Yet another Varner Monster (11lbs 7oz) 2024

Randall reply :

I just got back from Varner and fishing was slow for numbers with only eight bites all day. But, who cares when one of them looks like this 30 1/2 inch long monster. The photo doesnt do this fish justice. It was skinny and long but the head on this thing was massive. Mouth was huge. Caught on a jighead and trickwom. I wish this fish had been eating a little more since it only weighed 11 pounds 7 ounces but had plenty of extra room in its stomach for a bunch more weight.

Randall reply :

Doghouse had a nice fish too. We ran into him out on the lake and he had this one to show us. It was a little skinny as well

Gatorbassman reply :

Why you !@#!#@$! > crap eatin !@#@$#@! >

Great fish but Dang you guys are killin me. The Whitetail Deer are in full rut and ya'll are catchin hawgs like they were in a barrell. I can't be two places at once. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Randall reply :

Then get out of the woods!!!!!!!!!!!

KU_Bassmaster. reply :

Incredible!!!!

fourbizz reply :

30.5! Thats awesome. Welld done again Randall!

senko_77 reply :

Your an animal! Maybe I might trade that 55 for a trip to varner. :-?

sodaksker reply :

11-7 gee isn't that a little small for you Randall? Frankly I'm a little disappointed. ;)

Try envious

Nice fish!

Doghouse. reply :

I love those those varner hogs more than those big bucks. GET OUT OF THE WOODS BROTHER FLUKE!!!!!!!!

Gatorbassman reply :

Well you already have all my fishing gear at your house so get your boat charged up I will be there Tuesday afternoon to get it. Right after my trip to the new Bass Pro Shops in Macon.

Daniel My Brother reply :

30.5 inches?!? Wow. Great fish. I hope she fattens up this spring and you stick her again.

bassclown reply :

nice fish

Dan: reply :

holy cow, the head on that thing is MASSIVE

guest reply :

incredible catches guys.

do the thin bodies of these long bass worry you at all?

It seems to me that each of these bass looked way too thin.

Murray reply :

im grabbing my tacklebag and my rods and RUNNING to jowja be there in like three days...look for the little dehydrated boy.

Gatorbassman reply :

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incredible catches guys.
do the thin bodies of these long bass worry you at all?

It seems to me that each of these bass looked way too thin.

Not really. The lake is slap full of shad. These bass are the ones that have been in deep water all summer long. Now that the lake has turned over they have come up to fatten up all winter long in preparation for the spawn. Give them a month or two and they will be monsters.

Grey Wolf reply :

GREAT FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fishingrulz reply :

WOW! Great fish guys!

Doghouse. reply :

The deeper fish out there right now are pretty thin because most of the shad are up on the flats if you look back at fish like the 2 randall had early in the week they were fat and healthy but they were caught on the grass flats. the fish i had when randall took that pic i had just caught in 20 feet of water and varner is not a deep lake only around 35 feet at the deepest point

RatONaStick reply :

Beautiful fish!! 8-)

Doghouse

Any idea how much that fish of yours weighed?

NATHAN_JAMES reply :

Jig in the throat, Bass in the boat!

! ! NICE FISH!!

Bassassasin12 reply :

monster fish once again, man o man. Whats the lake record on Varner, is it held by one of the crew?

Top reply :

why couldn't Stewart be just a bit closer? I have a feeling my car is going to be getting a WHILE lot more miles than it did here!

Gatorbassman reply :

AL, You think Varner is good. Fort Stewart is perhaps the best place in GA for a DD bass. Six of the top 30 bass caught in Georgia were caught in Fort Stewart. These bass range in size from just over 15 pounds to over 16 pounds. And these are just the ones that have been officially weighed. There have been countless other bass in the 16 to 17 pound class caught from installation waters over the years but have never been officially recorded or reported!

Doghouse. reply :

RAT that bass was around 4lbs she was very thin tho i have playing with the DEEP fish at varner lately my weak side

Mattlures reply :

Randall you got robbed! as great as that fish is, I feel sorry for you. Had that fish been healthy it would have been a mid teen. had it been healthy and spawning it would have been a high teen. Had that fish been here in CA and spawning you would be famous!

Randall reply :

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monster fish once again, man o man. Whats the lake record on Varner, is it held by one of the crew?

The official lake record weighed on certified scales is 15lb and 3 or 4 ounces. I personally weighed a fish that was 16lbs 8oz for a guy a couple years ago and the same guy showed me and a couple other Varner regulars a photo of what was told to be an 18lb fish he suspected was the same fish that weighed 16 lbs although there was no witness to verify the 18lb fish. You know you got to have a witness for a fish like that. There was a fifteen pounder found floating a couple of months ago as well. Is the record held by one of the crew? Not yet but we are working on it.

All we have to do is catch one of these long slim fish after she decides to go on a feeding spree while full of eggs. ;D

Randall reply :

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Randall you got robbed! as great as that fish is, I feel sorry for you. Had that fish been healthy it would have been a mid teen. had it been healthy and spawning it would have been a high teen. Had that fish been here in CA and spawning you would be famous!

I agree. Thats actually about the third time I have seen a head come up and shake and thought this is it. Then the fish gets in the net and you pick it up and cant help to be disapointed since the fish should weigh more. Almost all the fish in the lake start getting in better shape by late December so I will just have to catch her again then. ;D

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

Seems simple.

sunrise in a tree, mid afternoon in the boat, back in the tree for dusk.

Life doesn't need to be so complicated,lol

Chris at Tech reply :

That Varner fish is just a touch smaller than the monster I got yesterday

senile1 reply :

What a head on that fish!! And what a monster she will be when she fattens up some. What a sweet lake and you obviously know what you're doing. I think you post a DD just about every week or two.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

UN-FREAKIN-REAL!!!!!!!! 30.5, crazy!!!

RatONaStick reply :

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RAT that bass was around 4lbs she was very thin tho i have playing with the DEEP fish at varner lately my weak side

I caught a similar fish this past friday, it was 23 to 24 inches long but only weighed 5lb 13oz. When I first layed eyes on it I figured it was 7 to 8 pounds, unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Either way, it's still a nice fish.

Deep water fishing isn't my strong point either.

WhiteMike1018 reply :

How do you guys get tofish this Lake? I heard its private? Around how many acres?

RoLo reply :

You guys sure have a handle on the Sweet-Spots (unbelievable).

Roger

Gatorbassman reply :

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How do you guys get tofish this Lake? I heard its private? Around how many acres?

Varner is a public 860 acre lake. It has an electric motor restriction and is run by the Newton County Water Authority. It cost 10 bucks for those who don't live in Newton or Morgan counties.

fishbear reply :

Make that Newton or Walton Counties there Fluke. :D : :

Gatorbassman reply :

I had a feeling I was wrong.

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