I've been fishing on and off for 22 years and finally caught my 1st lunker yesterday.

She weighed in at 8lbs, 4 ozs.

Just wanted to share it with all of you.

Never give up on catching that monster!

(hope I'm posting this in the right place,lol)

Congrats man! That is a slob!

Jeff

Great FISH

Congrats!!

Congrats..nice fish!

That's a heavysaurus! Congrats on the PB.

Hawg!

That's a nice one!

beast

Nwice!

Congrats! Thats a great fish, what did u catch it on?

. Are you sure you weighed her right, he don't look an ounce over 4, lol. What did you get'er on?

Thats a great catch!! :thumbsup1:

I was experimenting around and threw a wacky-rigged 7.5" Culprit Black/Red Ribbon Tail worm, with a 1/8 ounce nail weight in the head of the worm.

My line was Trilene 10 pound test (monofilament) and my knot was the Trilene knot.

I was worried with the 10 pound test, but I loosened the drag and let her run around while keeping tension and then, when she got close to the boat, I dipped the tip of my rod in the water to prevent her from jumping, though she still jumped a bit.

I'm ready to hit the lake again, lol!

Thanks for the comments, everyone!!

Nice fish!

One more picture of the same bass

I bet your heart was pounding when you pulled her out of the water, she's a wall hanger for sure!

Nice!

Do I see a spawner? I'm just assuming cuz its so fat. Lol great catch!

Great catch! Now go get her sister!

Nice Bass!

d**n man! that's a huge fish.

1st post on this forum :]

great catch man!

Thanks, everyone!

I think, looking at her girth, she was already spawned out.

Tex, you posted in the perfect place! We're all a bunch of Bassaholics and we know a full-grown one when we see it!

Good Job Mate.