My biggest bass in over 40 years!!
Oct 17, 2019 18:14:58 #
Back in the 1960’s IFW here in Maine stocked our lake with largemouth bass. In 1977 I caught one of those original bass and it weighed 71/2 pounds!! The Field & Stream contest winner for Maine that year!! Now fast forward to this week and I finally beat that fish with an 81/2 pounder that measured 25”. Since the season is officially closed, l released this bass but got this neat picture anyway.
Oct 17, 2019 18:31:31 #
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Oct 17, 2019 19:56:37 #
Dennisjj
Loc: Kinston N.C.
Jstrass thats a nice bass you have and a good thing you released it for another day to be caught.
Oct 18, 2019 08:55:30 #
Since the 1920’s my family rented cottages to summer folks here in Maine and it was a real “fish camp”!! I have pictures of huge stringers of smallmouth bass and perch and every Friday there would be a fish fry...by the time I started fishing this lake in the ‘50’s you hardly ever caught a bass!! That’s why the state stocked it with largemouth bass in the early ‘60’s. I learned the lesson early that catch and release is important.
Oct 18, 2019 11:08:18 #
Oct 18, 2019 12:35:51 #
JStrass wrote:
Back in the 1960’s IFW here in Maine stocked our lake with largemouth bass. In 1977 I caught one of those original bass and it weighed 71/2 pounds!! The Field & Stream contest winner for Maine that year!! Now fast forward to this week and I finally beat that fish with an 81/2 pounder that measured 25”. Since the season is officially closed, l released this bass but got this neat picture anyway.
congrats J
very nice fish
for any part of our country
hope you catch more
and bigger yet
Oct 18, 2019 23:00:04 #
BILLBYRD1
Loc: Prattville Al
Awesome largemouth. Put her back and catch another. If you got the size/measurements and the weight get a replica for your wall or have the picture framed.
Oct 19, 2019 11:47:57 #
raddish
Loc: Norteast Ohio
Maine? That's a 14 pounder in Fla/Tx/Ca straight up. 8.4 is my PB in Ohio. Maine has even less summer. What did it hit?
Oct 19, 2019 12:58:04 #
Oct 19, 2019 17:53:13 #
It’s all about being patient and enjoying time on the water..lost count how many big ones I’ve lost but when it all works out there’s nothing better.
Oct 19, 2019 17:54:05 #
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