I think I am going to pee myself! Wait to your hear this! I CANT BELIVE IT!

Today I hit my secret pond by myself. I was using jigs and jerkbaits to no avail. After a few hours, I tied on my mattlures Gill and started using that. At 3:30pm, rain drizziling, I hooked, fought and landed my first swimbait bass, and the bass of my dreams!

11lbs 4oz! I beat the state record (that stood for 27 years) by just 6oz! I weighed it on my digital scale, took 3 pictures, and released the mosnter. (I only had her out of the water for about 60 seconds) I AM SO FREAKING PUMPED! I AM STILL SHAKING!!! I'm the luckiest guy in the world! I spent more time and money going after this bass then anything else! She totaly distoried my swimbait, but I didnt care. She hit the bait close to the surface about 15ft out. I had 30lb powerpro and my drag tight, but she still ran out about 50 yards before she tired out. She didn't surface intill I had her right in, and I was so scared I would mess up and loose her I was afriad to lip her. I hauled her out (had to use both hands) and let out a long, loud, shaky, "YEEEEEHAAWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

another fisherman was on the other side of the lake and he came running over. "Holy ****! Holy ***!" was all he could say. He took the pictures, witnessed the weighing and the release, cursing up a storm the whole time. You are the first people (besides my family) to hear this news! I'm going to nodify the NJ Fish and Game deparment right after i post this. I dont know if they will give me the record because the scale isnt certified, but I dont know. I have the guy's name and phone number so they can have a witness. I always told myself I would release the record if I ever cought it, and thats what I did.

I

AM

PUMPED!!!!!!!

OK enough jibberish! Ladies and Gentlemen, here is the new record!!! I post more details and pictures later, I got some calls to make.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/catfishguy/recordbass11lbs4oz.jpg

Tight lines! I still cant believe it!

Matt

Congratulations Matt you said one day you would do it! omg thats is a pig.

That thing looks like it would go 14 all day,....I can't believe you released a state record...

Nice photo, but I think you caught a crap. I mean carp. ;D

I knew as soon as I saw the post. Good try though

GREAT JOB MATT... i should have gone with you today im so entirly mad and p'ed of at my self................i knew they would be biting today

Great job BOII

SEan

awesome

Got me!!! ;D

hahahahhahahahahaha wow u got me ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

You got me too you little ____________!!!!  It was a great April fool's joke though!  

Had me fooled all the way!!! ;D

I was aware of the whole april thing well before to this post and I still fell hook line and sinker! very funny

Very good young 'un, very good.....You got me for sure.

Wayne

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Me, too.

LOL i thought this was good idea. ;D

I was talking to LBH on aim (while he was reading the post and before he saw the picture) and i got him sooooo bad. I was crying with laughter.  ;D:'( ;D

Got me as well.

Got me.

Fooled me today, a day late.  The April Fool's prank that keeps on foolin'.  Very nice!!!

I fell for it too. In my defense it was April 2nd when I saw it. ;D

You got me hook, line and sinker. I kept thinking "HE THREW IT BACK!?!"

I remember everyone talking about something about that bma13 got them in my "April Fools Pranks" post, but now I know what everyone was talking about!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I probably would have fell for it...then again, I might have figured it was a joke....

IDK....

Good one though lol!  ;D 8-)

Untill I opened the link, all I could think was.

"dummy kid, releases a state record."

Got me..... >

Until I opened the link, all I could think was.

"dummy kid, releases a state record."

Funny, first thing I thought was FishChris saying: Good job, kid, C and R'n that monster. Good to see young fellers preserving our sport....(BLA BLA BLA)

interesting the varied responses the release of the imaginary fish got.  if i caught a state record i would release it no problem.  if i caught the world record...that bad boy is goin in the ice box to silence doubters.

i guess the different records mean different things to different people.

matt