Long time fishing buddy came up to fish for smallies. Kept telling me he would be happy to catch a five pounder but I knew better. In two days he caught two over 6lbs & one over 7lb. Roy's 7lb-1oz was only 21" long but had a 17" girth. My second favorite friends pb was actually my wife's best smallie. While fighting the fish she tripped over my tackle bag & fell on her butt while backing up so I could net it for her. . Luckily she kept the rod pointed up as she fell & the fish stayed buttoned up until she got back on her feet & I could net it. Pretty funny when it happened but she did get the fish in the boat.

Nice! Those are excellent pictures and excellent fish! My personal favorite is RW's avatar pic!

Jeff

Nice! Those are excellent pictures and excellent fish! My personal favorite is RW's avatar pic!

Jeff

Yea Kent got a real winner with that picture. Imagine two trophies in the same day.

Dwight, these are no where near as big as yours but very nice fish for Massachusetts. Man, I would love to spend a week fishing with you...

This is my friend Mike with a 6.3 PB

My friend Ray with a 5.7 PB

Not his PB but two in the same day, Matt with a 5.6 and 5.8

This is me with my PB 5.10 caught a 5 even the same day.

Here are a few more pics of nice Ma. smallies....All of these were caught at Quabbin Res. which is the water supply for Boston.

5.6 and 4

Those are some really great smallies! Quabbin rocks.

Not all PBs, but some nice fish...

Erie Tournament, with Jordon:

Oneida with Jim Sr. and Jim Jr.:

Jim Sr.:

Port Bay, with Burnie Haney:

Keuka Lake open tournament:

The LMB was 8-5, the SMB was over 6:

Practice on Erie (me):

Woops! That's not a smallmouth (my son Al, and I):

Noel "No" Good, on Erie:

And of course, my own PB:

Here is Big John's PB. 6lb-9oz. A real beauty.

I didn't take this picture, but it was posted on NYBASS today. Caught on the Upper Niagara while on charter with Paul Castanelo. 8 lbs. even.

Here's one from my good buddy Juan (I didn't take this one):

Here's me with my PB from the Juniata River (Just caught a few weeks ago):

I didn't take this picture, but it was posted on NYBASS today. Caught on the Upper Niagara while on charter with Paul Castanelo. 8 lbs. even.

That is an absolute stunning smallie! It would have been release unharmed, but also had a replica mount made for me to have memories forever!

Jeff

Pretty sure it was thrown back.