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[B17]

Couple from the kayak this year. Not hogs but not to shabby either.

[esoxrocks01]

After being away from Peter's Resort for a year and a half, my family and I returned there for another family reunion on June 14. Excited that I would finally be able to put all of my newfound angling skills to the test, I armed myself with my medium Ugly Stik pole with a Shimano Sienna 2500FD reel, complete with 10 lb. mono line. Armed to the teeth, I went out to a dock across from our lodge, and cast out a firetiger Northland Mimic Minnow out to a weedline about 100 yards out. I felt a big tug on the retrieve, and after wrestling with the fish for over a minute, I brought in the one big Minnewaska largemouth bass I've been waiting to catch and properly measure all this time. At 15 and a quarter inches and 5 pounds, he may truly be the biggest largemouth I've ever caught thus far. Overjoyed, I took this nice picture and released him back to his awaiting school. Now I'm finally satisfied I've finally got the one big largemouth from Lake Minnewaska I've been meaning to tangle with. I had an awesome time up there, and can't wait for a possible return there. The second photo features a bass that I can't figure out if it is a meanmouth bass, which is the lovechild of a smallie and a largie, or a juvenile largemouth or regular smallmouth. Any identification help will be greatly appreciated.

[Superduty]

I would say your second fish is a post spawn largemouth. They get pretty beat up sometimes.

[thatoneguy]

15 1/4" and 5 lbs? That would be the fattest bass in Minnesota

[NELS-BELLS]

My son caught this 20" bass (4.5 lbs) on a secluded little central MN lake yesterday morning. We caught 7 over 18". Fun morning!

Nels

[Juan Grande]

I think esox is asking because of the color pattern? That is a unique fish with the dark markings above and below the lateral line.

[Juan Grande]

Finally got a few that were photo worthy tonight. Caught most of our fish on wacky rigged senkos and on a white grub with a black jig head. It was an absolutely

gorgeous night to be out on the lake and everyone around us was catching fish too. We boated about 30 fish in 4 hours with most of the fish in the 14-16" range.

A half dozen or so were 17" or better with an 18.75 and 19" being the two biggest. This is what we wait for all year fellas, get out and enjoy it!

19" and 4 1/2 pounds. I thought she would go 5, she was a mule!

[RuddyDuck]

Finally got my wife out out fishing for a couple hours Sunday. She outfished me as usual!

Here's her first Bass of the year. No giants, but still some nice fish. One was caught

on a red eye shad and the other hit a grass pig.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Esox- your second fish is a largemouth, just with a different color phase to it. in my opinion.

[JP Z]

Esox,

What DD said I think it's just a Largie with a different color pattern.

[hookncook]

Snapped a picture of a bass grabbing a top lure. Bass was 19 inches

[Craigums]

Sweet pic, how did you do that?

[hookncook]

I knew where the bass was because he slapped at my frog before. So I picked up my camera and aimed it at the spot where I thought he would be and slowly twitched the frog across the surface. When the fish hit, I shot on continuous, that was the cream of the crop.

[ZachD]

Have not been able to get out much year but those are some of the ones I have been getting

[mattrd]

A couple nice SD smallmouths and a bonus eye.

And a nice IA largemouth

[masoct3]

I caught this sweetie at a metro lake that he should not have even been in. I know I don't have the numbers in the picture, but using my mini portable tape it read 22 inches and after that he just would not sit still. She was a beast and I caught her in about 2 feet of water from the shore with this KVD Leapard Color. I had someone take the pictures and that was that. Enjoy!!!

I knew that I was near the state record, but knowing its 8.5ish, I would have been 1 - 1.5 lbs short. The girth was holding it back if I were to give a reason.

[RumRiverRat]

Fishing must be good. 15" 5 pound fish and a 22" fish from a metro lake.

Nice job guys!

[Superduty]

I think I have been using the wrong ruler and scale all these years

[DavidWilliams]

My biggest of the year, out of Tonka

[Hester]

That thing is fat........

[bassfshin24]

The way that some guys on here are measuring and weighing fish that thing is a 10lber haha! But seriously that's a pig David.

[DavidWilliams]

It was hot out and it took me a minute to unhook and I wanted to get it back in the water, so I did not take measurements..but thanks. I'm hoping for a few more like it this year

[Pherris]

Very nice fish David! Welcome to Fishing Minnesota.

[Chemlight]

Not a hog by any means, but it was my oldest daughters first bass!

[Juan Grande]

Great pic Chemlight! Welcome to FM.