new personal best!!!

22" length and 17" girth!!!

that's a real fatty, congrats!

BEAUTIFUL,

STUCK IN THE SANDBOX, WISHING I WAS FISHING. :'(

Wow what a beautiful fish. Perfect shape and appearance of good genetics and nutrition. Congratulations tyrius....nuthin' like a "Big Jig Pig"  

Big O

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Congrats on catching that hawg on a jig with the Rage Tail chunk.

Way cool.  Congrats!

According to the calculator that fish is 8.07 pounds. Good fish!!

Very cool and nice fish. Congrats! ;D

According to the calculator that fish is 8.07 pounds. Good fish!!

Scale said 6lbs 12 oz, but I think it's a little low.  I tested the scale with a 5 pound weight and it was accurate but when I put 10 pounds on it the scale only says 9 lbs (piece of junk!!!).  I'm going to do more testing to figure out what the weight actually is.

Freaking ridiculous though.  That's the biggest bass I've ever seen out of the water.  I just wish someone else would've been with me to take more pictures.  I was rushing around to get her weighed and measured and a couple pics to get her back in the water.  She swam right off so hopefully I can have the opportunity to catch her again!!!

Anyways, I was able to get out fishing for just a couple of hours yesterday before I had to go to a b-day party.  Wasn't having much luck, caught a small one on a jig, another one on a wacky rig trick stick, then one on a crank.  None of those are really worth mentioning.  

Then moved to a final spot that I haven't fished yet with like 20 minutes left.  Made a few casts to get a feel for how deep it is (fish from shore so I don't have a depthfinder).  Fished for about 15 minutes there with nothing (fairly shallow rocky bottom with the overflow flowing out of the pond).  

Was going to wrap it up and head back after my last cast and was that cast every worth it.  Got the jig into the slight current area and the typical jig bite occurred.  Just got heavy with no reason (wasn't hung up).  Set the hook and immediately knew it was a big one!  She fought for a minute, but didn't stand much of a chance against 17lb Big Game.  She made a few swirls on the surface, but never got any part of her body out of the water.  Got her to shore and was around ready to freaking freak out.  She was massive.  Northern IL doesn't have too many fish that big.  Carried her to the car for the scale and measuring stick.  Measured her (cut some lengths of mono for the length and girth too), photo'd her and released her.

Still psyched about it!  

Hopefully, that doesn't out to be the biggest one I ever catch.  Next time, I need to get one with the ability to take more pictures!!

Nice fish!

8-)

She's fat.  Way to go.

Nice Fatty!  ;D

Great fish,  always good to get one on the last cast.

Great Fish! 8-)

That thing is husky.

What an awesome fish, congrats on the new pb  

That's a freaking pig!

8 pounder!

What color jig and chunk was that?

When I first looked I thought the ruler said 35"!!!! :-/

That's a freaking pig!

8 pounder!

What color jig and chunk was that?

When I first looked I thought the ruler said 35"!!!! :-/

halloween colored 3/8 evolution heavy cover jig with an okechobee craw rage chunk trailer.