Seriously, couldn't have done it without you guys and the help I have received here.

The fish were simply not biting today. I tried throwing a T-rigged worm with a very small 1/8oz bullet weight (shallow pond, tons of vegetation on the bottom). Nothing. Tried downsizing to a Zoom Finesse worm off a drop shot. Nothing.

I thought to myself, "If they aren't hitting slow stuff, which they usually do, they might simply just not be feeding actively. I am really going to have to speed things up for them and get a reaction strike..."

Caught this beauty off my first cast with a Cotton Cordell Lipless Crank in Baby Bass Color

My friend and I took measurements. 26" in length, 18.3333 Inches in Girth. After snapping several pics and getting the measurements she was promptly and healthily released so that she may breed again, thereby raising the average size bass in our pond and that hopefully someone may catch her again. Maybe me during the Prespawn? 

I tried using three online calculators. The one here gave me a 12.14 which I think might be too big and the other two gave me the same exact 10.14.

By the way, when you measure girth, do you do the trick where you open up the dorsal fin to get a couple inches?

I didn't do this and I'm not sure if this is the right way but I have seen other people doing it that way....

Carlos

By the way, when you measure girth, do you do the trick where you open up the dorsal fin to get a couple inches?

Carlos

First off, congratulations.  You are now a member of a pretty darned exclusive club, considering.  That is a beautiful bass.

I haven't heard of people opening up the dorsal fin when measuring girth.  It kinda seems a little bit misleading because the fin could add significant length to the girth without providing thickness.

I would feel pretty confident in calling that fish a double digit regardless.  Once again, congratulations.

That is BEAUTIFUL!!

Congrats man... you must have been breathing hard hoping you'd land her

Absolute Hawg 

WOW - great fish! 

Ya gotta love the lipless cranks - my favorite hard bait !!

Great fish right there.  Congrats!

congrats on that hawg.  I have yet to catch one like that.  I've come close, but never caught one.  It'll happen one day.  Anyways congrats.

What a hog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Hokie Smokes what a nice looking fish...Congrats Carlos!

Congrats!!

Thing is a mutant. Huge head. awesome.

My family almost moved out to Lake Norman, NC. This picture doesnt make me feel any better about not...

Congrats on the fish dude!

So I guess your drag works just fine. Huh? 

Congrats

And yeah, I'm a little envious.

Nick O

Awesome. 

Great fish, great pic, great job!  Congrats!  I keep hearing about these cordell lipless cranks, you have officially pushed me to add some to my tackle box!

Thank you all so much for your comments. It is very humbling to hear any kind of praise but especially from a group of experienced veterans like you all.

As far as the Cotton Cordells, I have tried Rat-L-Traps, Rapala's Lipless Cranks, Strike King's Red Eye Shads and I will tell you that for the money, the Cordell's just can't be beat in my opinion.

Something about them, whether it is the sound they put out or the amount of BB's in them just drives Bass nuts. I have caught tons of Bass on them this summer off the cordells. Probably a good 15 or 20 fish total. For my summer averages lol, that's a lot.

NICE!!!!! Congrats!

Congradulations on your new PB, Carlos. The answer for measuring girth is to measure at the thickest point without including the extended fins. Your bass looks to be double digits for sure based on the girth.

Nice fish.  Congrats!

congrats just get a 30 dollar Berkly lip grip scale we record all of our bass weight and length we catch in certain areas and there scale works great

Very Nice Fish and Congratulations...True BucketHead

Big O

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Wow, what a nice fish!  Congrats!  Those $2 Super Spots are my favorite crankbait.

That is a great fish. Question, how can you measure to the point 33333333333? Did your tape measure digitally round to the infinitive? :-?

BTW You can get an accurate photo mount with those measurements.