My Personal Best!!! 2024
JSJ reply :
Well the day looked good and me and one of my buddies decided to go some fishing at a neighbors pond... well i got my personal best didnt have a scale would like to know what he weighed... He was 23 in long. I was thinking around 8 u guys tell me what u think here some pics.....
There is another pic on page 3 of another monster that came out the same lake!!!
SWH reply :
Did you keep the fish? If so what did you do with it? Either way thats a great HAWG!
JSJ reply :
yes sir, I did hes at the taxidermy!!! I weighed him on a crappy spring loaded scale and it said 7.5 but I had some friends that had caught a few big ones and they said bigger than 7.5
-nick- reply :
Great fish! I don't know if you knew this or not but you can still get a fish mounted as long as you can take the appropriate measurements! I'm waiting until i hit at least double digits to get my first mounted. Great catch either way. What did you catch it on?
JSJ reply :
Thanks guys
I was using my carrot stix paired with a quantum energy pt 10# test and excalibur xr25 blue and chrome rattletrap
looking4structure reply :
Nice fish.Congrats on your PB
YeahSure reply :
Catch and Release! Todays taxidermists can make an exact replica given enough pictures and correct measurements. Put that hawg back for some other angler to catch one day next time 
BassDeaton01 reply :
Hey man great fish! Catch and release is something very good to practice and it is something I do myself. But if you want it mounted then by all means get it mounted. Either way you do it is your choice. Congrats on the PB!
Grey Wolf reply :
Congrats on your PB.
Dock Master reply :
Nice fish.
She's around the 6, 7, or 8 lb. range.
Once again, nice fish.
senile1 reply :
That is a good fish! I wish the picture was larger.
JSJ reply :
sorry guys I didnt realize the pic was that small Ill resize them tommorow!!!
senile1 reply :
Quotesorry guys I didnt realize the pic was that small Ill resize them tommorow!!!
Now that's more like it! Again, nice fish and congratulations!
RoLo reply :
Congratulations on your personal best, she's a brute!
The mean weight of a 23" largemouth bass is 7 lbs, on the money.
However, your bass is a tad chunkier than the average bear
so it's my guess that the scale used was spot-on.
QuoteTodays taxidermists can make an exact replica given enough pictures and correct measurements.
Precise measurements are of little value, unless the taxidermist has access to a mold of identical proportions (not likely).
Roger
tand reply :
Make sure you retire the lure, it looks really cool hanging in the fishes mouth once it is stuffed! Great fish!!
Bigs reply :
Nice fish but takin one from a pond is one of the worst things u can do. I hope u at least told ur neighbor u were keepin it. I'd shoot you if I saw you takin a fish like that from my property.
brushhoggin reply :
anyone with a name like 420angler wouldnt shoot anyone
J Francho reply :
I'm not going to pass judgment on someone that legally kept a fish, since they are well within their right. And as much an accomplishment catching a 23" fish is, it really isn't that big, in the grand scheme of things.
I will offer this tidbit that I'm stealing from BR member paul.
QuoteQuoteAnother great one there Paul, (or is it?) No disrepect intended, but I fish a series of golf course ponds, and I don't think any of them are more then 3 to 4 acres max, some of them may only be an acre or so. Point is, that I catch a decent amount of big bass out of those lakes. And as far as I know bass can live 10 year or so, right. I think you, are as well as myself are catching the same fish over and over again, Just alittle bigger the next year. Like I said, no disrespect intended, I still love pulling in a toad as often as I get the opprotunity to. Do you think this is the case with some of your giants, and do you see marks on thier jaws that you remember making yourself? Just wondering.........no offense taken. actually glad you brought this up. this gives us a golden opportunity to discuss the power of catch and release. yes i absolutely know that a lot of the fish i am catching are repeat customers and i've said that several times on here. i'm not going to go back and check the weights, but from memory, this fish was a little over 8 early pre-spawn. when i caught her post spawn, she was a little under 8. now, after a big fall feed, at 9-12, this is the biggest this fish has ever been and she demonstrates potential to be a 10+ by next spring if she continues to survive and eat well.
