Have You Ever Obsessed Over A Particular Bass? 2025
paul. reply :
i don't mean a particular SIZE bass, like say a 10 pound lm or a 6 pound sm. i mean a specific fish, like moby dick was to captain ahab. maybe you caught a glimpse of her when she threw your bait. maybe you just saw her cruising around.
i bring this up because in a little while, i'll know if "SHE" has survived another year. like a deer hunter who intentionally lets a big buck walk for the mere chance that it will get bigger and he will somehow manage to come across it again, i fight the urge not to chase this fish until the spring when she's at her biggest. the clock is ticking. late march or early april will probably tell the tale.
so what about it. am i the only person who is crazy like this? or have you ever been obsessed with a particular bass?
wuchr20 reply :
Maybe but for only about an hour.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I don't know about obsessed, but yeah I'm probably obsessed with the idea of catching this one again
Biggest bass I've ever caught in Kansas. She's in a tiny public lake and it seems like every year I see her picture on the state website, rolled up by the shock boat again and almost always in the same area. This last year she wasn't on there, but I talked to one of the guys that did the sample, said they missed a fish "For sure over 10". They had another one almost 9 that wasn't her, so he'd seen another monster that day, I'm thinking that had to be her. Bad thing is, at that size her time is running short, this spring may be my last chance to catch her. State record isn't quite 12, so depending on how this cold winter effected her, and how full of eggs she gets, she might be pushing it.
Senko lover reply :
Yup. There's an 8-9 pounder in the little pond I fish. Seen her once, talked to people who've caught her.
She continues to elude my hook, but one of these days I'll get lucky and have a new pb.
BaitMonkey1984 reply :
Last year, I started fishing texas rigged magnum finesse worms by zoom through the heavy grass. I had a lot of success throughout the entire lake on this technique, quite a few 4-5 lb bass. One night after tying the boat to the dock, I had to take a few more casts. There is a point 35 yards to my girlfriend's dock, then heavy grass and a swimming raft that all meet within 15 ft of one another. Three nights in a row I hooked this monster twice a night. First night, it spit the hook both times. Second night hooked it for seconds each time. Third night, upgraded my hooks a size and had her almost all the way to dock and she spit it. I would try and try again many days the next two weeks using the same lure, the same presentation, but she was gone. She pulled so hard, have to guess she was 7+.
scaleface reply :
There was a bass camped out on piece of standing timber . Im guessing a male bass. You could see large wakes as it would chase off the sunfish trying to get at the nest. Every time I would get in casting distance it would disappear. Three different days I targeted that bass .No matter how stealthy I was , it knew I was there . I finally gave up. I learned a lesson. I dont think you can seak up on a bass with an electric motor. They know you're there .
00 mod reply :
On 3/4/2015 at 12:11 PM, paul. said:i don't mean a particular SIZE bass, like say a 10 pound lm or a 6 pound sm. i mean a specific fish, like moby dick was to captain ahab. maybe you caught a glimpse of her when she threw your bait. maybe you just saw her cruising around.
i bring this up because in a little while, i'll know if "SHE" has survived another year. like a deer hunter who intentionally lets a big buck walk for the mere chance that it will get bigger and he will somehow manage to come across it again, i fight the urge not to chase this fish until the spring when she's at her biggest. the clock is ticking. late march or early april will probably tell the tale.
so what about it. am i the only person who is crazy like this? or have you ever been obsessed with a particular bass?
Knowing you, I think you catch her this year.
There was 1 in Pond X before the levy broke. We had caught fish up to 8lb 9oz in there. She was over 10 EASY. Seen her 3 different times, but she was a smart ol gal. She was in the exact spot that you couldn't get to her all 3 times. Every time we saw her was the last week of March or the first week of April!
Jeff
A-Jay reply :
Yes I do obsess over one bass ~
This exact one - she was released by that guy there in the picture.
She was an outrageous 7 plus then. One can only imagine what this Behemoth would weigh in at now.
