My local lake has been a big disappointment this summer, I still went up there nonetheless. It's not a big lake, or is deep, and pickerel outnumber the bass

It was getting late in the day, to the point where I didn't feel like going out. The rivers are still mucked up since the Irene flooding so the local lake is the only place closest to us. My wife and I spent a good half-hour throwing soft plastics around till we stopped on one of the piers and I decided to try something different, I was thinking one of my spinners, but chose a crankbait. Good idea on my part, 2nd cast out something tugged back, felt heavy (for that lake, atleast), turned out to be a LMB, surprisingly. Best part it's my personal best bass since fishing for little over a year now. Figure I reached my 3rd goal this year, time to make new ones

22", 5lb 2oz (cheapo berkley scale)

Of course I get the "I've seen bigger here" from someone, funny thing is it's the same talk I always here up there, though many barely catch anything.

Good lookin fish for sure! Hell, I people always say the same ****, but as you said, you rarely see em carrying around a fish at all.

-NGaHB

Nice! I bet that makes up for it partially.

Good looking Bass!

Nice fish and congrats on the outing with your wife too.

Congrats on your PB!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats on your new pb!!!

Excellent Fish and Congrats on the PB! It's terrific that your wife was there to share the excitement with you!

Big O

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Congrats on the new PB. That's a quality fish for PA.

Nice fish!

Nice fish congrats!

Thanks for all the comment everyone!

You got it Dwight,'quality' is it, the norm around here is 2-3lb and even 4lbs is called luck

As for fishing with my wife, we're like peas and carrots when angling. She's a bit upset since I got it instead of her, and she should be, she was fishing the exact area but moved on!

Solid fish! Congratulations.

Congrats on the new PB. That's a quality fish for PA.

X2! You'll always remember that big bass.

Congrats on your new PB!

Awesome fish Tom.Congrat's!!