the important point here is this. if this fish had been caught by someone, kept, and mounted at 8 then she would have never had a chance to be 9. if i would have kept this fish yesterday at 9-12, then she would have never had a chance to make it to 10. some people complain that they don't think they'll ever have a legitimate shot at a big bass where they live and sadly, for some people that is true. not because a trophy is not possible in their waters, but because other folks are just not gonna allow it to happen because they keep fish before they have a chance to reach their full potential. even sadder is that some of the very folks who complain about not having access to big fish have shot themselves in the foot out of ignorance because they are keeping the fish that have a shot at becoming giants. that is one of the big reasons we don't have more trophies available to us - angler impatience and the "bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush" philosophy. people catch a 6 pounder and it's the biggest bass they've ever caught. " no way i'll ever catch one bigger than this!" they think. so off to the taxidermist the fish goes and with it goes any chance that the fish could have become a real monster. either that or the fish is mishandled for way too many pictures and shortly after it is finallly released, it dies anyway. once either scenario happens, the angler who caught it has no chance whatsoever of catching it again down the road when it weighs 2 pounds more. he has also deprived someone else of the chance of catching it. and probably worst of all, he has removed that bass' genetics from the system, making it much less likely that there will be any more quality fish produced in that particular system - particularly if the system is small to begin with. not that i have a problem with someone keeping a big fish. they caught it and it's theirs to do with as they choose. i'm just saying that folks shouldn't cry that they can't catch an 8 pounder out of a pond when they kept the 6 that would have become their 8.
the reality is this. you can have a pond with one 6 pounder in it and 20 2-3 pounders. the 6 pounder has demonstrated some real growth potential whereas the others have not. if i had to bet on one of those 21 fish to reach 10 pounds, my money is on the 6. why? because it has already demonstrated some amazing growth potential and out-performed its competition. and if i want to ensure that fish the absolute best chance at becomming a giant, i am going to remove some of the 2-3 pounders to further eliminate competition for food. not every bass has a chance to become a legitimate trophy any more that every person has a shot at standing 6'5" or becoming a world champion body builder. genetics are far more important than most of us realize. it takes big ones to make big ones.
so yes, i am catching a lot of the same fish. that's how i designed it from the beginning. sorry for the soapbox. hope it didn't sound too preachy. but to me, catch and release is our best shot at making sure that one day all of us catch the fish of our dreams.
Makes sense, doesn't it?
Congrats on a new PB.
Glenn reply :
Hey guys, when it comes to public water on large bodies of water, catch and release is an absolute MUST. Conversely, when it comes to private, small pond management, selective harvest is an absolute MUST.
Please do not get the two confused.
fishinfiend reply :
Quoteanyone with a name like 420angler wouldnt shoot anyone
Nicely played, sir!
paul. reply :
QuoteHey guys, when it comes to public water on large bodies of water, catch and release is an absolute MUST. Conversely, when it comes to private, small pond management, selective harvest is an absolute MUST.Please do not get the two confused.
agreed. but since we are tying to avoid confusion, the only way keeping 7-8 pound bass can be classified as "selective harvest" is either if (a) there are several 10 pound plus fish in this pond or (
the management goal of this particular pond is to raise large numbers of smaller fish.
that said, jsj caught this fine fish and it's his to do what he wanted to with it. i'm sure he was proud of it. i got my first big one mounted too back when i was younger. there weren't replicas then and i didn't know any better. i'm not going to throw rocks at anyone for keeping a big fish. education is the key to more people releasing big fish, not criticism. negativity just turns people off.
that's a good 'un for sure jsj. good luck with the mount. hope you release your next one.
