waterbound Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Even if he did take pictures of the remains I think it would violate the forum's policy of not posting pictures of dead fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercrew Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I think thats about the size of a 6 year old kid ain't it? Do you all know where your children are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricqik Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 i bet most of u don't believe either that a 27" lg bass was also caught n eaten about 10yrs ago, give or take a few yrs without ever making it to the scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primetime49 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 we had a 4 generation rsort and people came from all over country to fish it for bassreps fromsporting companies were wined and dined and brought out for some great fishingin early 70's ferral Skinner form Willmar who was the vet Ad director was fishing every evening so I asked to go with him and fish couple times He did catch several 7 and 8 pound largemouth bass when i was with himi fished with same gear and several times after went and repeated his methods[my biggest was 6 pounds and several large afterhis son came out after and i fished with him,same thing he caught fish that were always a pound or 2 over what I could produce7 years ago i found his big fish in same chain 4 1/2 miles away and got a couple 6 and 7 poundersI am quite sure he had Mn stae record but i am only telling this now as I promised would keep secretGrandpa and Granma have pictures from reost and i have some old Newspaper clippings showing big fish from 40's 50's and 60's from lakenobody was intereseted in registering these fish asn do not know whythey ate the fish in pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHanson Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Lets see some pictures. I'm sure Admin. would let the pics slide for a fish such as this caliber. I love fishing stories.....until I see some pics they will always be just that...stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 i bet most of u don't believe either that a 27" lg bass was also caught n eaten about 10yrs ago, give or take a few yrs without ever making it to the scale.This is where you lose some cred in my mind. 27"? Not a chance, check out all the length measurements for state record largemouth bass for the northern states that list it. He might of eaten a potential state record bass, but it was nowhere near 27". It is almost biologically impossible for the northern strain of largemouth bass to reach 27". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmnhunter Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 IF this was true, he could have atleast taken a picture of the filleted fish. and then to post such a story on a site like this is just asking for $h*t from others on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Originally Posted By: ricqik i bet most of u don't believe either that a 27" lg bass was also caught n eaten about 10yrs ago, give or take a few yrs without ever making it to the scale. This is where you lose some cred in my mind. 27"? Not a chance, check out all the length measurements for state record largemouth bass for the northern states that list it. He might of eaten a potential state record bass, but it was nowhere near 27". It is almost biologically impossible for the northern strain of largemouth bass to reach 27". Except those Normandale Bass, I bet they get that big I think ricqik is referring to the famous O’Dowd fish that was eaten by a shore fisherman. I don’t remember the length (or if there ever was one), but the weight was estimated at 10.75lbs. Not sure how they estimated that, because all they had to go by was the skin, it had already been filleted and eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman-andy Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I dont doubt stories. I only want prove to make me a believer. What happened to the head or bones? Or scales? Surely that would give some sort of size detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Quote: I think ricqik is referring to the famous O’Dowd fish that was eaten by a shore fisherman. I don’t remember the length (or if there ever was one), but the weight was estimated at 10.75lbs. Not sure how they estimated that, because all they had to go by was the skin, it had already been filleted and eaten. Like I said, it's very possible that that guy ate a state record bass from O'Dowd. I knew this was the fish that he was referring to, but tossing out a 27" length on a northern bass is going to be called out, especially by a guy like me. A 27" southern bass is between 16-18lbs, that's almost double the weight of our current record. What, did somebody find the ruler that CarpManJake lost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quackaddict9 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Even if he did take pictures of the remains I think it would violate the forum's policy of not posting pictures of dead fish. no big deal...that's why there is email! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottom-bouncer Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I just saw bigfoot in my back yard I think he was feeding on what apeared to be a very large walleye carcass.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken_line Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 if i caught a walleye of that size! he would not leave my sight nor be eaten! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishersofmen Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Those guy's up north got a picture of bigfoot on their deer cam a month ago and no one believes its bigfoot?? How much evidence does it take to please you people....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEEFEATER Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 That odowd story has been around for over 10 years. im willing to bet that it was a fish under 8 pounds, that got hyped way to much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Head Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Even if he didn't have a camera with him, since he brought it home and cooked it- no one had a cell phone anywhere? Not a neighbor, no one?? Where is the carcass and head?Ok, maybe I can play this game too.... I caught a 37" yesterday. It tasted great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan84* Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 [Note from admin: Please read forum policy before posting again. Thank you.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottom-bouncer Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Good news I chased big foot out of my back yard unfortunately I couldnt get the walleye from him but it looked to be about a 41" maybe 42" hard to tell in the scuffle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishersofmen Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector00 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Don't you people have anything better to type about? Yeah am sure they ate it right after they finished off the 22inch crappie they caught from the night before!