Went to clearwater Fl. with my wife for spring break and had a chance to fish a freshwater lake at her grandparents condo.  Most people were using live shiners and I caught a few doing so, but decided to throw a shakeyhead jig (spot remover) and a BPS floating worm on my new fenwick HMG spinning outfit and caught this beauty.  When I hooked her, I told some people on the docks that this was a good fish because she was really pulling drag.  When she came up and I saw that mouth, I went shin deep into the gater infested water to grab her up.  I told those people after I got her that I would have given a leg for this one.  The previous lake record there was 12.5 and a guy with a digital scale weighed her at 11.8.  Too bad they are already spawned out down there.  I was pretty pumped to say the least.

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i see the pics on the porch. you didnt keep her did ya?

congrats on the pb

yeah, sorry guys but my fist fish over 10 lbs. is going on the wall.  I have thrown back some nice ones the past couple years including a 8.2 back in Indiana, but I told myself anything over 10 will be a wall hanger.

Great fish. Congratulations!

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Doesn't look like she's "spawned out" to me :-?

Great Bass catch!

Dan

Great fish! Should make a beautiful mount! That kind of fish makes the vacation even better!

Where in Clearwater were you staying? Did you fish Lake Tarpon while you were visiting?

Oh, did you have it mounted here in Florida?

That's awesome! Bet you didn't expect a PB from a lake you don't know much about. It sounds like you caught her from shore, that must have been a rush!

Nice fish! How long was she? I'm not too far from Clearwater.

Very nice Fish! I saw something really weird on the second pic! Part of your right thumb/hand is missing!

I'm not saying that you didn't catch that fish but something is strange in that pic. You can get a larger view by clicking on the pic.

yeah, that is really weird, My wife and I saw that when we got them developed last night.  It must have been something to do with her digital camera.  I was looking at the actual picture and can see a fuzzy area around my hand where I might have been moving my hand during the pic. but who knows.  

To answer the other questions, we did fish at lake tarpon a few days from anderson park with shiners.  We caught a few, with the biggest being around 4 pounds.  

hoss

yeah, that is really weird, My wife and I saw that when we got them developed last night. It must have been something to do with her digital camera. I was looking at the actual picture and can see a fuzzy area around my hand where I might have been moving my hand during the pic. but who knows.

To answer the other questions, we did fish at lake tarpon a few days from anderson park with shiners. We caught a few, with the biggest being around 4 pounds.

Dude, maybe your turning invisible!! ;D ;D

nice fish