I want her.
A-Jay
http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/gallery/image/10962-gallery-12184-71-257081/
Dwight Hottle reply :
I have been obsessed with a big eight lb smallie (8lb-10 oz) for about ten years now. I often daydream about her visiting my boat. I plan & scheme about how when & where to catch her. So far she has eluded me but I'm still trying. Maybe one day. 
On another front I have a buddy who has hooked & seen a GA pig not once but twice. First time he hooked her he was fishing a big farm pond with another mutual buddy. He was fishing a wacky senko fishing a tree blowdown in deep water just off the pond dam side. When he hooked her she bulldogged deep for a while & then made a dash to the surface. She jumped boatside for both of them to see. They both estimated she had to go 12 or 13 lbs. Both of these guys have landed 8lb & 9lb bass respectively so they have an idea of actual size. After jumping the hooked pulled loose and that was that. They both promised not to tell anyone else but me. Six months passed & they both decided to try again. Lighting stuck twice & the same buddy hooked another giant in the same spot fishing a wacky senko. Similar fight as the first time. Once again she jumped & they both swore it had to be the same fish. My buddy continued to coax her near the boat but she pulled free for the second time. The guy that hooked her just sat in a heap dumbfounded. I chastised him for loosing the same big fish twice. Believe it or not he has hardly fished for her again. I know that fish has haunted him ever since he hooked her the first time.
00 mod reply :
On 3/4/2015 at 11:15 PM, A-Jay said:Yes I do obsess over one bass ~
This exact one - she was released by that guy there in the picture.
She was an outrageous 7 plus then. One can only imagine what this Behemoth would weigh in at now.
I want her.
A-Jay
http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/gallery/image/10962-gallery-12184-71-257081/
I am pretty obsessed about that one as well!
Jeff
SPEEDBEAD. reply :
I have a few that I've seen in the water.
Hopefully in the not too distant future, you'll all see one or more OUT of the water.
J Francho reply :
I think we all obsess over the same one - the next one!
Alonerankin2 reply :
Yup, although as a young teen, in a small river a smallmouth which appeared to be quite large was stranded in a fairly shallow pool (4' ) & crystal clear. I & another fished this bass for a week, everyday.. Notta chance.. Fish just would not strike.. Hmm, throwing a crappie jig on the final day I saw him dart at the jig! Bam! Fish on.. Short battle and I had him.. But, but, he was hooked in the side! Snagged.. Even then at 14 I was aware that it couldn't count. I don't know why, but it can't count.. Don't know the weight , it doesn't matter. It was a obsession for a week, I still remember it well! Fish was also released, but for the life of me I don't know why. Maybe it was a result of Bassmaster magazine which I was a proud member of...
jhoffman reply :
A private farm I have access to has a pond stocked with bass and bluegills(close family friend). When we were young I put two and two together and hooked up a live gill. We hooked this fish once a week and could never land it. Kept increasing hook sizes, configurations, line strength. My buddy whos in the family of the pond went out and bought a catfish rod with 50lb test on it, we still never landed that fish, couldnt control it enough. It would wrap you in the cattails so fast you couldnt react. Id like to have a swing at that one again with some real bass gear id jack her jaw as hard as possible and never give her an inch.
Lucky Craft Man reply :
This is not a "specific" fish, but I have obsessed over a 7 pound Smallmouth and a 50 inch Musky for years (and years and years). Just so happens that I caught both in the same year (2013) and I haven't really reestablished a new "fish" obsession. I guess the closest "fish obsession" for me right now is catching a Musky on the fly.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 3/5/2015 at 1:06 AM, J Francho said:I think we all obsess over the same one - the next BIG one!
Fixed it for you J.
everythingthatswims reply :
I always end up obsessing over a few particular individuals. Last year was not my year...Lost a couple big ones that made me sick.
Spring is just around the corner and I'll be after them again!
