My wife and we were joking around earlier about how much i like to fish. Everytime i leave to go fishing i tell her this is the day i'm giong to get my "wall bass" and she always laughs. Anyway the conversation got around to what i would actually do to catch a state record bass. I told her i would cut a toe off and use it for bait if i knew it would catch me the oklahoma state record bass.........To far? (i'm not really into wearing flip flops anyway, lol)

Vote Democrat next election........nah!

Drive an extra 30 miles to the lake that had a state record.  ;D

Tongue kiss Michael Jackson.

I win.

I live in Indiana and our state record is 13+! I think I would have to be willing to drive to Fla, Tx or Cali. Catch a 14 and then drive back with the new record. I've seen 11+s come from a lake I fish, but I doubt that's getting broke by anyone soon.

Tongue kiss Michael Jackson.

I win.

You sir, definitely win.

The best plan in any state is fishing the water

with the highest probability of raising the biggest

bass. In this region, it's Dale Hollow or the Tennessee

River for smallmouth bass.

For green fish, there are lots of options. Small

water, private ponds and not so well known lakes

are all possibilities. Paul is only a pound away from

a new Tennessee state record. Our record is 14-8

and I think Paul is at 13-8.His fish is in his avatar:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?action=viewprofile;username=27242A23252C3A2A4D0

8-)

The best plan in any state is fishing the water

with the highest probability of raising the biggest

bass. In this region, it's Dale Hollow or the Tennessee

River for smallmouth bass.

For green fish, there are lots of options. Small

water, private ponds and not so well known lakes

are all possibilities. Paul is only a pound away from

a new Tennessee state record. Our record is 14-8

and I think Paul is at 13-8.

8-)

I am with you on the fact that big fish can be raised in a private pond, but it doesn't count for the state record does it? I thought it needed to be out of public waters.

Tongue kiss Michael Jackson.

I win.

Before he died or now that he has been in the ground for a while?

;D

Robby, I know that is how it is in PA.  Needs to be water open to everyone.

World records are a different story, I believe.  They may come from any waters as far as I know.

Nope, it only has to be caught "legally" with

a rod and reel.

8-)

We share the same dream. While your dreaming about that record you better research your state's requirements for submitting the application regarding record keeping/verification etc. For example in PA the record must exceed the existing record by two ounces & must be weighed on a state inspected scale with a paper printout recording the weight. The existing requirements basically eliminate scatch & release for the record fish.

California's DFG regulations prevent transporting live bass away from the lake to be weighed and very few lakes have certified scales. Bob Crupi's 22.01 lb bass wasn't recognized and Dixon's Dottie was not officially weighed and examined, it's a difficult process. Ca's record LMB is 21.75 lbs, Mike Arujo, Lake Castaic.

To catch a state record in California it will need to be the next world record and I have been seriously chasing that fish for over 45 years.

WRB

Bag tag Brock Lesnar.

WRB-I admire your stance---Good Luck.  Here in Tennessee,  I think it's a real possibility and SOMEONE is going to do it.  If I told you what I would do to catch the Tn. record, I would have to Kill You!( I started to say I would Kiss Pelosi, but I was afraid I would be banned from the site ;D)

I would be willing to sleep with Nancy Pol......never mind.   ;D

7 things I'd do off the top of my head are...

1. Spend countless hours reading bass fishing books, magazine articles, online articles and threads at bassresourse.com.

2. Getting beaten to a pulp, tossed around, thrown to the ground and kicked in the face constantly by the bait monkey therefore...

3. Spending way to much money on lures, rods, reels, boats, waders, line, hooks, tackleboxes, polarized shades etc. etc.

4.  Spending hours, upon hours, upon hours, floating around a lake, or walking around the lakes shore searching endlessly for places in the water with deep water access, special bottom composition, subliminal bass spots, outer edge spots, points, rip rap, vegatation, bait fish, cray fish, and other structure and cover.

5. Practicing for boring hours on how to correctly fish and retrieve Cranks, spinners, jerks, plastics of all kinds, jigs, swimbaits frogs and other baits so i can catch the biggest bass possible.

6. Sacrificing time away from my family and other areas of my life just to be "out there."

7. Fish in freezing weather days on end and not catch a thing for 6 hours each day, but love it anyway.

Oh wait, I've done all that and still no state record.  DOH!

i'd go streaking through bass pro, jump in the tank and ride a striper around, jump out, order a medium roast from the starbucks in there, and sprint out, for my state record

Easy choice, just go fishing. The state record sized largemouth was caught electro-shocking last year buy the Game Dept. I fish that lake quite often--even yesterday, LOL.

Easy choice for me too, just go fishing LOL. I have no interest in chasing a needle in a haystack -esp when I know that needle is not even there. I have all the fishing intrigue I need in my ponds. And no, there is nothing even close to the state record in them.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

id eat a Klondike bar 

I would mop the entire boys football locker room with my tongue and soap but ofcoarse i live in Georgia so it would be a world record too