New Record Smallie!

[mrklean]

I dont believe it...looks like a bad picture of a carp.

haha nice

[BrandonJ]

Feathers Ruffled

[Sportland_Bait]

Nice fish! Looks like a 22-23 incher. Very cool.

Jason

[EBass]

Congrats!

[kg2]

Nice fish! But not a recommended way to hold (gill plate) especially when your hands are larger than your head! It is Rushing in the blurred pic, right?

[Central Bassman]

I only wish I was half as funny as the guy that caught the fish. Stupid camera phones and their krappy pics.....sorry

Should of gotten a Iphone over that Droid

Great fish... Congrats!!!

[Jarrid Houston]

Nice fish looks to be in the 20-22" range. Very nice for river smallie..

[MN BassFisher]

[PoorWordUsage] thing is a TANK!!

[RK]

Ahh who cares if it's a record, or if the pic is bad. The fish is awfully big and record or not is moot since it was released. Awesome fish - congrats...

Tell you the truth, at first glance I thought "carp" for a second there too

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[DTro]

Let me add some more details to this. I wasn’t in the boat when that fish was caught and you can darn well be sure that I would have swam to shore if need be to get a good picture of that beast. I was fishing in a different boat on another river and was sending pictures of our fish back and forth with the guys in this boat. All the sudden this one comes in to my phone titled Bronzeback. I nearly dropped my phone!

I know Rob is a big guy and makes even 50lb fish look average size so I was awe struck at this smallie. It was the topic of discussion all night in our boat and we are cat guys, so I can only imagine what you Bass guys are thinking now. I just learned today a few more details and will share them as I ask more questions.

As it turns out I was wrong, they DID flop it on the gunnel tape quick before tossing it back and it was a tad over 25” What does something like that weigh?

[fishuhalik]

25"?! if it was a fatter fish (looks thick but not fat) you'd be looking at a world record smallie by several pounds. even with this fishs mass i wouldnt be surprised if a bass that big pushes 10lbs, maybe better. unbelieveable!

[TurnUpTheFishing]

25"?! I kinda feel Im getting trolled a bit here...

That is just nutty if in fact that is how big it was. State record is definitely a possibility. How big is this guy's hand at the knuckles?

Just how accurate was this "flop" on the gunnel ruler though? Ive seen lots of people miss judge a big bass actual size especially if they dont catch many. Its definitely a monster smallie(?) but we will never know anything more than that. Nice job on the release.

Even at 25" it wouldnt be a world record.

[Presco]

I've seen clearer pictures on those "Does Sasquatch Exist?" shows.

That said, looks like a nice fish, congrats.

[mrklean]

World record was 27" length 21" girth

[rushing]

To heck with the fish look at the UFOs in the sky!

[LightningBG]

Was that picture taken with a shoebox camera?

[DTro]

So I figured after all the texts and emailed I've received I would share one last detail that might help determine the size of this fish.

It had Barbels.

It if makes you feel any better. The guys that sent it to me let me hang on it for a couple of days too. The least I could do was pass it on. LOL

I was completely fooled and I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one.

[mww24]

get back to the cat forum dtro. dont come back either

[Nick Kuhn]

I was just waiting to see how long you'd keep playing this out. Come on, the fins are a dead give away that this is a bottom lurking carp.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Hahaha, so my ol' troll detector is calibrated correctly.

I didnt think the fins matched a smallie's.

[smalliehunter]

wait so it isnt a smallie? its a dirty bottom feeding carp?

[mww24]

he's a witch. get him. he's a witch

[Hester]

Burn him!

[LEECH21]

I thought it was a carp also at first glance.....I had to read through all these posts to get the answer....ugh!!!!

Nice carp!

[Stick in Mud]

Man. And here I thought, in a fishing forum no less, that I wouldn't have to worry about trolls.