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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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I hope he had the camera going He did. The fish looks really big on video.
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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The AI says you’re either in Brandon, Mississippi or Kentucky.
Great fish no matter where they came from
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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The AI says you’re either in Brandon, Mississippi or Kentucky.
Great fish no matter where they came from We were in Alabama but near the Mississippi line.
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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[quote=abolt300]Pretty fish Mike. What’d they weigh? Brandt’s looks like it’s about to bust with eggs. [/quote I have some very accurate digital scales but unfortunately they were about 400 yards away and we were in a hurry to release the fish. Brant’s fish was definitely over ten and possibly bigger. Yeah, I was figuring yours was 8.5 - 9 and Brandt's was between 10 and 11 or maybe even a shade more. Yours is relatively young with a lot of room left to grow and Brandt's fish is pretty old and probably about topped out. Both look to be in excellent shape and are great fish. I'm sure y'all had a blast. Congrats to both of you.
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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[quote=abolt300]Pretty fish Mike. What’d they weigh? Brandt’s looks like it’s about to bust with eggs. [/quote I have some very accurate digital scales but unfortunately they were about 400 yards away and we were in a hurry to release the fish. Brant’s fish was definitely over ten and possibly bigger. Yeah, I was figuring yours was 8.5 - 9 and Brandt's was between 10 and 11 or maybe even a shade more. Yours is relatively young with a lot of room left to grow and Brandt's fish is pretty old and probably about topped out. Both look to be in excellent shape and are great fish. I'm sure y'all had a blast. Congrats to both of you. Man how you know all that lol. That’s pretty neat info.
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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[quote=abolt300]Pretty fish Mike. What’d they weigh? Brandt’s looks like it’s about to bust with eggs. [/quote I have some very accurate digital scales but unfortunately they were about 400 yards away and we were in a hurry to release the fish. Brant’s fish was definitely over ten and possibly bigger. Yeah, I was figuring yours was 8.5 - 9 and Brandt's was between 10 and 11 or maybe even a shade more. Yours is relatively young with a lot of room left to grow and Brandt's fish is pretty old and probably about topped out. Both look to be in excellent shape and are great fish. I'm sure y'all had a blast. Congrats to both of you. Man how you know all that lol. That’s pretty neat info. It's kind of like being able to age a deer based on body characteristics. When a big female gets really old, they get bug eyed and the eyes protrude well beyond the fish's skull. When you see one like that, they arent going to get much bigger. Look at the fish that Brant caught and then look at the fish that Mike caught. Eyes on Brants are completely bugged out. That fish is old and while it may put on some additional weight from the shiners and shad it's eating in that lake where it was caught, it's frame isnt going to get much, if any, bigger. Eyes on Mike's are small and tight. That fish, already weighing 8-9lbs, in perfect health, is still relatively young and has tons of potential to get substantially bigger. I target these big bass every spring, just like Mike does the tarpon, and I handle a whole bunch of high single and double digit fish every year. I only fish on public water and every big bass I catch is released. Some have distinguishing marks and I fin clip some just to see how much they grow year to year. Big bass, in lakes, are like big deer, they will stake out a certain area, that has everything they need, and live there until they are caught and kept or die from old age. They may move some with the bait and time of year, but they will be in the same general area, doing the same thing, at the same time each year.
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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[quote=abolt300]Pretty fish Mike. What’d they weigh? Brandt’s looks like it’s about to bust with eggs. [/quote I have some very accurate digital scales but unfortunately they were about 400 yards away and we were in a hurry to release the fish. Brant’s fish was definitely over ten and possibly bigger. Yeah, I was figuring yours was 8.5 - 9 and Brandt's was between 10 and 11 or maybe even a shade more. Yours is relatively young with a lot of room left to grow and Brandt's fish is pretty old and probably about topped out. Both look to be in excellent shape and are great fish. I'm sure y'all had a blast. Congrats to both of you. Man how you know all that lol. That’s pretty neat info. It's kind of like being able to age a deer based on body characteristics. When a big female gets really old, they get bug eyed and the eyes protrude well beyond the fish's skull. When you see one like that, they arent going to get much bigger. Look at the fish that Brant caught and then look at the fish that Mike caught. Eyes on Brants are completely bugged out. That fish is old and while it may put on some additional weight from the shiners and shad it's eating in that lake where it was caught, it's frame isnt going to get much, if any, bigger. Eyes on Mike's are small and tight. That fish, already weighing 8-9lbs, in perfect health, is still relatively young and has tons of potential to get substantially bigger. I target these big bass every spring, just like Mike does the tarpon, and I handle a whole bunch of high single and double digit fish every year. I only fish on public water and every big bass I catch is released. Some have distinguishing marks and I fin clip some just to see how much they grow year to year. Big bass, in lakes, are like big deer, they will stake out a certain area, that has everything they need, and live there until they are caught and kept or die from old age. They may move some with the bait and time of year, but they will be in the same general area, doing the same thing, at the same time each year. Good estimation on my bass! I guessed him at about 8 1/2 lbs. Brant’s was definitely much bigger. If you go to his YouTube sight, (anglerup with Brant) , you can watch him hook, fight and release the bass. It’s a pretty cool video.
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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02/29/24 03:39 PM
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How did yall manage to get to fish Ray Scotts lake in Pintlala, al ? Definitely weren’t in Ray Scott’s lake. We had to work very hard for the ones we caught.
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Re: My son and I caught a couple really nice bass
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Just ribbing ya..... those are bass many people dream of catching one day..... Bass that big don't fight like smaller ones do....at least not the ones I caught... they really didn't like coming to the surface all that much...
lol. I thought you were. Yes, you can really tell the difference when you hook a big one.
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