Amx
5/17/2010 6:49:00 PMGreat fish, that's an old fish, might not have lived too many years longer. There are more big ones in there.
Iamfishing
5/17/2010 6:51:00 PMi have caught huge bass out of that lake.nothing as big as 8 pounds but i did catch a 5 pound bass ounce and a few 2 1/2 pounders.but i was tight lining from the shore i think i might head out there early 2 marrow
Mike Carey
5/17/2010 8:43:00 PMdon't know. reporters do have the ability to delete posts, don't know if that's what happened.
Toni
5/17/2010 10:17:00 PMI'd would have deleted some of them, too. They were not necessary. Lock3056 that was a great fish. It is your choice to keep or release and you were legal to keep it. I wouldn't mind seeing the finished product.
flyfisherguy
5/17/2010 11:30:00 PMCongrats Lock! I haven't ever caught a LMB that big, my biggest was right at 7 lbs. and that was like 20 years ago in central CA. I can't wait to see the pics. And I personally have no prob with mounting a fish of that size, that's likely a once-in-a-lifetime catch. Way to go my friend!
Bisk1tSnGraV
5/18/2010 12:13:00 PMWould love to see a picture of that fish ...especially with the crazy digital age we are in now. But I would have to at least get my grandma to use her old instant polaroid out of attic just so I could have a pic of myself with that monster.
knotabassturd
5/18/2010 4:30:00 PMWhoa, that is a HUGE FATTY!!!
Beautiful fish.
Maybe you shoulda let it play under the boat and fought it a little longer to make a better story though for a once-in-a-lifetime Washington bass :-)
That's what the 1 LMB limit over 17 inches is all about- keep that trophy if it happens to be worthy of a taxidermist!
That is probably the biggest LMB I have seen posted on this forum...
Beautiful fish.
Maybe you shoulda let it play under the boat and fought it a little longer to make a better story though for a once-in-a-lifetime Washington bass :-)
That's what the 1 LMB limit over 17 inches is all about- keep that trophy if it happens to be worthy of a taxidermist!
That is probably the biggest LMB I have seen posted on this forum...
Lock3056
5/18/2010 4:47:00 PMThat picture barely does it justice, The day before I had dropped my phone into the lake, I wasnt planing on going out so I didnt have my camera, and I was Defiantly not expecting to catch that. There was a boat down the shore line from me working my way, They heard the commotion, when I landed it I held it up and yelled "HEY BOYS Check this one out!" They looked at me like they had smelled sh*t.
I probably worked every inch of commotion on American last year with nothing to show for it, I'm glad It finally paid off, Its been a slim spring for me. I've been skunked quite a few times since February.
I'm guessing the guy who had his posts deleted was a little angry that I had kept it... Normally I would agree with him, and I did feel bad for taking it. but I'm sure if the rolls were reversed he would keep it too... on the bright side... the Perch Population will probably surge, this year now that this pan fish Vacuum has been eradicated
I probably worked every inch of commotion on American last year with nothing to show for it, I'm glad It finally paid off, Its been a slim spring for me. I've been skunked quite a few times since February.
I'm guessing the guy who had his posts deleted was a little angry that I had kept it... Normally I would agree with him, and I did feel bad for taking it. but I'm sure if the rolls were reversed he would keep it too... on the bright side... the Perch Population will probably surge, this year now that this pan fish Vacuum has been eradicated
procaster
5/18/2010 5:11:00 PMthats a super hawg for for sure, if you archive bradley lake in pierce county way back i think 5 years or so a guy caught one about the same size also.
knotabassturd
5/18/2010 8:47:00 PMThat is a hawg fish for west side and out of American Lake too plus 'only' a stout 21 inches to reach that weight!
Just saw the state record at about 11 1/2 pounds from Banks, wow.
The panfish are celebrating for sure... Even the big ones LOL.
Just saw the state record at about 11 1/2 pounds from Banks, wow.
The panfish are celebrating for sure... Even the big ones LOL.
Lock3056
5/18/2010 8:56:00 PMyeah as soon as I got home I looked up the state record, sometimes I forget there is more to the state than the west side...
Elijah.Loves.Fishin
5/22/2010 6:45:00 AMwow!! congrats on that amazing catch!! that bad boy is huge!! i could only imagine what it would be like to hook up with a bass that size and how thrilling it would be to fight it!!
Lock3056
6/28/2010 10:07:00 PMAlright, I have gotten the fish back from the Taxidermist, I posted it up on the trophy fish forum... the guy did a really good job, but when I got it home I realized... he gave it Small Mouth Markings... WTF, It looks good on my wall and he was so proud of it I didn't have the heart to say anything, I figure I can get it repainted at some point...