It All Came Together Today 2025
everythingthatswims reply :
I'm still pretty much in shock. I took my kayak out to the hot side of Lake Anna to get my fix like I have been all winter. Today was a really tough day, wind was blowing hard, making 90% of the lake unfishable from a kayak, water temps were low, and the waves coming over the nose and side of the kayak had me soaking wet.
I'm not one to throw in the towel because of less than favorable conditions, so I ended up paddling for around 2 hours to find some protected water that was warm enough. A toasty 64 degrees compared to the 54 I started in. 4th bite of the day I lean back on the shakey head and start winding. Wow feels like a good one, then she *tries* to jump and I realize what I'm in for. I was only a few feet from a set of bridge pilings and that's exactly where she was headed with my 8lb leader. Somehow I managed to paddle myself away from the bridge and coax the fish into open water. A few heart stopping moments later I was able to lip the fish and bring her in the kayak with me.
WOW what a fish. She measured 25" long 17" around, my last PB was 24" so I can at least call it a PB even without a weight. She wouldn't have bit anyways if I had a scale in my kayak!
Not sure if I was okay to hold the fish like this, give me some feedback please. I was a little excited
Dyerbassman reply :
Nice catch!!!!
flyfisher reply :
Wow....great looking fish!!
As far as handling the fish goes, I have heard that larger fish, like the one you caught, should always be supported by the body and the mouth but who knows. I would have been excited too!!
Good job
slonezp reply :
What a beast
gardnerjigman reply :
That's a tank! Man you guys gotta start buying scales!!!!
Molay1292 reply :
Very nice fish!
brgbassmaster reply :
Beast fish
CJ reply :
Freakin' toad right there! She is very healthy. Great catch!!!
A-Jay reply :
Wow ~ what a GREAT BASS ! ! !
And on an 8lb leader to boot, really good work.
Congrats on the new PB.
A-Jay
fisherrw reply :
Wow big fish!!! Great job with 8 pound!
atcoha reply :
WOW. Now that's a hawg.
Bankbeater reply :
That's a monster! Good catch!
jbw252 reply :
Congratulations on a great catch.
Kevin Beachy reply :
IM jealous...... end of story
Dwight Hottle reply :
Congrats. She is a toad. I would not worry about a vertical hold on bass. There is no evidence suggesting that it causes any harm like it does to some other fish species.
00 mod reply :
Congrats on the beast! Beautiful fatty! Great job on small line as well!
Jeff
roadwarrior reply :
CONGRATULATIONS!
Burtonxj reply :
d**n dude
Solid fish
fishinfiend reply :
Holy Smokes that is a fat girl!
Great fish, bro!!!
Paul Roberts reply :
Awesome! Congrats.
Hold looks OK. Support in top photo, hanging straight in 2nd. Wouldn't do it for a long time with such a fish though. I try to be aware that I'm not tearing or over-stretching tendons in there. As we get old tissues are less forgiving; most probably this holds for fish too.
buzzed bait reply :
what a fish man!! congrats!!
Turtle135 reply :
Awesome bass! For that water that is serious trophy! Congratulations, sounds like you had to earn that one with the weather.
p.s. - you have to be careful with the vertical hold on a big bass without supporting the weight as you can get some stretching in the narrow connective tissue at the base of the neck where the head meets the body of the bass, it can cause a miss-aligned jaw, particularly if the bass does not hold still and starts bouncing around
everythingthatswims reply :
On 2/17/2016 at 11:41 PM, Turtle135 said:Awesome bass! For that water that is serious trophy! Congratulations, sounds like you had to earn that one with the weather.
p.s. - you have to be careful with the vertical hold on a big bass without supporting the weight as you can get some stretching in the narrow connective tissue at the base of the neck where the head meets the body of the bass, it can cause a miss-aligned jaw, particularly if the bass does not hold still and starts bouncing around
I will keep that in mind thanks. This fish was very cooperative and pretty much was paralyzed until I released her.
senile1 reply :
Congratulations on the PB! That's a beautiful, fat fish.
HookdUP reply :
Great fish on 8lb .. I recently caught the biggest fish I'd ever caught ON 8 LB line. the fight is more fun then bigger ones I caught on big braid
pitchin fool reply :
Yes, its a nice fish, but I have to say way to go on fighting the undesirable conditions and staying with it! I also fish from a small boat (an inflatable pontoon) and I always say, "If we wait for a good day we would hardly fish at all!"
quanjig reply :
Wow! That's an absolute giant for the hot side!! Nice work!!
Nitrofreak reply :
Anna is a special place and offers some special gifts from time to time, what a great story and a truly great catch man, CONGRATS !!!!
I think the record LMB for Anna is still at 13lbs even, keep going like that and you will break that record.
Catch 22 reply :
Awesome. Reward for hanging in there WTG
Paul Roberts reply :
Here's the length girth calculation: 10.416666666
PGlaze reply :
Beautiful fish! If you don't mind me asking where did you launch? I have been having trouble finding somewhere to launch my kayak!
