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Largemouths are hungry!
Me and my buddies went fishing Saturday out on our farm pond property and my buddy cought this 7lb 8oz 23 1/2 inches long largemouth. It was a pretty slow day beside that big boy. We probably caught around 20 - 25 fish. It was just fun finally getting out the old boat and having a fun day fishing with great 70 degree weather.
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RE: Largemouths are hungry!
Nice bass. Congrats.
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Just wondering... Did he keep that fish? If he did I hope it was for a mount and not for eating though even a replica mount looks just as good and costs less! (I say this because I fish in farm ponds too and I have seen what happens when people take out the big bass [:@])
Its a heck of a northern bass though! |
RE: Largemouths are hungry!
Let em go and Watch em grow!!! Nice fishthough very nice
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Buckeye- Let me ask you something if all you fish were farm ponds and your area got up to 12-15 in. of rain do you think that would hurt your fishing at all, been wanting to go but feel like it would be a waist of time with new vegetaion to eat i didn't think they would bit very well tell me your thought on this if you can
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Oh buy the way i also fish farm ponds.
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I don't know where you live arrow but if it is the same distance north as IN,IL,OH then bass should be just starting to get very active. The large amounts of rain just makes it muddy causing the bass to hold tighter to their cover which can actually make them easier to catch. Pay attention to where you get your bites because bass this time of year are pretty easy to pattern.
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I went up to an inland lake in Kent County,Michigan. We have pads JUST starting to grow. nothing has touched the surface and there is no fish activity.:( haven't seen so much as a minnnow. I hope the temps stay like they are or increase some. but i hear they're supposed to drop back down to 40's next weekend....
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That's a heck of a BASS, especially for here in OHIO!!!! I've only caught 2 in my life in that range, and I HAD to put one back and chose to put the other back d/t extenuating circumstances. Tell your buddy CONGRATS!!!! 'Cause that's on HELL of a fish!!!And if you need someone to go and he can't make it next time, drop me a PM, I'mjust half a county away, I'll help you put the boat in the water and row it around the lake for you if I have a chance to throw line at another monster like that!!!;)
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Your buddy has a sweatshirt on and it's 70 out? Congrats to your buddy..
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indiana - i live in indiana town Huntingburg -county- Dubois
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RE: Largemouths are hungry!
ORIGINAL: indianahunter83 Just wondering... Did he keep that fish? If he did I hope it was for a mount and not for eating though even a replica mount looks just as good and costs less! (I say this because I fish in farm ponds too and I have seen what happens when people take out the big bass [:@]) Its a heck of a northern bass though! |
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ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr That's a heck of a BASS, especially for here in OHIO!!!! I've only caught 2 in my life in that range, and I HAD to put one back and chose to put the other back d/t extenuating circumstances. Tell your buddy CONGRATS!!!! 'Cause that's on HELL of a fish!!!And if you need someone to go and he can't make it next time, drop me a PM, I'mjust half a county away, I'll help you put the boat in the water and row it around the lake for you if I have a chance to throw line at another monster like that!!!;) |
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ORIGINAL: arrow2512 Buckeye- Let me ask you something if all you fish were farm ponds and your area got up to 12-15 in. of rain do you think that would hurt your fishing at all, been wanting to go but feel like it would be a waist of time with new vegetaion to eat i didn't think they would bit very well tell me your thought on this if you can |
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ORIGINAL: Phil from Maine Your buddy has a sweatshirt on and it's 70 out? Congrats to your buddy.. |
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That is a heck of a bass. I am fixing to try my luck at a conservation pond today. Hope i can get one that size:D
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ORIGINAL: buckeyehntr5 Thanks, he did throw it back, but we took all the measurements so he can get a replica mount. We do have an over population of 1/2 - 1 1/2 pounders that we do sometimes take out to eat. This is our biggest pond... 13acres 40 ft deep in the middle We have had a problem with folks keeping too many big fish in our pond. We made a slot and a two fish limit... most people don't care. We've had to run a lot of folks off. Now we are catching up to 5 chain pickerel for every one bass.... and I haven't caught a bass in there yet this year that has passed the 18" (about 4#) mark. We've caught some giants in there over the years. TONS AND TONS of shad and fathead minnows! So much forage it makes me want to dive in and eat... but lots of crappie and lots of pickerel......:( |
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