i found this nice fish getting ready to set up shop and make some baby lunkers on friday morning. but she wasn't ready and i went somewhere else fishing and caught 1-3 pound fish all day. ;D yesterday was ball games most of the day for our young 'un so no dice then either. finally i got to spend some time with her today. and buddies, let me tell y'all, she pushed the light spinning tackle to the brink. what an epic battle! 3 awesome jumps where she totally cleared the water all 3 times. just a beautiful fish. and just in the nick of time too. the weather here is supposed to get really nasty within hours i think. weatherman is even calling for a chance of snow tonight i've heard. so i was VERY LUCKY to catch this fish. there is a pretty good chance she would've been gone tomorrow. better late than never i guess. hope y'all are catchin' some too. and good luck to all the roadtrip guys while you're here. i think i'm gonna try to come up and at least say "hi" while y'all are this close.

Awesome hawg man,  although I expect nothing less coming from you.  You have been absolutely hammering them lately.

wow def an awesome day. hey paul do u have any replica mounts at all. or you waiting for your 20 plus pounder!

trav

Awesome fish Paul.  You are one HAWG catching sucker.  

so how much did it weigh?!?

nice fish man.

weighed 8-4 dave. trav, i have kicked around the idea of a replica mount for my pb. i have the measurements. at 14-2, she was only 6 oz. shy of our state record. i have come to the conclusion that i have to be delusional to think that i'll ever catch a bigger bass. ;D but that's a pb i can live with i guess. replicas cost a lot of money though, and for now i'd rather spend fishing money on more stuff to catch 'em with. the pictures are good enough for me at present. i did think your replica turned out really well though. remind me who did yours again please bro. that was an absolute beast for your area - much more impressive than many of my catches. thanks as always for the kind words y'all.

Great pic Paul! The color of that fish is awesome! One of the best looking bass I've seen!

Great fish and story Paul  ;D

I can't imagine what it would be like for that fish to jump clear out of the water. Must have been intense!

She has some very nice markings. Nice fish Paul

Beautiful fish, thanks for the pic.

ya the website again for the replica mount www.4greatfish.com they did an awesome job and were genuinely AWESOME. . wow 14-2 . i guess your delusional thinking you could catch a bigger fish! jk but then again that is a DISGUSTINGLY BIG SWAMP CREATURE..... hahaha 6 ounces is maybe a year and change for a fish that big!!!! decisions decisions... i better be the first guy on here you tell when u get the state record!

Good Fishing

trav

Congratulations Paul on another beauty!!

Today:  Nice fish, Paul!

Last Week:  Nice fish, Paul!

Two weeks ago:  Nice fish, Paul!

ad infinitum

NICE!!