The Hawg Hunters

[AlabamaSpothunter]

While I love Spots and Smallmouths, it was vastly easier for me to catch my first 5lb Smallmouth and 6lb Alabama Bass than it was for me to catch my 10.6lb PB LGM.   I spend the majority of my time fishing looking for another DD LGM these days on my home lake as a number of them have been caught over the years.   I got an 8lb in August, but the next closest were several 6lb fish, and a few dozen 5lb+ fish over the last several months of fishing 4-5 days a week.   I've caught one LGM over 10lbs in 25yrs + of Bass fishing.    When you think about what somebody like WRB did it boggles the mind.   A 10lb Bass in the flesh is remarkable in every way. 

 

As both a freshwater and saltwater angler, I've never found anything that was as hard to pursue and catch as DD LGM Bass.   They will always be Mount Everest of the fishing universe in my book even though Spotted Bass, and Sailfish are my favorite fish to catch.    

 

My order of importance:

1. Timing/luck

2. Methodical approach and fishing significantly slower and more deliberate 

3. Fishing big fish baits, most times that means baits that don't get hit by smaller fish.  

4. While highly debatable, I'll never stop believing that the best chance to catch big Bass is at night

5. Religious devotion to checking line, knots, and preparing for where a fish might break you off in

[Blue Raider Bob]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

And I'll be there again Friday !

Don't tell anyone  . . . . 

A-Jay

If you hear some giggling coming from under the tarp in the back of your truck when you leave Friday....it's not me....so don't look! Just make sure you have two life jackets in the boat!

[Mobasser]

 Best of luck on Friday A- Jay. Hope your trip is a good one. I'll be fishing Friday also- early morning. Still trying for a big one.

[ol'crickety]

8 lbs.? Yikes! If that were my goal, I think I'd be dead before I caught an 8 lb. bass in Maine. I do catch lots of 4 lb. bass though. I think I'm going to keep two and duct tape them together.

 

True story: I caught a 17.25 inch bass and a 19.25 bass on a Whopper Plopper at the same time this summer. That's about seven pounds of bass on a single cast, but I'm still a pound short!  

[PhishLI]

20 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

8 lbs.? Yikes! If that were my goal, I think I'd be dead before I caught an 8 lb. bass in Maine.

Not so fast. You might be surprised. There's a well know swimbaiter up in Maine who's come close. I believe his PB is 7-13. Plus, he's caught plenty of 6lb class fish too. Good ones up there, just like my area. There's something about northeast coastal areas.

[roadwarrior]

36 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

There's a well know swimbaiter up in Maine who's come close. I believe his PB is 7-13. 

State Record

SPECIES	WEIGHT	LOCATION
Largemouth Bass	11 lbs 10 oz	Moose Pond

[AlabamaSpothunter]

3 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

State Record

SPECIES	WEIGHT	LOCATION
Largemouth Bass	11 lbs 10 oz	Moose Pond

Lol, I was just about to post this 

 

Maine

11 lbs, 10 oz

Moose Pond

Rodney Cockrell

1968

 

Seems the Maine record is relatively safe......68 was a long time ago