So I am up at our cottage, which by the way, is in central ontario, and me my dad and my uncle decide to go fishing. But this time we decided to go to a small cottageless(is that even a word?) lake that we get to through a small channel fit for our 14ft aluminum tin can.

So i throw on my jig and put a uncle joshes pork rind trailer on and i was nailing bass in the .5 lbs - 1.5 range (which is average for that lake) so I'm telling them that we got to go to my honey hole on our way back. Its this under water beaver lodge which to my knowledge is abandoned. I'm telling them Ill guarantee them a fish on a senko in that spot because i always catch some there.  When we get to the spot i cast ... nothing. Second cast ... tap tap theres a bass but i missed the hook set and lost it. (during the process my uncle lands a dink). 3rd Cast ... bam I set the hook and its a monster!!!! i fight it for about 5mins ... luckily for power pro I didn't lose because it was going in and out of the brush/branches. I get it in the boat and I'm Awestruck because I've never seen anything like this, nor has my uncle and dad.

The thing weighed in at 6lbs on the dot on my Berkley digital scale.

21 inch x 15inch.

you can kinda see the brush were i caught it behind me in this pic

P.S. it was released afterwords

WOW!

That's quite a fish, especially for Ontario.

Congratulations!

8-)

Nice fish...thats not just a hawg for ontario but a hawg for anywhere.....

Kudos young man!!!  That is a fine, heavy Bass!  You have every right to be proud. 8-)

Dan

nice bass...

and to think my PB is only 4 pounds  :'( :'( :'( :-/ :-X

Nice canadian bass! Congrats on the PB! I guess the bass around there will get to about the same size

like here in Switzerland. My PB is 7.9lbs. and is the swiss record. What's the record around your neck of the woods? I'm still hoping for an 8 or better (if they exist?).

Congratulations! Way to go! It's a beautiful fish and those are some great pictures!

My PB is 7.9lbs. and is the swiss record.

Dude!

I don't want to distract attention from Josh Vandermeer's fish, but Swiss Record...

WOW!  

8-)

ontario record is 10.43 lbs

so t-rig ... i am assuming u hold the record in Switzerland?

Great fish, great looking water too!

Way to go!That is a nice fish in any neck of the woods.I'm with RW,that's a toad for up north!

great looking water too!

No doubt, that fish was living in prime real estate. Nice one man!

A 6lber is good anywhere, good job!

Nice fish man.  Congrats!! 8-)

Congrats on the PB.

ontario record is 10.43 lbs

so t-rig ... i am assuming u hold the record in Switzerland?

Yes, but it's not official since I released the fish after a few pics and weighing it. The pic below doesn't do the fish justice but I held him as close to me as I could and streched my arm with the camera as far as I could. The fish still didn't fit in the pic. I hate selfportraits ;D!

Bass in Ontaro seem to get alot bigger since the record is 10.43lbs. Fish of that size are unheard of around here. I have seen a couple fish in spring around 8lbs. but that's the max. But you never know

there might a monster swimming around somewhere? A friend of mine has been fishing the lake for 15 years and he held the record (7.3lbs.) for a long time. He confirmed that he never has seen a bass larger then 8lbs. There were several 7-7.5lbs. fish caught this year which are huge for europe. Catching a 7lber. around here is like catching a 15lber. in California!

Typically Swiss,lol  He doesn't take his friend of the podium AND releases the fish.  Talk about staying neutral!! ;D ;D

Beautiful fish to both of you guys!!  Where you are located makes these big mommas that much more special, enjoy the memory!

Sweet  

Don't you love it when a plane comes together?

Congrats on the new pb!

Nice catch.