Tug Of War! 2025
Big-O reply :
Finally got some warm weather and thought I'd take advantage of it. Had 60 degree water so they're still pre spawn here, Caught several quality fish on the edges of the spawning areas pitching the Smokin Rooster to trees in 9ft water... Then this PLUMP Gal Plowed it, TUG of WAR time 
She should be on the bed anytime now!
I'm Headed to the Classic and if any of you are able to make it, look me up at the Strike King booth 
Dead River reply :
awesome fish. what did she weigh?
WIGuide reply :
Nice work!
A-Jay reply :
Congrats ~
Pretty Coloring & Nice Shape to that Sow.
A-Jay
AK-Jax86 reply :
Congrats on winning tug of war with that beauty! Your arms must be pretty sore...
Nice fish as always Big-O
boostr reply :
Nice pregO.
Bankbeater reply :
Nice One!
roadwarrior reply :
That's a beauty!
CWB reply :
Nice one Big-O. Looks like you've both had the feedbag on for the winter. 
Yeah, like I'm one to talk.
NEjitterbugger reply :
PIG as usual!
Captain Shane Procell reply :
Great catch Steve!!!!!!!!!!!
Big-O reply :
On 2/17/2014 at 2:58 PM, Dead River said:awesome fish. what did she weigh?
Didn't weigh her Dead River, but after that fight, I thought she deserved a photo
Dead River reply :
On 2/18/2014 at 10:42 AM, Big-O said:Didn't weigh her Dead River, but after that fight, I thought she deserved a photo
I've only not weighed one fish of that class. looks 10 lbs to me... nice fish
Dead River reply :
On 2/18/2014 at 12:03 PM, Dead River said:I've only not weighed one fish of that class. looks 10 lbs to me... nice fish
only reason I did that was because I didn't have a scale but we had weighed a fish with identical measures earlier that day before my coangler with the scale left, so it worked out just fine
I'm going to say between 10-12 pounds.
Shane J reply :
There's a nice one for the road! It's been waaay too long since I've caught one like that, and I'm gettin' antsy! Stay on top of 'em, Big O!! Safe travels to the Classic, too, I know how you drive!
Siebert Outdoors reply :
Nice fish Big O.
buzzed bait reply :
Vurrrrry nice fish!! Have fun at the classic, man i want to go.....
Dwight Hottle reply :
Looks like a war of tug. Nice bass. Roberts headed over your way.
pbrussell reply :
On 2/18/2014 at 12:03 PM, Dead River said:I've only not weighed one fish of that class. looks 10 lbs to me... nice fish
If you stick around long enough, you'll find that the superhero known as big-o has caught so many fish this size that he doesn't need to put them to a scale. He only breaks that piece of equipment out if he thinks he's put a heavy teener in the boat.
Man... wish my scale was dusty for that reason.
Dead River reply :
On 2/20/2014 at 1:02 PM, pbrussell said:If you stick around long enough, you'll find that the superhero known as big-o has caught so many fish this size that he doesn't need to put them to a scale. He only breaks that piece of equipment out if he thinks he's put a heavy teener in the boat.
Man... wish my scale was dusty for that reason.
this is precisely why I wish Georgia would start managing our lakes statewide for trophy bass like texas. we need a sharelunker program and certain lakes set aside for green fish. most of the major lakes have stripers and hybrids, and we won't stock pure florida strain fish either. the horizon doesn't look much better.
texas has it going on!
again, nice fish, big o. but if I were catching fish like that I'd stay home and watch the classic reruns on tv. 
baluga reply :
Great job! Bravo!
Big-O reply :
On 2/20/2014 at 1:17 PM, Dead River said:but if I were catching fish like that I'd stay home and watch the classic reruns on tv.
You don't know how BADD I wanted to do just that... But I would've just ckd on the standings while on the water Thanks
Dead River reply :
On 2/22/2014 at 12:15 PM, Big-O said:You don't know how BADD I wanted to do just that... But I would've just ckd on the standings while on the water
Thanks
standings? How about some standing timber
Darren. reply :
Believe you recycled that picture, Big-O. 
Time to come clean and admit you use a green background and fabricate the pictures using the same bass you caught 10 years ago. 
Dead River reply :
On 2/23/2014 at 11:53 AM, DarrenM said:Believe you recycled that picture, Big-O.
Time to come clean and admit you use a green background and fabricate the pictures using the same bass you caught 10 years ago.
more like he fishes in texas where those pigbeasts are relatively plentiful.
Darren. reply :
On 2/23/2014 at 12:07 PM, Dead River said:more like he fishes in texas where those pigbeasts are relatively plentiful.
A running joke with Big-O...
Dead River reply :
On 2/23/2014 at 12:08 PM, DarrenM said:A running joke with Big-O...
I know, I get it. I am headed out in the am looking for 9 lb hammer!
Big-O reply :
On 2/23/2014 at 11:53 AM, DarrenM said:Believe you recycled that picture, Big-O.
Time to come clean and admit you use a green background and fabricate the pictures using the same bass you caught 10 years ago.
That's a GOOD idea Darren... Then it wouldn't be as obvious that the years haven't been as good to me as the Bass have
roadwarrior reply :
Which Rage Tails were red hot at the Classic?
Big-O reply :
On 2/26/2014 at 10:20 PM, roadwarrior said:Which Rage Tails were red hot at the Classic?
The Cut'R worm and the Db Craw got a lot of Attention... But I showed around my latest design that's coming out here pretty quick and those that saw it said "It's About TIME" I'll find out if we can discuss and show it prior to ICAST
shimmy reply :
On 2/23/2014 at 12:07 PM, Dead River said:more like he fishes in texas where those pigbeasts are relatively plentiful.
