23.5 and thats no jive

[Swimmer]

Sorry about the quality and the need to blurr. Remember the disposable camera sat in the boat all Winter and was soaked in sun-tan oil. We were darn lucky to get any image at all. Today bought a digital camera dedicated to the boat.

PS. She, the girl, is 5'10"

[Hooked On a Feeling]

Interesting.

[SomethingFishy*]

What a catch. Nice to see fish that size swimming free

[Ralph Wiggum]

Wow, that is a nice MN bass!

[Ole the Guide]

Nice, nice, nice!! Is that a scale you're holding it with? If so, what's the weight?

Ole

[Swimmer]

Good evening Gentlemen, This is the lady that caught that fish. Unfortunately, that is just a lip gripper that we use to secure and release at boatside. Lucky me...I do not have to actually hold/mouth the fish. Realisticaly, the Old Man thinks it may be 8-10lbs. It felt heavy to me, but I have a bad right arm. The fight was fun...glad I did'nt give 'er up...and I'm waiting for the fall.

[Steve Foss]

Yep, that looks like film upon which all possible types of film disasters have been visited. Make sure that digital you buy and dedicate to the boat doesn't stay in the boat all winter and get soaked in suntan oil, too.

But that's a whopper of a Minnesota bass, one I'd be proud to call my own. Great job!

Probably we should give the one who processed the photo a 15-yard penalty for face masking.

[Swimmer]

I'm thinkin a first down at the one for deveoloping it!

[DTro]

So both you AND her have a bad right arm?

Nice fish, too bad you had to scribble out her face, really takes away from the photo.

[LEECH21]

Nice bass! I caught a 22 incher 2 years ago and about crapped my pants when we boated it. I think I would have if it went 23.5!

[Ole the Guide]

Swimmer and Lady friend,

It seems as if people are getting way too serious about a fishing outing that just happened to end up with an awesome fish! You guys should be proud as heck! You were out there on the lake having a good time and got to catch a real lunker! You did the right thing! My God! Take a quick photo and release the beast! We're only human! The monster is still out there swimming, waiting for you to come back when season opens! Oh by the way, what lake did you say you were on? Just Kidding! Heh-heh! Whenever I'm asked what lake I was fishing on I tell them Mud Lake! That always shuts them up!

Way to go girl! You rock!

Ole

[bdiddy]

If that fish was caught in MN waters, it propably rivals the one that was taken out of (cough,cough) "Auburn" (cough-cough) this last fall...

Was it kept, and if so...it sounds like the wieght was not certified...I would personnaly ceritify any Bass like that if it was caught on waters where others fish...

If it was a private pond or secret hole, thats another story... GREAT FISH, Good job!!!