Dreaming of a double-digit bass

[Pat Brown]

Yeah the spring time is wild and crazy here in NC.  I'm just in awe every year of what I witness.

[TnRiver46]

8 hours ago, Pat Brown said:

Found one that decided that the new moon was a great time to lay eggs this morning.  27" long and easily 10" tall and 10" wide.

 

 

That's a special fish.  Her tail is the size of my hand.

Now just how did you get it to hold still for the measurements? 😂 just kidding , hope you get her up onto dry land soon and show us all the pictures ! 

[Pat Brown]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

Now just how did you get it to hold still for the measurements? 😂 just kidding , hope you get her up onto dry land soon and show us all the pictures ! 

 

She gone.  Went back after work and she had finished up and slid back out.  Mega cool though.

[TnRiver46]

@Pat Brown, she may be hungry soon! 

[FishTax]

36 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Pat Brown, she may be hungry soon! 

Yeah probably about now, big girl buffet is about to start 😎

[Fishingintheweeds]

On 5/4/2024 at 4:45 AM, Dervish said:

Been signed up on these forums for a long long time and come back occasionally to read up.  Wanted to make a post and just speak of my dreams.  I'm 42 years old and have been bass fishing for probably 30 years.  I'm pretty good at it.  I know what to do given so many variables, etc.  Rarely get skunked, and constantly landing 3-4 pounders.  Can't complain about that.

Anyway, I decided way back when that my ultimate goal is to catch a double digit bass.  After all these years I haven't done it.  I'm a chef and my work hours are absolutely insane, leaving me basically brain dead when I have time off so even if I do fish it's pretty lazy and easy going.  I have a capable kayak setup which is always a blast to use when I actually take it out.  My PB was caught in New Jersey at 7lbs when I was a teenager.  I now live in Florida, and the crazy thing is, the best I got here is 6.2 pounds.  

Starting to feel life slip away from me.  All of the beautiful days that I could be on the water instead I'm working and I can't help but think that I'm missing every single opportunity to bring my dream into reality.  Too tired to go out when I actually have the time, but you have to be there to make it happen.  

So, I dont know...as a point of discussion, I was wondering if anybody feels the same?  Is it that hard?  I look at Instagram and see people catching double digit bass pretty regularly.  Christ, those tactical bassin guys make it sound easy.  I just want one.  Then I can die off in peace and leave a mount for somebody else to deal with.

 

It's not slipping away.  You'll feel like it if you start counting summers but it's not.  There are a lot of days in between. 

 

Don't give up on the idea that you'll get something huge down there.  Seems a lot more likely than up here in Michigan, but I say that because I was sure If only ever get 2-3lbers here.  Until I started catching them double that (and more). Now, I believe that there very well may be much bigger fish, more commonly, than I knew. I've caught them and seen pictures of fish bigger than mine, all caught in Michigan. 

 

Don't give up!

[Swamp Girl]

The In-Fisherman Master Angler Award program acknowledges that different regions produce different-sized fish:

 

 

By this program, I've caught the southern equivalents of lmb 10-pounders. I think that given the effect of gobies, the 5 lb. cut-off for smb should be higher. And south of Newfoundland, 4 lb. brookies are super-rare. 

[LrgmouthShad]

@ol'crickety I fished for about 3 years in NY. I understand how it goes up North. I fished unpressured ponds with phenomenal bass growth, and it was still difficult to catch a bass over 6lbs. I managed 2.