Aside from Texas, California, and Florida, I'd say many if not most of the big bass posts i have seen on this site are from Georgia. You are sitting in a gem, don't be so quick to admire or seek the grass on the other side of the fence. There is a reason the world record was caught in Georgia. There are a ton of BIG bass in the 10+ range. Additionally, Texas's sharelunker program has yet to completely yield the results they have planned on due to the early stages its in. Time will tell. Texas is just a good climate, just like Georgia. Especially southern Georgia where you are catching those nice bass in the flooded timber lakes like the PFA.
Dead River reply :
On 2/27/2014 at 12:49 PM, shimmy said:Aside from Texas, California, and Florida, I'd say many if not most of the big bass posts i have seen on this site are from Georgia. You are sitting in a gem, don't be so quick to admire or seek the grass on the other side of the fence. There is a reason the world record was caught in Georgia. There are a ton of BIG bass in the 10+ range. Additionally, Texas's sharelunker program has yet to completely yield the results they have planned on due to the early stages its in. Time will tell. Texas is just a good climate, just like Georgia. Especially southern Georgia where you are catching those nice bass in the flooded timber lakes like the PFA.
But Texas is stocking pure florida strain bass whereas Georgia won't. Granted you don't have to have a pure florida strain bass to produce a giant or trophy, generally speaking the higher the florida allele the bigger the bass. Bear in mind that Perry's bass was an fx likely with a very high florida allele due to where it was landed in the state. Let's be honest though, Perry's fish was caught generations ago... nothing save a fish or two from Marben Farms when it was private have come anywhere close to that. Nothing in the 20 lb range. Texas has a lot of large lakes which produce giant largemouth on a regular basis; Georgia does not. Some double digit bass are caught annually from large lakes but teeners are not common. Private waters, trout stocked lakes, impoundments under 1000 acres (many electric only lakes around atl), and a few trophy managed pfa lakes produce a few giant fish. Is Georgia a good place to be to have opportunities for ten pound bass, sure. But it's no California and it doesn't produce big fish like texas, especially from the large lakes. we have too many stripers an hybrids in the lakes. I'd like to see some dedication at the state level to growing more trophy green fish.
Btw, that pfa had to be closed due to the lake draining from beneath. Was an amazing place to fish while it lasted...
shimmy reply :
Fun food for thought and this definitely adds to more questions, but here is an article of a guy catching an 18 pound 8 ounce bass which would be bigger than Texas's state record. But i do agree, there are parts of Texas and California where there is a high abundance of large fish. Georgia aint nobody's fool though.
http://www.gon.com/article.php?id=2039&show=articleimages
pbrussell reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 1:00 AM, shimmy said:Fun food for thought and this definitely adds to more questions, but here is an article of a guy catching an 18 pound 8 ounce bass which would be bigger than Texas's state record. But i do agree, there are parts of Texas and California where there is a high abundance of large fish. Georgia aint nobody's fool though.
http://www.gon.com/article.php?id=2039&show=articleimages
Sounds delicious.
Dead River reply :
On 2/28/2014 at 1:00 AM, shimmy said:Fun food for thought and this definitely adds to more questions, but here is an article of a guy catching an 18 pound 8 ounce bass which would be bigger than Texas's state record. But i do agree, there are parts of Texas and California where there is a high abundance of large fish. Georgia aint nobody's fool though.
http://www.gon.com/article.php?id=2039&show=articleimages
that article is about as fraudulent as your 26 lb pb, the fish was a little over 9 lbs and was caught in a pond not in the Satilla river
Georgia doesn't produce many fish like that any more. it would take a very well managed new reservoir to produce one.
shimmy reply :
On 3/4/2014 at 8:16 AM, Dead River said:that article is about as fraudulent as your 26 lb pb, the fish was a little over 9 lbs and was caught in a pond not in the Satilla river
Georgia doesn't produce many fish like that any more. it would take a very well managed new reservoir to produce one.
I'll have to apologize since i did not know you were well acquainted with Otis. I think the point i am making is there are a million big bass in Georgia. Your double digit page of fish, while exciting, is not an anomaly and there is a reason people report soooooo many big bass from Georgia. Fight the George Perry's bass all you want, that fish was ridiculously huge and came from Georgia. And no one knows Otis's real fish size but based off of so many fisherman's reports and pictures of 10+ bass from Georgia, something good is brewing in that water and your constant attempts to disqualify the states bass fishery is confusing. But we do agree, my 26 pound bass is fraudulent, but i did catch it in my dreams. Several times.
Dead River reply :
On 3/4/2014 at 8:47 AM, shimmy said:I'll have to apologize since i did not know you were well acquainted with Otis. I think the point i am making is there are a million big bass in Georgia. Your double digit page of fish, while exciting, is not an anomaly and there is a reason people report soooooo many big bass from Georgia. Fight the George Perry's bass all you want, that fish was ridiculously huge and came from Georgia. And no one knows Otis's real fish size but based off of so many fisherman's reports and pictures of 10+ bass from Georgia, something good is brewing in that water and your constant attempts to disqualify the states bass fishery is confusing. But we do agree, my 26 pound bass is fraudulent, but i did catch it in my dreams. Several times.
I like Georgia fine but more could be done to grow trophy bass. the northern trout lakes could be managed to produce big bass, trout could be supplementally stocked in other lakes during the cooler months, large impoundments could be managed for big bass, hybrid and striper stockings could be reduced.
Georgia is a fine place to fish but the fact is that teener fish are just not very common around here. Nothin even remotely close to Perry's record has been caught in ages. Mississippi is producing bigger fish more consistently than Georgia, remember a 17 + came from North East Miss last year.
yeah it's a good place to fish, esp for guys like you and others that live to the north, but I'm just saying my state could do more to see to it that we turned out more fish akin to Perry's
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