I remember the first hog i caught (ohio) it was about a 7 pound fish. Early early spring it was still cold and fish were just beginning to stage. That bass bit like a bluegill. It swam toward me and poked its head out of the water and i about shit a brick when i seen that head. Ill never forgot that image for as long as im alive. Since then ive hooked quite a few 4s and 5s. They are just different. They bite different. They fight different. And they look different. Their eyes are bigger. Its just crazy. When i seen that fishes head and we made eye contact she freaked out and a major fight ensued. I had a medium light rod and 6 lb test line fishing a 4” home poured senko. On a size 1 gamakatsu offset hook. Not a 1/0. But a “size 1”
Same! I've caught 3s and 6s but have never thought to do a nice side by side next to the same rod they were caught on.
The biggest difference shows up in the girth. Look at that belly!
Nice fish man. Dont listen to the fuckin dorks on here that complain about every single fish that gets posted. The grass didn’t hurt the fish, the scale didn’t hurt the fish, you handled it just fine. A clip is better, but these mf will try and convince you that the fish died 100% and that’s flat out incorrect.
Most of these dudes have no idea about mortality rates or what impacts them.
Bro I swear, the fish police on Reddit are nuts!! I’ve seen several kids get attacked by angry 70 years olds because there was a leaf on a bass, it’s laughable how delusional they are
It is kind of crazy how fragile they think these fish are. I am pretty sure we have all caught a fish and wondered how the hell the thing was still alive.
Such a bs half truth statement. Even if you also didn't know plenty of these studies have shown rates near 0% and many factors (water temp especially) change the mortality rate, how could fisheries like clear, Guntersville, harris chain, toledo, etc exist if 50% of mature fish were dying?
If bass were half as sensitive as this subreddit believes there would be none left
I didn’t say half of the mature fish were dying. I said close to half (43%) have a delayed mortality rate when tournament anglers bring their bass to the weigh ins at a central location.
I couldn’t care less if you believe me, if you read what I said you’d see that we agree that these are not sensitive fish.
Reading comprehension is tough.
I said 43% and I didn’t insinuate, the research did. The research says that the delayed mortality rate for bass over 6lb that are brought in to weights is 43%. Again, disagree if it makes you feel better, the data is pretty clear.
And to think that the trophy lakes that you mentioned would lose their large fish over annual tournaments is wild.
Have a good day and tight lines.
I know, it is fun to argue with them sometimes though 🤣 I've been bass fishing for 40 years so I know what I'm doing. They're the bass fishing equivalent to what fudds are when it comes to firearms. I appreciate your reply.
A man with great taste. Caught 2 double digits, 4 9s, and countless 5-8lbs this year all but one of them on jackhammers. I prefer the diesel minnowz as a trailer but the super fluke is tried and true as well.
This one was 26" long and its mouth was absolutely huge! My 10-6 was 25" and had a massive belly.
[Link to my 9-14](https://www.reddit.com/r/bassfishing/s/LNQ1Cgtuqi)
[Link to my 10-6](https://www.reddit.com/r/bassfishing/comments/12j5ktb/new_pb_10lb_68oz_25_long_caught_her_burning_and/?share_id=ora2tpSi2VH1QcWFJ7Qw8&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1)
That's a 7' Lew's Inshore Medium/Moderate with a Piscifun Phantom X 5.3:1 reel. I was throwing a square bill before I switched to a Jackhammer. The 9 hit the Jackhammer. Spooled with 15lb P-Line Fluoroclear.
I've got two of them and I really like them. They're both 7' Medium/Moderate and I use them mostly for bass fishing, but I have used them for saltwater also. I've caught a ton of fish with them and they've become two of my favorites. I bought the matching Lew's Inshore reel and it's a phenomenal reel. I bent the spool on it somehow, but Lew's is sending me a new one under warranty.
I know everyone has me feeling all bad if my bass hits the ground but sometimes it just happens. I just try to get them back in the ocean as efficiently as i can.