Chris at Tech reply :
On 3/4/2015 at 11:16 PM, Dwight Hottle said:On another front I have a buddy who has hooked & seen a GA pig not once but twice. First time he hooked her he was fishing a big farm pond with another mutual buddy. He was fishing a wacky senko fishing a tree blowdown in deep water just off the pond dam side. When he hooked her she bulldogged deep for a while & then made a dash to the surface. She jumped boatside for both of them to see. They both estimated she had to go 12 or 13 lbs. Both of these guys have landed 8lb & 9lb bass respectively so they have an idea of actual size. After jumping the hooked pulled loose and that was that. They both promised not to tell anyone else but me. Six months passed & they both decided to try again. Lighting stuck twice & the same buddy hooked another giant in the same spot fishing a wacky senko. Similar fight as the first time. Once again she jumped & they both swore it had to be the same fish. My buddy continued to coax her near the boat but she pulled free for the second time. The guy that hooked her just sat in a heap dumbfounded. I chastised him for loosing the same big fish twice. Believe it or not he has hardly fished for her again. I know that fish has haunted him ever since he hooked her the first time.
Ya know, if you want I could go check on her for your buddies. 
geo g reply :
I have lost a few real big bass and I don't let it effect the rest of my day fishing. The one exception to this was 35 years ago at Okeechobee. It was the first trip with my new bass boat and we were fishing the aquarium section on the south end outside Boy Scout Cut. I was throwing a big black and blue jig and all of a sudden the jig moved off to the side and I set the hook on a monster bass. She went airborne several times, the last time 10 feet from the boat. It was very shallow through the entire area, and the line snapped at the peak of the last jump. She was gone! I went back for three weekends in a row, and worked every inch of that area to death. She was gone, gone, gone!!!! That was the last time I let a fish bother me that much. Its all part of the game, you win a lot, and lose a few. This fish just happened to be the fish of a life time. It is a wonderful memory, better to have played and lost then never to have player at all!!!!!!
Mainebass1984 reply :
I am truly obsessed with a particular fish. It lives in a particular lake I like to fish. This lake is amazing. It produces a lot of 5-6 lb fish which are big for Maine. Every year I catch a few over 7 lbs with the biggest over 9 lbs. Those are the fish I have landed. Sadly I have lost some huge bass at that particular lake at a few very specific spots. Sure it is hard to say what a fish weighs when you hook it. In my opinion there sure is a difference in the feeling when you hook and fight a 5 lber compared to one well over 7. They simply fight differently. Of all the times I have hooked a bass what seems to be a very large bass there is one particular fish that really did break my heart. I was fishing with my father in my small boat. I had located some big fish for us a couple days before. We were fishing offshore, way offshore, sunken trees. I had pulled up to one of the spots using my trusty hand held gps. I wanted my dad to catch some big bass that day. He is more of a trout fisherman. I did not cast on the spot. I wanted him to have the first few casts at it. I had tied on the hottest lure from a coupe days ago a KVD 1.5 silent squarebill in a specific color. I instructed my dad that the idea was to cast well beyond where I told him the tree was so that the crankbait would bounce off of the tree several times before getting back to the boat. One his first cast after he made contact with the tree he hooked and landed a large bass, a 5 lb 12 oz. The biggest he had ever caught. His very next cast he hooked and landed a 5 lb 5 oz largemouth. He instructed me to cast to the tree. I told him after a few more casts. I was itichin to cast in there but I waited. After 2 casts he didn't get anything. Again he instructed me to cast. I told him one more then I would fish it as well. He cast by the tree and hit several branches on the way back. Another fish loaded up on his rod another big fish. After getting it into the net it weighed 6 lbs 3 oz. He then told me he wouldn't take another cast until I did. So I went for it. I had opted to use a KVD 2.5 in the same color. I made a long cast and bounced it off of the tree branches. A ginormous fish hit it. It immediately surged for open water. I could tell it