My personal best largemouth in NY state is a 6lb 10oz caught on a generic soft plastic 5" paddle tail in red/orange flake rigged on an unweighted wide gap worm hook, from a golf course pond in August at 2:30pm on a bright sunny day. My best NY Smallmouth was caught on a white/chartreuse 1/2 oz spinnerbait caught in July in Cayuga Lake at around 4pm on a cloudy day with a light but steady wind. That fish was 6lb 8oz. In the early 1970s, when I lived in Florida, I caught a number of big Largemouth (I am guessing 9+ lbs or bigger) but back then I never even thought of weighting them. If I remember correctly, my best came in March or April. 

No, caught my biggest bass 8.4 in August on a Texas rig worm. Caught a 6.3 in march one year. Most of the remaining big bass I’ve caught have been in the fall.

Nope. Caught it on the fall feed bag

This bass is a tie for my PB.  It was caught on May 7 post spawn, with zero eggs, and nothing in it's stomach.  I tried to release the bass after a long fight that included a significant amount of time wrapped around a tree.  The bass would swim away then go belly up.  After trying many times I killed it and gave it to another angler who had a cooler in their boat.  I cleaned it before I gave it to them, and it was the first time I had ever cleaned a bass that didn't have something in it's stomach.  It was completely empty.

 

The bass was 26 and 3/4 inches long and weighed 10.8 pounds.  I have always wondered how much it would have weighed pre spawn.  The tail was bloody so I assume it had recently spawned.  Any one have guess as to pre spawn weight?

Good lord, that thing is a post spawn??

 

My PB smallmouth (tie) have been recent pre-spawns from Mille Lacs in the month of May.  PB largemouths have been in the late summer or fall months.

Mine was on a hot and sunny day in mid July, around 12:30 in the afternoon. 

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

This bass is a tie for my PB.  It was caught on May 7 post spawn, with zero eggs, and nothing in it's stomach.  I tried to release the bass after a long fight that included a significant amount of time wrapped around a tree.  The bass would swim away then go belly up.  After trying many times I killed it and gave it to another angler who had a cooler in their boat.  I cleaned it before I gave it to them, and it was the first time I had ever cleaned a bass that didn't have something in it's stomach.  It was completely empty.

 

The bass was 26 and 3/4 inches long and weighed 10.8 pounds.  I have always wondered how much it would have weighed pre spawn.  The tail was bloody so I assume it had recently spawned.  Any one have guess as to pre spawn weight?

 

9 minutes ago, WRB-2.0 said:

 

I would say 80% girth to length ( Lx L x G / 1200=weight in pounds. Add 1% for pre spawn eggs. 26.75 x 26.75 x 21.4 =15,313.0375  / 1200 = 12.76 lbs add  1% for pre spawn with eggs = 14 lbs.

Tom

November.

I’m not sure if she was pre spawn. Rude to ask a husky gal If she’s large of preggers. But I will say my PB was caught very early in the spring this year. Iowa in late march water temp probably wasn’t even 50 degrees yet honestly. 

11 hours ago, king fisher said:

This bass is a tie for my PB.  It was caught on May 7 post spawn, with zero eggs, and nothing in it's stomach.  I tried to release the bass after a long fight that included a significant amount of time wrapped around a tree.  The bass would swim away then go belly up.  After trying many times I killed it and gave it to another angler who had a cooler in their boat.  I cleaned it before I gave it to them, and it was the first time I had ever cleaned a bass that didn't have something in it's stomach.  It was completely empty.

 

The bass was 26 and 3/4 inches long and weighed 10.8 pounds.  I have always wondered how much it would have weighed pre spawn.  The tail was bloody so I assume it had recently spawned.  Any one have guess as to pre spawn weight?

 

PB largemouth was pre-spawn, about a week after the ice was off a forest preserve lake. March 20 if memory serves. I didn't get any measurements but based on other fish it was probably around 21 inches and 5 pounds. Honestly it might be a little bigger. I'll try to find the pic cause curious what you guys would guess. Ya I know it's hard to tell from a pic but still.... Came on a #7 rapala rattlin rap.

 

Longest smallie was post spawn by a couple weeks or so. late May. Over 21" but thin due spawn. Still an amazing fish and fight in high water (river).

 

Heaviest smallie came on a different river in early August. Didn't get any measures due operator error but by far the absolute heaviest smallie I have ever held. Hit a whopper plopper.

Mine was shallow for sure. Probably already on a bed, although I didn’t see it . Caught on Dec. 31st.  Many would say that’s too early. Not in a warm winter in Florida. I caught another 1 off a bed on Christmas day that was 6.3. 

My PB LMB 5.25 was caught in October.

No, I caught mine (LMB) in the dead of summer. It was very fat. I don't think it was a spawner or had fully recovered. I don't think it would have weighed much more during prespawn. My SMB was caught in November, so I guess you could say it was prespawn. It was also well fed and fat. 

I had a great presoawn season.  I think I tied my PB 3x, or got really close.  

PB was early june which is late postspawn/early summer for us. 

PB2 and PB3 were both early prespawn, 56-57 degree water so late Feb.

No. My PB is 8 lbs 1 oz and 23.5" long. I caught it on November 6th, 2022. She was a very healthy fish over relative weight. I'd guess with a full load of eggs she probably would've been around 9.

 

 

My PB was caught pre-spawn and she was deformed by the eggs she was carrying. She looked like she'd swallowed a softball. She fought as well as you'd expect given her condition, which is hardly at all.

PB smallmouth during pre-spawn. PB largemouth in the summer. 

No.  I caught mine in August during a terrible heat wave.

Lm - no, caught on my birthday in July. WRB 2.0 had something to do with it. (we share birthdays)    Sm- prespawn