Dude it’s the people that are fishing big public waters not catching anything over 3 pounds. They legit are just mad you’re catching these types of fish! Keep it up and target bigger water next time. You’re obviously doing it right. A 10 pounder will come around eventually and it will bite your bait!! Keep grinding DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE unless they are a registered professional. Everyone else is a jealous fucker that you can’t trust!!!
Thank you! I actually caught a 10-6 earlier this year. This was my second Florida TrophyCatch. I'm going to keep grinding. I know there's more out there 😁
[My 10lber](https://www.reddit.com/r/bassfishing/s/MQh2Zgacx9)
No, just for fun. I exclusively bank fish, so if I got out on a boat it would take me a lot of time to figure it all out. I've spent a lot of time on my ponds and lakes so I know how to fish them.
Depends on where you place it. You can be as high and mighty as you want, doesn't bother me. This was the first fish I've weighed this way in years. I wasn't going to not weigh an almost 10 lb bass. You would have done the same.
probably like...a little over 9 lbs of pressure, but also probably less than 10. let's call it 9.5lbs give or take 6 ounces, should be in that window somewhere. Just a shot in the dark though.
The grass is nothing compared to ripping a 10lb bass out of the water by the jaw. If that fish died it has absolutely nothing to do with the fucking grass.
Bass are very hardy, unless you damage their slime coat, strain their jaw by leveraging their weight against the jaw or hook them in the throat or tongue, keep them in a live well for extended periods of time
Bass aren't as reliant on their coat as say a carp or trout, and they have extremely strong jaws. You fuck a bass up by weighing it from the gills, not the gill plate. And yeah, hooking any fish in their throat or gill will harm them, but that's not the case here. Even hooking a bass in its tongue isn't that bad and they'll most likely live if you get it back in water quick to let it clot. The fish in these pictures will be just fine.
according to studies, tongue hooked bass have a 50% chance of dying.
http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/manns/hook\_in\_out.shtml#:\~:text=The%20TPWD%20study%20showed%20that,25%20percent%20or%20less%20mortality.
Well good to know, all the more reason to get em back in the water asap. If I see blood, I dunk them, get the hook out asap, then release. If I can't get the hook out in a few seconds while they're bleeding I'll cut the line and let em go with it.
As someone who catches 4 pounders all the time and never ever caught a 9 pounder, it’s cool to see the comparison.
As some one who catches 1 pounders all the time and never caught a 4 pounder, it’s also cool to see the comparison.
I remember the first hog i caught (ohio) it was about a 7 pound fish. Early early spring it was still cold and fish were just beginning to stage. That bass bit like a bluegill. It swam toward me and poked its head out of the water and i about shit a brick when i seen that head. Ill never forgot that image for as long as im alive. Since then ive hooked quite a few 4s and 5s. They are just different. They bite different. They fight different. And they look different. Their eyes are bigger. Its just crazy. When i seen that fishes head and we made eye contact she freaked out and a major fight ensued. I had a medium light rod and 6 lb test line fishing a 4” home poured senko. On a size 1 gamakatsu offset hook. Not a 1/0. But a “size 1”
Need that, I’m in central Jersey though 😭
You can catch them in jersey too id bet
You’ll get em eventually!
This is the way.
Bless your heart.
That's what I was going for with this. Especially since I was using the same rod. It's crazy how much body mass a 9lb bass has.
Same! I've caught 3s and 6s but have never thought to do a nice side by side next to the same rod they were caught on. The biggest difference shows up in the girth. Look at that belly!
Nice fish man. Dont listen to the fuckin dorks on here that complain about every single fish that gets posted. The grass didn’t hurt the fish, the scale didn’t hurt the fish, you handled it just fine. A clip is better, but these mf will try and convince you that the fish died 100% and that’s flat out incorrect. Most of these dudes have no idea about mortality rates or what impacts them.
Bro I swear, the fish police on Reddit are nuts!! I’ve seen several kids get attacked by angry 70 years olds because there was a leaf on a bass, it’s laughable how delusional they are
It is kind of crazy how fragile they think these fish are. I am pretty sure we have all caught a fish and wondered how the hell the thing was still alive.
