It's been a few years now. My PB smallmouth came back in September of 2015 she was #5 even

PB Largemouth was in September of 2018 and she weighed just fractions over 7 lbs. 5 oz.

 

One of my goals for the upcoming season is to catch a new PB smallie. Our tournament schedule has a 2 day tourney on a body of water that I feel like that's a very real possibility and I also have a trip planned with a friend to another body of water that is known for some very large smallies. Not sure if I'll ever catch one the size of those "menderchuck" brown bass though! It might be a while before I can break the largemouth PO again though. I'm sure there's a few bigger swimming up here somewhere, but they're very few and far between. 

Found the details of my PB smallmouth. It weighed 4.69 pounds and was part of a 5 fish 21.25# catch. This was back in Nov. 2014. Our state record smallie is just over 7 pounds and has stood for over 30 years. Around here (IN), a legit 5+ pound smallie is about as rare as a 9 or 10 pound bass - they do get caught, but not very often, and certainly not as frequent as they used to be. Not even sure where the best shot for one around here would be - perhaps our little portion of Lake Michigan , so I'd probably have to go to another state to break it.

 

Is that Jacob Wheeler with you?!

 

And the same pair of holey jeans I see...9 years ago.

15 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

 

You  Are  The  Man.

btw - that 'other guy' seems like he might have some potential. 

A-Jay

On 2/1/2023 at 8:40 AM, gimruis said:

Ding Ding Ding! 40 years is the winner.  That's older than me.

You know its been quite a while when the photo is in black & white.

Mine was 43 ?

Just now, N Florida Mike said:

Mine was 43

Alright Mike, you're the winner.  Marked as solution.

17 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Is that Jacob Wheeler with you?!

 

And the same pair of holey jeans I see...9 years ago.

I’m a leader, not a follower ? All these teens paying big bucks to buy pre-torn jeans these days that I’ve been wearing forever ? …and yes, that’s Wheeler 

 

15 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

You  Are  The  Man.

btw - that 'other guy' seems like he might have some potential. 

A-Jay

If he keeps trying, he’ll make it one day ?