Ratherbfishing reply :
You're right. A scale would have jinxed you. Terrific fish! You definitely earned that one.
dropshoting reply :
On 2/19/2016 at 8:38 AM, Paul Roberts said:Here's the length girth calculation: 10.416666666
where did you get that number?
fish calculator gives 8.85 pounds for 25'' by 17'' bass 
Paul Roberts reply :
From the BR calculator. I didn't look very hard for appropriate equations; There may be better out there.
Darren. reply :
Congratufreakinlations, man! That's a BEAST!!
Janderson45 reply :
On 2/25/2016 at 9:01 AM, dropshoting said:where did you get that number?
fish calculator gives 8.85 pounds for 25'' by 17'' bass
You signed up just to drop this comment? Unless he's applying for a record who really cares if the bass is 8.5 or 10lbs??
Congrats on the fish to the original poster, must have been an awesome experience!
J._Bricker reply :
GREAT fish, that big girl is a pig! I enjoyed the story of your well fought battle, because we all want to catch one like that. Sometimes our best days are when the conditions are less than optimal. Looking at the condition of her tail and girth, she was maybe thinking about doing the dance. So to answer your question about holding her. You didn't support her at the belly which is proper, makes for good photos. Again, GREAT fish everythingthatswims
burrows reply :
Fish of a lifetime !
Paul Roberts reply :
On 2/25/2016 at 10:26 PM, Janderson45 said:
You signed up just to drop this comment? Unless he's applying for a record who really cares if the bass is 8.5 or 10lbs??
Congrats on the fish to the original poster, must have been an awesome experience!
I'd want to know. Taking the time to get a length and girth suggests he's curious too. How often do we get to size up such a fish in person? Not where I live anyway. I'm betting everythingthatswims will be finding a few more such beasts.
senile1 reply :
On 2/25/2016 at 10:26 PM, Janderson45 said:
You signed up just to drop this comment? Unless he's applying for a record who really cares if the bass is 8.5 or 10lbs??
Congrats on the fish to the original poster, must have been an awesome experience!
That's the difference between a huge fish and a double digit. I would definitely want to know if I caught a double digit fish. Many anglers never get the chance to catch a bass over 10 lbs.
Janderson45 reply :
On 2/27/2016 at 3:32 AM, senile1 said:That's the difference between a huge fish and a double digit. I would definitely want to know if I caught a double digit fish. Many anglers never get the chance to catch a bass over 10 lbs.
While this is true, the post just seemed pretty snide to me... especially since whoever it was took the time to sign up just to post that comment.
On 2/27/2016 at 3:17 AM, Paul Roberts said:I'd want to know. Taking the time to get a length and girth suggests he's curious too. How often do we get to size up such a fish in person? Not where I live anyway. I'm betting everythingthatswims will be finding a few more such beasts.
I'm not saying that I wouldn't want to know, I almost always have a scale on me while fishing for that reason.. my point is that arguing over the weight of a fish when no weight was ever recorded is complete semantics. I just entered his stats of 25" x 17" into 5 different fish calculators and got 5 different weights...
Pretty sure since he knew to take length/width measurements he is also plenty capable of entering said measurements into the numerous calculators that are available via google to get a rough estimate. My issue was not with you giving him the BassResource weight calculation, nor him wondering some guesses on what the weight might have been, as I said before I just found the original post I quoted to be in poor taste. Fact of the matter is you'll never truly know how much it weighed if you don't weigh it... in my opinion fish calculators are just to give you an idea, there's way too many factors involved in how much a bass weighs for them to be truly accurate.
Paul Roberts reply :
No worries. However, I didn't take any offense to the different number. I didn't develop the formula, and most probably won't. I don't know how accurate they are. But you're right, they are pretty much a ballpark estimate. A 2lb difference margin for error would certainly make one or both formulas pretty much useless.
everythingthatswims reply :
How much she had to eat that day or how many eggs were in her belly isn't something I'm all that concerned with. A 25" bass with a head on it like this one did is a fish that wasn't born yesterday and being on the hot side, she has probably seen hundreds of baits. I'm too happy with the fish to be upset about not having scales with me 
paul. reply :
dude i am absolutely stoked for you. double digit fish or not, it's an absolute bassopotamus! and that is definitely a double digit grin on your face. savor this moment and relive it often (like i have to tell you that right now, LOL). this is what it's all about!
about formulas, the one i've found to be most reliable (based on the results of the calculation vs. the actual weight on a scale) is length x length x girth / 1200
but to me that's not the point here. a monster fish is a monster fish. and this is definitely a monster fish. many, many, MANY good fisherman go a whole lifetime and never get to hold a bass the size of the one you just caught. gratz man. you deserve it.
WdyCrankbait reply :
Admit it, you needed a harpoon to land him.
Great catch!
lo n slo reply :
i quit
j/k
NICE BASS!
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