Well here's my fishing log for today...

Fished from 12-4 PM temp 85d. sunny

Started out at the lower end that has an old partially submerged fishing dock out in the middle.... chunked a chatterbait to start and got 3 consecutive bites, but they were hitting little white trailer on it...

Then caught 2 small bass right after that on the Chatterbait, and started throwing a fluke- caught 4 or 5 including a 3 lber....

Heading way down on the lower end fishing in some pretty thick weeds... tossed a Powerworm just passed the weeds and caught a couple on it......

Started mid lake throwing the fluke and powerworm and nothing.... was starting to get about to my leaving time and went down to the dam... fairly deep down here 15-20 feet around 50 yards out....

Kept throwing the powerworm and about the 4 or 5 cast... BAM.... it took it full throttle and stripped a little drag... so fast in fact in cut the skin on my hand.....

Got down in the hydrilla and I got it out of that stuff and it was wore out and gave up......... barely had it hooked....... Forgot the camera and had to go back home and get it......

It was 22 inches, but one of the fattest bass I had ever caught- had a HUGE GUT....... I estimated it to be 8.5 lbs, but was only a guess... I know it couldn't be right but measured the GIRTH and it was 26.25 inches......

I must have mis-calculated the GIRTH somehow... because fish calculator said 12.46 lbs..!!!!!!!!!!

It was heavy and fat but I don't think could have been over 8.5 lbs....

Took some pics and will try to get wife to help me figure out how to post pics off my dig. camera........

Stories not over as I was running way past when I needed to be home... and went back mid lake by a few old cutoff stumps... was fishing about 10-12 foot deep on powerworm and BAM they just wouldn't stop biting.........

Caught 5 or 6 real quick- 2 of them went at least 3 lbs. and have to leave em biting.....

Was my first trip out with the new reel Revo Stx and used it for flukes and spinnerbaits...... casted a mile and was real smooth....

Caught the rest Worm fishing on the Calcutta......

Hope everyone else has good luck as well... Perfect conditions now here in Texas........

Buy yourself a scale and a camera!

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Naw more important is to learn how to measure girth, I hope you are not catching 22 inch bass that are 26 inches around That is scary to think about ;D

i would love to see a 22" bass with a 26" girth that would be awesome. sounds like an awesome day man!

pics please! Congrats btw!

thanks for the compliments........ it was certainly the best fishing trip I have been on this year........

I knew when I set the hook it was a big bass....... and still figure it was 8.5 to 9lbs..... I got the length right at 22 inches, but I had to be off on the girth...... couldn't be possible to be 26.25 girth at 22 inches... but it sure had a gut.......

Gotta get that scale to weigh em' next time...... will try and get pics up soon to let you guys guess the weight...... have a few hours in the morning....... mebbe I can catch her sister or her mother????????? 8-)

Sounds like a dream trip.

Post pics when you can.  

will try to get pics up soon from yesterday........ had a few hours this morning, but was real windy... a cold front moved in this morning and they weren't biting near as good as yesterday....

Ended up catching 10- most were between 1-2 lbs.... caught them on the powerworm, and a few on the Zero......

Caught a nice one about an hour after I got there.... will try to get pic of this fish on here as well..... bit a blue fleck powerworm and was fat... Length 19" girth 13"= 4.6 lbs. The one I caught yesterday was a lot thicker with a huge pot belly....... I just wonder if I measured wrong or not......

Anyways will get them up soon and let you guys check them out... Good fishin'

i caught a 22andhalf inch bass while i was home on leave and it only weighed 5lbs..dont know about 8 and a half but oh well well see the picture.

22" length X 26.25" girth?

I sniffin' a wiff of somethin'...

BTW, The BR calculator comes up with 12.45 lbs!

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22" length X 26.25" girth?

I sniffin' a wiff of somethin'...

BTW, The BR calculator comes up with 12.45 lbs!

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I think he stated from the beginning that he believed he had a mistake on the girth measurement and that he believed the fish was smaller than that. He stated that again a few posts later.

I think he stated from the beginning that he believed he had a mistake on the girth measurement and that he believed the fish was smaller than that. He stated that again a few posts later.

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Well like I said had to have measured it wrong..... but it was a nice fish anyways....... I guess I'm going to go with 18" on the Girth...

Just wanted to thank RW for his tips.... about bank fishing and fan casting......  really helps be more productive and thorougly cover an area......  if your having trouble catching fish you should read up on these tips........