Not bad for a 1/2 acre cow pond. 

 

 

7.5" Culprit worm in Grape Shad color.

Whopper Plopper 110, bone color. 7.93 lbs. I also caught a 5.75 that day in the same spot. I caught the bigger one and came back after a couple hours and caught the other. My runner up was a 7.25 on a Johnson Silver Minnow/chunk trailer dragged over lilies.

LM - 3/4oz DJ Cali swim jig, crappie w/ 120mm Dwalker, silverside

SM - 1/2oz keitech finesse football jig, gp/blue w/ trd crawz, gp

 

Don't have weights or measurements, but LM is a low 6lb and SM is a high 4lb by my best guesses.

 

scott

Lewis Trap in diamond dust

8 something…flutter spoon

Power bait worm on drop shot 

Gambler 13" ribbon tail worm, black. Moves like a snake in the water, kind of smells like one, too.

Had 3 within a shad of each other.

7.36 on a Zoom mag finesse worm and homemade shakyhead

7.22 on a Strike King KVD HC flat side 1.5

7.24 on a homemade jig

Honorable mentions goes to a 6.92 on a homemade bladed jig that won me big bass and pretty much the championship tournament and paid for my kids Christmas presents ?

W P 90, 20.5 inch river smallie

 

Thinking I need to throw more spinnerbaits tho...

Strike King KVD Swim jig in blue shad with a keitech sexy shad trailer. 5.8 and 22in. 
 

PB top water on a Lunker Hunt Kraken Walking Frog at 5.3 and 24in (photo)

 

PB Small Mouth on a Cotton Cordell Super Spot Lipless at 2.15 and 18in (photo)

 

2021 blessed me well.