I've caught quite a few of these fish, but mostly smaller ones, on crawlers.

On the other hand, when your throwing a swimbait for trophy bass, you really aren't thinking about much else, besides "trophy bass". Granted, you sometimes get smaller bass, and once in a blue moon, a big catfish..... But none the less.....

So I'm on a big bass spot. I make a long cast with the Hud. Start a slow, steady retrieve.... and POW ! I get blasted ! I swing and the rod loads up heavily ! Yea' buddies ! This has got to be a DD ! But after a few pumps and cranks, it just basically gives up, and I slide it straight to the boat..... at which point I'm like, "Ahhhhh.... It just a darn Squaw fish" :-( Basically a big ol' Minnow. Ate the heck out of my Hud though.

On another forum we were discussing these fish. They are occasionally caught by Bass fishermen, in many different Nor Cal lakes and rivers, and apparently, they can get really big.... like 25 to 35 lbs ! This one was 29" and although I didn't weigh it, I would guess it was between 8 and 10 lbs.

That's the thing about fishing though, right ? As long as you have a line in the water, you never know what species my grab it.... or, how big it will be ! :-)

Peace,

Fish

;D I know how you feel I had it happen today!!!

Al

I live in central Pennsylvania. We have fish that look like them but they don't get that big and that long. The biggest I've ever caught was 18 or so inches. We call them fallfish. The only thing different is the mouth, a fallfishes mouth is almost like a sucker. Them fallfish tear plastic baits to peices also.

Looks similar to a european chub but that fish is more silver in color.

Another:

Chris and T-rig: those are both great pics (the close ups of the head)!  8-)

So this is what a minnow on steroids looks like.......NICE!  ;D

I use those when I go crappie fishing. : ;D

I would like to see the freshwater fish that would eat that "baitfish"

I must say... that is one funny looking bass you got there  :

Pretty cool Chris (you too, T-Rig). But I wanna see what size catfish ol' FC can pull out of Cali waters.

HOLY SH** thats the bigges squawfish ive ever seen.  I catch a few of those every year but not like that.  They are usually the dissapointments of dissapointments, you always think you got a big bass on when they hit  ;D

That's the thing about fishing though, right ? As long as you have a line in the water, you never know what species my grab it.... or, how big it will be ! Smiley

So True!

So this is what a minnow on steroids looks like.......NICE! ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D

I've never seen one of those, but for some reason it looks really tasty.  Has anyone ever eaten them?

Looks like a carp

Looks like a carp

That's a carp (and my son):

Looks like a carp

I think it looks more like a redfish and I've heard they are mighty tasty.