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mww24 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 if you search the site. a guy posted pics of a monster from the red river earleir this ice season. think that was like 32 by 21 or close to that he said. search it if you want to see a pig. a little restauraunt i go to by my work. the owner has a monster 14 lb 8 oz from red wing he caught about 10 years ago. that fish is huge but looks nothing like the pics of the red river one. and they were saying the red fish was about 18lbs. so a metro fish going that big is tuff to believe. sorry to say. ive got some i thought went 10 lbs then u measure them and the calculator deals say 7 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shack Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Except those Normandale Bass, I bet they get that big I think ricqik is referring to the famous O’Dowd fish that was eaten by a shore fisherman. I don’t remember the length (or if there ever was one), but the weight was estimated at 10.75lbs. Not sure how they estimated that, because all they had to go by was the skin, it had already been filleted and eaten. Quote: Smallmouth bass, one large claim ARNPRIOR - The funny thing is, Steven Grail isn't all that wild about smallmouth bass. He prefers fishing for pike and pickerel. By The Ottawa CitizenJuly 2, 2008 ARNPRIOR - The funny thing is, Steven Grail isn't all that wild about smallmouth bass. He prefers fishing for pike and pickerel. But Mr. Grail says the bass he caught last Saturday likely constitutes a world record. He claims it weighs an estimated 12 pounds, four ounces -- way more than the existing record of 10 pounds, 14 ounces set by a Tennessee fisherman in 1969. The Canadian record is 9.84 pounds. But what Mr. Grail did after he landed the bass isn't funny at all, especially to serious fishermen. He filleted the fish. This is like painting over a Picasso, or turning down a date with a supermodel to attend a Senate committee hearing. Mr. Grail's catch is now likely to live on as a fish story with a sting in the punchline. "Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to count as a record," said Mark Cousins, a spokesman for the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH), which certifies trophy fish in the province. To qualify as a record, the fish must be intact. "The fish is supposed to be whole. He should never, ever have cut it up. The one he has may well be a world record, and I cannot believe he would fillet it. When he told me, I said, 'No, tell me you didn't do that.' If nothing else, I would want to get it taxidermied. That's an amazing fish. A 13-pound smallmouth, that's unbelievable. "If I caught that fish ... Oh, my god, I'd have it on a scale so fast to get a proper weight on it." The OFAH has several rules and regulations that must be met before a fish can be certified as an Ontario record. Photographs must be taken and witnesses must sign special forms. It's almost like getting married, only they don't weigh the bride. And not just any scale will do. "It has to be a registered scale like the kind they have in most butcher's shops or post offices. And they have to send us the scale registration number," said Mr. Cousins. The fish is then sent to the Royal Ontario Museum where an expert determines that it is actually a smallmouth bass, for example, and not a strange cross-breed of some sort. Mr. Grail, 57, said he has been fishing for 50 years. "My dad worked for the Hydro, so we moved around a lot and I was always near water." About 5 p.m. last Saturday, he was fishing with his friend Andre Bissonnette on the upper Madawaska River, about a 90-minute drive from Arnprior. "I always fish from the shore because I like fast water. I was at a special hole I know, and that's all I'm going to say." He caught the bass using a dew worm on a long-shank No. 3 hook and with a 10-pound test line on his seven-foot Shakespeare Ugly Stick rod. The fish struck about 10 seconds after the line hit the water. "I knew it was big," said Mr. Grail. "I played it for about 10 minutes, and it was jumping everywhere." When he landed the fish, the possibility that it might be a record never entered his mind. He has caught plenty of big fish over the years -- but never an oversize smallmouth. On his living-room wall, there is a mounted northern pike that weighs 25 pounds. (It's right beside a gag sign that says, "Hunters, fisherman and other liars gather here.") It was only after Mr. Bissonnette got on the Internet to check bass records that Mr. Grail realized what he had done. So he retrieved and weighed the entrails. Then he dug into the freezer and got out the fish head and the fillets, and weighed them. He said the bass was 22 inches long. Using a complicated Ministry of Natural Resources formula, he calculated the fish's weight, then confirmed it on a scale. "There is a formula, but it's not scientifically proven," said Mr. Cousins. "It's a lot closer for muskie or pike. The bass he caught had a 24-inch girth. The record I have is only an 18-inch girth. His bass is actually shorter but a lot bigger in girth." The problem with Mr. Grail's reconstituted bass is that it raises the question of identity, said Mr. Cousins. "I don't doubt him at all, but what's to say they are the pieces from that same fish? We have to be very careful when it comes to records." An OFAH fish biologist will decide whether Mr. Grail's fish counts or not, said Mr. Cousins. "It's not my call, but the fish biologist told me he didn't think it could be certified." Whether it's a record or not will not change Mr Grail's plans for the fish. "I'm going to eat it," he said. © © CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishersofmen Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I stumbled across this. (22 lbs 4 oz.) record large mouth bass caught in Japans largest lake. Doesn't even look real, but it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTro Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 That smallie above is 7lbs at the most, probably not even that big. This one is 9.8lbs and leaves no doubt that it is a bigger fish: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnham Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 ok, instead of bashing ya, i will hesitantly say i do think there is a possibility of it occuring-the walleye, i like to at least think i can believe people and i dont think you would waste your time posting it, knowing that your gunna get bashed. it is not your fault if your nephew is exaggerating, but if you believe hes being honest i will give you the benefit of the doubt. the 27 inch bass, i dont know about that one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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