was really big. All I could do was hold on. It clearly was in control. It was ripping drag like a tarpon. I have a very small boat. It had turned the boat towards the direction it was going. It took out a lot of drag. I have my drag set in such a manner that a 5 lber takes out minimal drag. This fish was far bigger. It was taking out drag and lots of it. I cant be sure to say how much it took out but I would guestimate it at more then 50 ft. It was in complete control. There was nothing I could do at all. Then it happened. My line broke. It was very sad. I had a retied half an hour ago or so. That fish haunts me. It was huge. I have gone there again and again and again and have yet to hook into anything that was that large. That day was a great memorable day fishing with my dad. It was the best bass fishing he had ever experienced. A great memory. We went on to catch a lot more fish and more big fish but none like fish. That bass was bigger then any bass I have ever hooked into. That is what I believe. Could it have been nessy ? Could it have been a shark ? An otter. I will never know. I keep going back after that fish. That fish has got me obsessed in perhaps a not so healthy way with that lake. That specific spot is magic. Some of the biggest bass I have caught I caught off of that sunken tree. Two falls ago I caught a 8-1, and an 8-3 in back to back days off of that spot. A couple weeks later I got a 9-1 off of the tree. None of them were as big as that fish. That fish haunts me, drives me to catch bigger bass. Is that fish even alive anymore ? Who knows ? I will still fish that lake and that specific spot until I catch that fish if it even exists.
buzzed bait reply :
On 3/6/2015 at 8:23 AM, Chris at Tech said:Ya know, if you want I could go check on her for your buddies.
tag team effort if you want.... two rods are better than one!!
A-Jay reply :
On 3/7/2015 at 12:20 AM, Mainebass1984 said:I am truly obsessed with a particular fish.
Then it happened. My line broke.
Great Story Maine ~ I know it hurts, but I sincerely believe that it's the pain & heart ache we feel when we lose a fish like that, that helps drive us and also binds us together as Bass anglers.
A-Jay
Mainebass1984 reply :
On 3/7/2015 at 12:31 AM, A-Jay said:Great Story Maine ~ I know it hurts, but I sincerely believe that it's the pain & heart ache we feel when we lose a fish like that, that helps drive us and also binds us together as Bass anglers.
A-Jay
It was big. The struggle is real. It happened.
A-Jay reply :
On 3/7/2015 at 12:37 AM, Mainebass1984 said:It was big. The struggle is real. It happened.
I apologize if my response came across wrong - I wasn't doubting you at all - not my style.
Your posted photo's of Huge Bass Speak for themselves.
A-Jay
paul. reply :
On 3/7/2015 at 12:20 AM, Mainebass1984 said:I am truly obsessed with a particular fish. It lives in a particular lake I like to fish. This lake is amazing. It produces a lot of 5-6 lb fish which are big for Maine. Every year I catch a few over 7 lbs with the biggest over 9 lbs. Those are the fish I have landed. Sadly I have lost some huge bass at that particular lake at a few very specific spots. Sure it is hard to say what a fish weighs when you hook it. In my opinion there sure is a difference in the feeling when you hook and fight a 5 lber compared to one well over 7. They simply fight differently. Of all the times I have hooked a bass what seems to be a very large bass there is one particular fish that really did break my heart. I was fishing with my father in my small boat. I had located some big fish for us a couple days before. We were fishing offshore, way offshore, sunken trees. I had pulled up to one of the spots using my trusty hand held gps. I wanted my dad to catch some big bass that day. He is more of a trout fisherman. I did not cast on the spot. I wanted him to have the first few casts at it. I had tied on the hottest lure from a coupe days ago a KVD 1.5 silent squarebill in a specific color. I instructed my dad that the idea was to cast well beyond where I told him the tree was so that the crankbait would bounce off of the tree several times before getting back to the boat. One his first cast after he made contact with the tree he hooked and landed a large bass, a 5 lb 12 oz. The biggest he had ever caught. His very next cast he hooked and landed a 5 lb 5 oz largemouth. He instructed me to cast to the tree. I told him after a few more casts. I was itichin to cast in there but I waited. After 2 casts he didn't get anything. Again he instructed me to