What a day.  I got off of work a little early and decided I had enough time to make the 2 hour drive to Pickwick to fish for the afternoon, especially after I saw they were pulling lots of current.  I put in and went to my first spot and there was a boat near it, so I moved on to a ledge I like to fish and there was a boat trolling for crappie on it, so I went to my next spot about 1/2 mile down the lake.  Nobody there!  Now mind you, I don't have GPS on my electronics, so the offshore thing for me is frustrating sometimes because I have to do it the old fashioned way.  I have to use land markers, such as certain trees, or a change in the contour of the bank, to get my bearings and get somewhat close and then zig zag until I find the spot I'm looking for.  Well, I found my trusty ol tree on the bank and thought I was just far enough out and sure enough, I pulled right up to it the first time.  It's a ridge or ledge that runs out diagonally to the main river channel.  There's a sweet spot on this ledge where it makes a cut or a bend in it which isn't but about 2 boat lengths across and has several submerged brush piles and trees on it.  When I went over it, my graph just lit up like a Christmas tree and I said to myself, "Here we go..."  Made the first cast with a 3/4 oz PB&J Football Jig w/ a Falcon Craw trailer and it had just gotten to the bottom.  I hopped it a couple times and let it fall back to the bottom and hopped it again, only this time, the line stayed slack on the fall and I immediately dropped the rod, reeled the slack and swung for the fences and the fight was on!  I never felt the fish hit, but knew from watching the line that something wasn't right.  This fish pulled drag and never wanted to quit.  Anyhow, I finally got her into the boat and immediately measured her, took a pic and released her.  I didn't have my scale with me in the boat, so I took length and girth measurements cause I was sure this was bigger than the 8.5 lber I caught last year on an Annie that ended up being my PB.  This fish ended up being 23.5 inches long and 17 inches in girth, which if the weight calculator here on Bass Resources is right, would put the fish at 9.20 lbs and would indeed be a new PB for me!  Either way, I knew it was one of the biggest fish I had ever caught.  I was so excited I called my buddies Big-O and RonDef right there on the water!  I ended up with several more 3-4 lb fish off of this spot as well after cathing the big one.  Gotta love summertime ledge fishin' on these TN River lakes!

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Nice fish. Way to go for PB. Everybody seem to be setting new ones besides me and mine shouldn't be that hard to beat haha!

Great fish!

     WOO-HOO!

Now thats a HAWG! 

Nice narrative on a great big bass !

Congrats

A-Jay

Nice...now I am really going to fish tonight.  Better call the wife.

NOt bad not bad!

Congrats on your new PB. That is a hog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't been able to get out in the last couple of weeks.  You guys are killing me!!!

Beautiful bass.

Congratulation's on the PB. Beautiful fish.

Thanks everyone!

Incredible bass!

that's great man.  what a toad!

Congrats on that hawg!!!!

Woh! That's a beautiful and HUGE-MUNGOUS bass. Yours makes mine look like a swimbait. Congrats on your pb. Let me know if you'd like some jelly.  ;D

Awesome! Beautiful fish, Congrats to you! ;D

Congrats Mike, that is one hawg for sure. 

GR8 fish !!!!!!

congrats

That's awesome TNB and sounds like you have the bigguns figured out pretty well  ....That is a HAWG Fo Sho and CONGRATULATIONS on that new PB 

Big O

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Awesome catch man!  You make me miss pickwick every time you post this kinda thing!!!

Man, I miss it as soon as I pull the boat out of the water and leave the ramp!

Thats a great healthy looking fish!!!!  Nice catch!!!!