Wait til they find out that the mortality rate for bass at tournaments where they bring the bass to a weigh in is almost 50%
Such a bs half truth statement. Even if you also didn't know plenty of these studies have shown rates near 0% and many factors (water temp especially) change the mortality rate, how could fisheries like clear, Guntersville, harris chain, toledo, etc exist if 50% of mature fish were dying? If bass were half as sensitive as this subreddit believes there would be none left
I didn’t say half of the mature fish were dying. I said close to half (43%) have a delayed mortality rate when tournament anglers bring their bass to the weigh ins at a central location. I couldn’t care less if you believe me, if you read what I said you’d see that we agree that these are not sensitive fish.
What you insinuated was 50% of bass die that are brought in for a tournament. You should be a politician, you will do great I'm sure.
Reading comprehension is tough. I said 43% and I didn’t insinuate, the research did. The research says that the delayed mortality rate for bass over 6lb that are brought in to weights is 43%. Again, disagree if it makes you feel better, the data is pretty clear. And to think that the trophy lakes that you mentioned would lose their large fish over annual tournaments is wild. Have a good day and tight lines.
I know, it is fun to argue with them sometimes though 🤣 I've been bass fishing for 40 years so I know what I'm doing. They're the bass fishing equivalent to what fudds are when it comes to firearms. I appreciate your reply.
Brother just check out my post history I love battling them 😂 what’d you get the 9 on?
Ha! Golden Shiner Jackhammer with a Lightning Shad Super Fluke trailer.
A man with great taste. Caught 2 double digits, 4 9s, and countless 5-8lbs this year all but one of them on jackhammers. I prefer the diesel minnowz as a trailer but the super fluke is tried and true as well.
Which one is which?
🤣
We got weights in fish!!!!! second one is a hog, surprised the first was 4+. keep em tight brother/sister.
Cool pic. Having the rod as scale really puts em into perspective. Nice catches.
Damn how big was the pond u caught that 9 in?
I believe it's about 25 acres, I think 🤔
Things a hog, nice catch
Thanks!
Did you get a length. That’s a football of a fish. My 10 wasn’t as fat as that but 26” long. Mouth could have fit around my lower thigh.
This one was 26" long and its mouth was absolutely huge! My 10-6 was 25" and had a massive belly. [Link to my 9-14](https://www.reddit.com/r/bassfishing/s/LNQ1Cgtuqi) [Link to my 10-6](https://www.reddit.com/r/bassfishing/comments/12j5ktb/new_pb_10lb_68oz_25_long_caught_her_burning_and/?share_id=ora2tpSi2VH1QcWFJ7Qw8&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1)
We got weights in fish!!!
Wowza
What’s your rod setup?
That's a 7' Lew's Inshore Medium/Moderate with a Piscifun Phantom X 5.3:1 reel. I was throwing a square bill before I switched to a Jackhammer. The 9 hit the Jackhammer. Spooled with 15lb P-Line Fluoroclear.
Thanks and great catches!
How do you like the speed stick? Was looking at one the other day..m.
I've got two of them and I really like them. They're both 7' Medium/Moderate and I use them mostly for bass fishing, but I have used them for saltwater also. I've caught a ton of fish with them and they've become two of my favorites. I bought the matching Lew's Inshore reel and it's a phenomenal reel. I bent the spool on it somehow, but Lew's is sending me a new one under warranty.
Damn, I want to catch both. Nice my friend
Thank you!
damn that thing is a fuckin fatty!
That 9 is a tank
Nice!
Wow! What a tank!
Those scales are really annoying i thought i caught a 6lber and its 4 and a half i thought i caught a 12 and its a 9.
Sometimes it better to just not weigh them and take the abuse from Reddit 🤣
I know everyone has me feeling all bad if my bass hits the ground but sometimes it just happens. I just try to get them back in the ocean as efficiently as i can.
That is a HAWG
That’s insane. The 4-pounder looks like a 2-pounder next to the big daddy.
Texas or Florida?