cast. I told him one more then I would fish it as well. He cast by the tree and hit several branches on the way back. Another fish loaded up on his rod another big fish. After getting it into the net it weighed 6 lbs 3 oz. He then told me he wouldn't take another cast until I did. So I went for it. I had opted to use a KVD 2.5 in the same color. I made a long cast and bounced it off of the tree branches. A ginormous fish hit it. It immediately surged for open water. I could tell it was really big. All I could do was hold on. It clearly was in control. It was ripping drag like a tarpon. I have a very small boat. It had turned the boat towards the direction it was going. It took out a lot of drag. I have my drag set in such a manner that a 5 lber takes out minimal drag. This fish was far bigger. It was taking out drag and lots of it. I cant be sure to say how much it took out but I would guestimate it at more then 50 ft. It was in complete control. There was nothing I could do at all. Then it happened. My line broke. It was very sad. I had a retied half an hour ago or so. That fish haunts me. It was huge. I have gone there again and again and again and have yet to hook into anything that was that large. That day was a great memorable day fishing with my dad. It was the best bass fishing he had ever experienced. A great memory. We went on to catch a lot more fish and more big fish but none like fish. That bass was bigger then any bass I have ever hooked into. That is what I believe. Could it have been nessy ? Could it have been a shark ? An otter. I will never know. I keep going back after that fish. That fish has got me obsessed in perhaps a not so healthy way with that lake. That specific spot is magic. Some of the biggest bass I have caught I caught off of that sunken tree. Two falls ago I caught a 8-1, and an 8-3 in back to back days off of that spot. A couple weeks later I got a 9-1 off of the tree. None of them were as big as that fish. That fish haunts me, drives me to catch bigger bass. Is that fish even alive anymore ? Who knows ? I will still fish that lake and that specific spot until I catch that fish if it even exists.
dude those are some MONSTER fish for that far north. heck, those would be monster fish pretty much anywhere. and to have hooked one that seemed that much bigger than all those? wow! i really hope you get that fish. definitely sounds like you are putting in the time on her. props!
paul. reply :
On 3/4/2015 at 2:08 PM, Bluebasser86 said:I don't know about obsessed, but yeah I'm probably obsessed with the idea of catching this one again
Biggest bass I've ever caught in Kansas. She's in a tiny public lake and it seems like every year I see her picture on the state website, rolled up by the shock boat again and almost always in the same area. This last year she wasn't on there, but I talked to one of the guys that did the sample, said they missed a fish "For sure over 10". They had another one almost 9 that wasn't her, so he'd seen another monster that day, I'm thinking that had to be her. Bad thing is, at that size her time is running short, this spring may be my last chance to catch her. State record isn't quite 12, so depending on how this cold winter effected her, and how full of eggs she gets, she might be pushing it.
yep, definitely sounds obsessed to me. lol. and that is a dang cinder block of a fish. she is already huge but she is built to become a giant. wow. hope you get her man.
Bankbeater reply :
The only bass I think about is that next state record!
SirSnookalot reply :
There have been a number of fish that would have been nice to land, but I'm more into the "floor show". As big as it might be I'm still going to let it jump all it wants. No I don't obsess over fish of any species.
Trenton reply :
Only one I've ever obsessed about was the one my buddy missed in our first ever tournament. We would have had 2nd in the bag and been a few ounces from winning or losing 1st. Had it on a 2.5 strike king square bill bouncing off branches and he tried to switch sides bc he had set the pole towards the trolling motor and when he lifted it to pull the other way she came up and spit it right out. Not a huge one by any means probably 4.5lbs but it was our first tournament and it would have put us with a full live well and 2nd place no doubt but 5th out of 22 boats is respectable for our first time.
Sam reply :
Yes.
Twice.
Still can see them throwing the bait.
One on a Chatterbait and a second on a Senko when the line snapped.
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