Northern Strain reply :
Wow thats nice! I do practice catch and release, but some times when you get a big one like 7lb or better, it is fine to mount that hawg!
brushhoggin reply :
QuoteQuoteanyone with a name like 420angler wouldnt shoot anyoneNicely played, sir!
thanks man, was wondering if anyone would pick that up ;D
JSJ reply :
well when I caught this hog the owner was actually looking out the window and seen me catch it. He told me if I didnt wanna keep it then he was gonna put it in the freezer. He has even bigger on his wall that came out the same lake including 2 12lb largemouth and a 65 lb carp along with a few 10s. I know its wierd that someone would hang a carp but a 65 lb carp. It was a state record. Possibly even a world record and the crazy thing bout the carp he caught it off a lightweight spinning reel witha piece of corn and 8Lb test line!!!
J Francho reply :
The IGFA All Tackle Common Carp record is 75-11, from France.
paul. reply :
so lemme get this straight. your 8 pounder, 2 12's, and a 65 pound carp out of the same pond. that's pretty amazing. 
what's even more amazing is that apparently big fish are being kept out of this pond and it is still kicking out bigguns. is this pond by any chance connected to a nuclear waste disposal facility? ;D
what state is this pond in by the way? and what species of carp is the 65 pounder on the landowner's wall? just curious.
JSJ reply :
Quoteso lemme get this straight. your 8 pounder, 2 12's, and a 65 pound carp out of the same pond. that's pretty amazing.what's even more amazing is that apparently big fish are being kept out of this pond and it is still kicking out bigguns. is this pond by any chance connected to a nuclear waste disposal facility? ;D
what state is this pond in by the way? and what species of carp is the 65 pounder on the landowner's wall? just curious.
Well it is just a man made pond that has been there forever his dad built it back in the day so I imagine its at least 50 years old... next time im over there ill take some pics of the fish thats on his wall that he caught out the same pond.... hes got some pics on his phone of him standing behind his pond holding the fish..... its in Alabama btw... the pond is maybe 3 acres big... and im not sure what species of carp it is I would actually have to ask him. To hear the owner talk there is still bigger in there. His dad always fed the fish and when his dad passed away they quit feeding the fish. I use to work with this guy and hes been a friend of the family for a long time. My dad and a few of my friends has caught a few 8&9 pounders out of this pond too.
JSJ reply :
QuoteThe IGFA All Tackle Common Carp record is 75-11, from France.
Thanks man for getting me straight on the world record. Id like to see that monster ;D
J Francho reply :
Like this....
This is actually a mirror carp, not a common.
LCpointerKILLA reply :
Quoteanyone with a name like 420angler wouldnt shoot anyone
haha that name is epic
rondef reply :
Congrats, that is a nice hawg. I would have got a replica myself but that is a personal decision.
JSJ reply :
alright guys its been a while since ive been on but the same lake I caught my fish in. The owners son pulled a monster out of it at the end of Nov!! here she is
fishinfiend reply :
wow...great fish!
fishfordollars reply :
Great fish. Enjoy the mount. Display it proudly. There are several in this area that have stringer mounts, ten fish(All over 6) put together that are really nice looking.
Jack
brianbass reply :
How much is it to stuff a hog vs. a replica?That is a nice pig! 
Bass Junkie reply :
About the size on that fish, I'd say right around 7.5lbs. My PB is a 22.5" Largemouth that hit 7.5lbs and it's build was just like yours. Fat and had a BIG mouth.
Aluma-Bass reply :
nice fish...practice C & R
D4u2s0t reply :
wow, seems like a hell of a lake you have there!!!
I would never keep anything over 2 pounds, but like others have said I wouldn't criticize someone that did. The negative effects have already been stated. But if someone legally catches a fish, and it's legal to take it, they have every right to. Just like we have every right to decide to put it back, and catch it next time when it's bigger.
tallydude reply :
Congratulations, and great job catching the fish. Like you, I caught my personal best earlier this year. It was an exhilarating rush to say the least! However, nothing felt better than the feeling I had when I released her to swim another day. I have a picture of the moment on my wall, not of the "hero shot", but of the release.
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