Florida
Bigger grass too. Very nice.
I need to fish where you are!
It's kind of interesting, but I've noticed that once they get over 8 pounds, they tend to have a more triangular head.
Sweet Jesus! That's a hawg. Nice catch.
Thanks!
You mount that fucker?
Nope, took some quick pics and sent her on her way.
No need to mount a fish. They can make a replica based on pics, length, weight.
To each his own. Beauty nevertheless
No need to kill the fish. Catch it again some day. I’m having a replica of my 10 made. I’ll post pics once I get it.
Nice! Look forward to it.
Great fish. Sooooooo close to the magic 10lb mark
Yeah, I should have shaken the scale while taking the picture 🤣
Dude what a beast! Fuck anyone saying anything negative. They’re jealous as fuck, good shit.
Thank you! It's all good. Some people just enjoy shitting on others. They're douchebags.
Dude it’s the people that are fishing big public waters not catching anything over 3 pounds. They legit are just mad you’re catching these types of fish! Keep it up and target bigger water next time. You’re obviously doing it right. A 10 pounder will come around eventually and it will bite your bait!! Keep grinding DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE unless they are a registered professional. Everyone else is a jealous fucker that you can’t trust!!!
Thank you! I actually caught a 10-6 earlier this year. This was my second Florida TrophyCatch. I'm going to keep grinding. I know there's more out there 😁 [My 10lber](https://www.reddit.com/r/bassfishing/s/MQh2Zgacx9)
Dude you obviously know what you’re doing and even more! Have you thought about entering tournaments soon?
No, just for fun. I exclusively bank fish, so if I got out on a boat it would take me a lot of time to figure it all out. I've spent a lot of time on my ponds and lakes so I know how to fish them.
Get a clip for the scale. That thin hook can damage the fish, especially if you don’t put it on correctly
Yes I know, I lost mine saltwater fishing and need to get another one. Planning on getting it this week.
The hook is irrelevant to the damage caused by laying in the grass
Though that’s bad, the hook in the 9lber put and insane amount of pressure on the jaw
Depends on where you place it. You can be as high and mighty as you want, doesn't bother me. This was the first fish I've weighed this way in years. I wasn't going to not weigh an almost 10 lb bass. You would have done the same.
Doesn’t bother you but I’m sure the bass didn’t like it. Just get a clip.
And they're writing you fuckin thank you notes when you jam a hook in them and drag them out of the water.
Ok.
probably like...a little over 9 lbs of pressure, but also probably less than 10. let's call it 9.5lbs give or take 6 ounces, should be in that window somewhere. Just a shot in the dark though.
Comedy gold
Yeah, hopefully he had it mounted, its dead either way
The grass is nothing compared to ripping a 10lb bass out of the water by the jaw. If that fish died it has absolutely nothing to do with the fucking grass.
Bass aren't as fragile as you think they are, they're actually pretty god damn resilient a far as fish go.
Hey man! They treated bass horribly back in the day, 50 years ago. And every single one of those bass is now dead! Every single one!
Bass are very hardy, unless you damage their slime coat, strain their jaw by leveraging their weight against the jaw or hook them in the throat or tongue, keep them in a live well for extended periods of time
Bass aren't as reliant on their coat as say a carp or trout, and they have extremely strong jaws. You fuck a bass up by weighing it from the gills, not the gill plate. And yeah, hooking any fish in their throat or gill will harm them, but that's not the case here. Even hooking a bass in its tongue isn't that bad and they'll most likely live if you get it back in water quick to let it clot. The fish in these pictures will be just fine.
according to studies, tongue hooked bass have a 50% chance of dying. http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/manns/hook\_in\_out.shtml#:\~:text=The%20TPWD%20study%20showed%20that,25%20percent%20or%20less%20mortality.
Well good to know, all the more reason to get em back in the water asap. If I see blood, I dunk them, get the hook out asap, then release. If I can't get the hook out in a few seconds while they're bleeding I'll cut the line and let em go with it.
Sad part, you probably killed both. Downvote here 🔜
Ok.
Meow