Just found this video on Youtube. Couple catching a 46.89lb bag on Shearon Harris Lake, NC in January. I've never seen anything like that, other than Paul Elias's 15 bass record on YouTube. Just wow. 

 

 

Makin me want to fish Shearon Harris this summer.  

Me tryna figure out where they were fishing like

Haha! Somebody got a 44 lb bag from chickamauga in a tournament 10-15 years ago. Now it’s a zoo, not much fun to fish and nobody catches bags like that anymore. Proceed with caution 

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Haha! Somebody got a 44 lb bag from chickamauga in a tournament 10-15 years ago. Now it’s a zoo, not much fun to fish and nobody catches bags like that anymore. Proceed with caution 

Harris is insanely pressured and on weekends in the warmer months, it is, like you say, a zoo. But I have hooked into nice bass there before and you always have that feeling in the back of your head like... I could catch a 7lber on the next cast

That is one heck of a sack, I don't care where you are.

Perhaps of interest....

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/shearon-harris.html

 

I like how at around 3:30 he didn't let her hold her own 8lber because he's like nah you're not losing this fish 

5 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

I like how at around 3:30 he didn't let her hold her own 8lber because he's like nah you're not losing this fish 

Didn’t catch that

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Didn’t catch that

She kept trying and throwing her hands up lol

The ole quadruple jack hook set, maybe I should try that 

10 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

The ole quadruple jack hook set, maybe I should try that 

HAHA! Now that, I did notice. I don't think he ever thought the hook was stuck good enough. Rumor has it he's still setting the hook on that last fish to this day

every time i go to this lake it rekindles my urge to try bow fishing or going out with an ultra light for grass carp. Its incredible the quantity they stuffed into that lake. 

1 minute ago, Functional said:

every time i go to this lake it rekindles my urge to try bow fishing or going out with an ultra light for grass carp. Its incredible the quantity they stuffed into that lake. 

Been there recently? What's been happening?

20 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Been there recently? What's been happening?

 

Nothing, just a lot of grass carp. You go into any shallow area and there are some nice sized carp everywhere. Would be fun to try either lol. 

 

Reports I've read say they are sterile grass carp but with the quantity I've seen i find it hard to believe. Just hoping they dont decimate the grass beds. 

In 2001, I was at the weigh in when Dean Rojas brought his 45 pound 2 ounce 5 fish bag to the scales.  He autographed my hat which I still have.   These fish were caught in Kissimmee on West Lake Toho. Very nice person and a great angler.

 

 

18 minutes ago, Functional said:

 

Nothing, just a lot of grass carp. You go into any shallow area and there are some nice sized carp everywhere. Would be fun to try either lol. 

 

Reports I've read say they are sterile grass carp but with the quantity I've seen i find it hard to believe. Just hoping they dont decimate the grass beds. 

I’ve read there is already much less grass than there used to be and that it has affected the fishing. 
 

Still strongly considering trying my luck out there this summer. 

On 5/5/2022 at 12:42 PM, LrgmouthShad said:

Makin me want to fish Shearon Harris this summer.  

Makes me want to fish it in the winter....

11 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

Makes me want to fish it in the winter....

That’s a shoulda coulda woulda for me. I focused on Thom A Lex lake last winter and a pond the winter before. I originally thought I wanted to fish Harris in the winter, and I shoulda stuck with that. The power plant helps. 

Summer will be busy, but at least the bass aren’t gonna jump out of the water just cause it’s summer. 
 

 

 

36 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said:

The power plant helps. 

WWDs are your best friend in winter, I have a great power plant access/not inventor story that I can't share in public.