personal best bass

[Dooley87]

noticed in the northern pike forum they have a post like this so figured why not start one in the bass forum.

this fish was right around 19 1/2" not the biggest smallie in the world but it was a real nice fish none the less, (sorry for the quality but thats the best my scanner would do)

p.s. my first smallmouth i ever caught when i was about 6 or 7 was about 22 inches 4-5 pounds still trying to beat that one, sorry no picture, dang camera died and my arm was getting sore holding the fish up, haven't had that problem lately

[Deitz Dittrich]

Great post.. my biggest bronze one I caught when I was 16.... many moons ago... on lake Minnetonka of all places... She went 23" and was 6lbs 9 oz on my normark scale at the time.. I was fishing alone, no pict, or no one to believe the catch... but in my heart I have never caught one like that since, a few pushing 5+, but never in the 6 range again.

I caught it on a tube in 23 feet of water, thought when I first saw it that i had a carp on...

[Wayne Ek]

My best smallie is 6.2, late Sept. burning a trap across a shallow rock bar.

[Cicada]

20" smallmouth, two summers ago on Lizzie. Leech and live bait rig in 18ft of water. It was released.

[BoxMN]

Mine is 21.5" on a gulp nightcrawler from my little like.

My Granddaughter caught this 20" smallie on the last outing in Sept. '07. I was holding this one out a bit so it would be over her, that's why it looks, well, exaggerated

[TonkaBass]

Awesome fish! I will have to figure out how to get my scanner to work but... my best smallies are two 22"ers. One on Minnetonka and one on Minnewaska. This year I came close though with one that was 21 1/2". I love these fish!

[polarsusd81]

My biggest smallie was on the Pond back on walleye opener of 2000. It was just over 20" and don't have a pic unfortunately. I plan to better that mark this year, and will certainly have the camera on board when I suprass that 20" mark.

[Slyster]

23 1/4 inches... 5Lb 4 Oz!

[Dooley87]

nice lookin fish guys, keep em comin. i think smallies are the preetiest best fighting fish that swims, got to love em'

[LEECH21]

Mine is 20.5 inches. I've caught many at 20 inches but cannot seem to hit that 21 inch trophy mark. I think this will be the year! I'm pretty much dedicating this open water season to catching a 21 plus incher to get a repo made.

[evinrude19]

i caught a 23 1/2" smallie while fishing for walleyes on eagle lake in ontario canada it was about 6 1/2 pounds and it was a fight!!! lol that made the trip!

[HawgTide]

 Originally Posted By: Slyster

23 1/4 inches... 5Lb 4 Oz!

I know this comes up every time pictures are posted, and it's not my intent to diminish these nice fish, but since I've just returned from a fishing trip, these "sizes" are fresh in my mind. Here's a picture of a Bass my Dad caught last Wednesday. It weighed 7lb 9oz. It is 22.5 inches long.

Now, I can't imagine if that fish in your photo is really 23.25" long, it would weigh 2.25 pounds less than this one. This is why I measure and photograph all my big fish on this board. That's a nice fish regardless.

[LEECH21]

Nice Largemouth!!!

[ocf1]

Nice fish, my personal best is a 12 incher, my one and only smallmouth ever caught.

[fishfearme]

Now, I can't imagine if that fish in your photo is really 23.25" long, it would weigh 2.25 pounds less than this one. This is why I measure and photograph all my big fish on this board. That's a nice fish regardless.

[bassNspear]

Some nice fish out there. My personal Best was a 6.11 large mouth, caught it on a tube in 5 FOW!

[Central Bassman]

Them are some PIGS!!!

[Dooley87]

i've got some pretty nice largemouths also, i have one so far that would be close to 6.5 maybe even 7, i want to get them back in the water so quick if i don't have a board or scale in sight i don't search for one, i just put em back

here is a pic of my brother and a real dandy largemouth

i'll have to try and find that pic of me and that hog of a largemouth.

lets make this a largemouth and smallmouth post.

[Write-Outdoor]

My biggest largemouth is a 6.5 pounder...one from Waconia and another from a North Metro lake that shall go nameless....my biggest smallmouth was a 23 incher up in the BWCA fishing by myself with no camera...no lie....if only! My other biggest is this 21 incher from the Mississippi River

[fishcast]

Amazing big fish folks. That is quite the fat largemouth bearbait. And really great looking smallie write outdoors.

My biggest smallie almost 20"

My biggest smallie on the fly rod an 18incher

My few biggest largemouth pics have some pretty obvious landmarks in them, so I threw in this one which is one of my best a nice 19" (actually one of my biggest largies was through the ice the past year that I posted earlier in the year)

And my biggest largemouth on the fly rod almost 20"

[smallie_hawgin]

Wow!!! I'd say that's pretty nice... Considering the world record smallie was 27 and a 1/4 and 11 + lbs.... and the average state record fish are in the 23" range for almost all states....... I'd say you might have even had a state recored there.....

OR maybe the measurement might have been a bit off.... Either way nice fish and one I would like to catch...

For the record.... 20 inch smallies from the river average about 4.19 lbs... there are rare occurances of heavier ones, but the data don't lie friends....

Just a few cents worth...

[Mark Christianson]

On the upper Miss(above Coon Rapids dam), how many smallies over 21 inches has there been sampled by DNR in the last 30+ years?

Whats the age on an average 20 inch smallie? How long do smallies live?

[Kevin Turner]

My personal best, Upper 'Sippi smallie was 21 5/8th". Mouth closed, tail pinched, on the golden rule. She tipped the scale at 5lb 12oz.

Released healthy...

[Slyster]

 Originally Posted By: HawgTide

I know this comes up every time pictures are posted, and it's not my intent to diminish these nice fish, but since I've just returned from a fishing trip, these "sizes" are fresh in my mind. Here's a picture of a Bass my Dad caught last Wednesday. It weighed 7lb 9oz. It is 22.5 inches long.

Now, I can't imagine if that fish in your photo is really 23.25" long, it would weigh 2.25 pounds less than this one. This is why I measure and photograph all my big fish on this board. That's a nice fish regardless.

I don't mean to suggest "I have to be right" but really it was.. no kidding... that's why I took a photo with my GPS... the GPS is exactly 6 1/4" long... use your fingers or ruler on the screen and you will see it was at least 23.25. I did measure with a tape but couldn't do that with the camera... I was alone... and that is why I put the GPS in the shot.. I have to guess the digital scale is the one that's off as it never worked right.. I have since replaced it.

Someone go up .... look at my pix... and scrutinize and tell me if it isn't 23+ Nearly 4 GPS lengths. Anyone with a GPSMAP76 can measure the GPS at over 6"

[LEECH21]

Largest Largemouth 22" caught and released back in August 2004

....And the repo, I just got back