Rod, reel, lure and line you caught your PB bass on. 2024
WRB reply :
Goose52 pointed out in a current thread about "best" reel to him it would be any reel with a 9 lb bass on the end of the line.
This got me thinking about some milestone bass that I have caught over the years and what reel, rod , lure and line was used to catch those bass and thought this might be a good topic.
12 lb 4 oz northern strain LMB, Lake Casitas in 1971, Jan 18 early morning. Fenwick 6' graphite rod, Ambassadeur 5000C reel, Trilene XT 12lb line, my new custom jig with purple vinyl skirt and purple Pedigo L3 pork rind trailer. Fishing a major point near the dam area in about 15' of water.
18 lb 11 oz Florida strain LMB, lake Casitas in 1981, Feb 9 mid morning. Lamiglas 6'6" graphite rod, Ambassaduer 4500C reel, Trilene XT 10 lb line, same jig tied with 3 color bucktail hair black/purple/brown with custom L3 barn red pork rind trailer. Fishing the same major point where the 12lb 4 oz bass was caught.
19.3 lb FLMB, lake Castiac in 1993, Mar 3 mid morning Lamiglas 6'10" graphite rod, Daiwa TD-X 105HA reel, Big Gsme 12lb line, same color hair jig and purple trailer used to catch the 18lb 11oz Casitas bass. Fishing a spot I call the old folks home on the ski arm, mid morning in light rain about 18' of water.
Tom
Goose52 reply :
Tom - some great memories for you and some classic gear !
While I now own Antares, Calais, Conquest, Shimano DC, PX Type R, etc., reels and NRX, Legend Extreme, etc. rods....my 9.54 LMB PB was caught on a St. Croix Premier 7' mf rod, a BPS Pro Qualifier reel, and an Academy H20 lipless crank tied to 10lb Yo-Zuri UltraSoft line - all "value" equipment...
Molay1292 reply :
Casitas has produced a number of monster bass over the years, hard to beat a lake that stocks trout 9 months out of the year.
Burtonxj reply :
6'6" St. Croix Triumph / Shimano Sahara / 6lb mono. Caught on a green pumpkin t-rigged senko.
Raul reply :
13.86 ( dang, I still haven't been able to break it and for what I fear it ain't gonna happen soon ... nor later for that matter ) with:
Berkley Trilene Big Game 10 lb test
Berkley Lighting Rod LR16 5'6" ( yup, pistol grip 
)
AbuGarcia Ambassadeur 521 XLT Plus reel
Rapala Shad Rap SR7 SD ( still got it, it's all beat up but still catches fish )
Dan_the_fisher reply :
Wrb you should be in the top 25 all timers with that 19lber correct? And it seems like you need to cast a spell on one of those jigs and send it my way.?
and to add my pb was a Virginia slobberknocker that I caught on a recoil guide loomis 7' heavy, curado I, 20lb super sniper and a 3/8 custom flipping jig
Nathan Burton reply :
Caught my PB on a 7 Foot Loomis IMX JWR paired with an Abu Garcia Revo STX 7.1:1.
lakeannaangler reply :
Lews lfs speed spool on a field and stream tec spec black 6'6" medium fast with 30lb braid. Caught her on a jerkbait.
new2BC4bass reply :
Wow. I see I need to start taking notes....daily. My memory isn't anywhere near what it use to be. PB (a dink by any standard) is a 7.2 lb. while visiting relation in Florida. Rod was a 7' MH Falcon Original. Reel? I take different ones most years. Might have been a Gen 1 STX-L. If so, it was spooled with 40# Performance. But that is only a guess, and maybe not a close one. 
If another reel, it would have been 12# mono.
Chrisran99 reply :
Mine was on a Abu veritas 6'9" with a Revo S lined with 15# Yozuri, fishing a 10 zoom worm in cottonmouth color with a 1/4oz tungsten weight. Not a monster to some standards (7# 13oz). But the way I see it I have a chance to best it with every cast.
FrankN209 reply :
I caught a 8-9lb LM on a 7' Berkley Lightning Spinning rod with a Shimano Syncopate with 15lb braid and a super spook jr.
venom reply :
7lb 3oz. Powell 703c with Revo STX spooled with yozuri hybrid 12lb. Carolina rigged big bites baits Kriet tail lizard green pumpkin.
Mosster47 reply :
Quantum Tournament Grade combo 7' MH rod and baitcaster. I've caught my PB and third biggest bass ever on it and it cost $70. They've both been retired.
PB was 12lb XL with a $3, 3/8oz double chrome willow, white spinnerbait from Sportsman's Warehouse. 4" Mister Twister chartreuse & silver flake grub trailer and a 1/0 Gammy red trailer hook. Out of the hundreds and hundreds of bass I've ever caught on a spinnerbait she was the first to ever get hooked by the trailer hook. I've never had one get it after her either.
Tom still has me by 10lbs. Well, 11.2lbs actually, but who's counting? I suck lol.
Stingray23 reply :
PB LMB was caught on 5/18/15. It weighed 7lbs even. I was fishing with my brother. Local reservoir.
Rod: G. Loomis NRX 842S
Reel: '14 Shimano Stella 3000HGM
Line: Seaguar Tatsu 8lb
Lure: Weightless Zoom Super Fluke in pearl white
Catt reply :
Reel: Shimano Cardiff CDF100A
Rod: All Star Pro Series PR826C
Line: Berkley Big Game 15# Mean Green
Lure: Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap 1/2 oz Red Chrome
Bass: 12.8
Todd2 reply :
All Star Rod, Johnny Morris BC....15# mono on a 3/8 oz green pumpkin jig with a Yum Dinger trailer. A windy November day with very few boats out. I actually decided to load the freezer with Crappie that day, I only Bass fished at one spot on the way back to the ramp when I caught her. Makes me wonder how I would've done had I been Bass fishing all day.
stk44 reply :
Rod: 7'4" Mojo bass glass MM
Reel: Revo SX
Line: 12 lb Yo-Zuri Hybrid
Lure: 3/8 oz Black/Black Cavitron Buzzbait
Weight: 5lb 4oz your pb's put mine to shame
Yudo1 reply :
I caught my pb this spring on my yak with no scale. The rod was a megabass x7 extreme mission, reel was td ito, line was 30lb power pro with 12lb fluoro leader and lures was a white zman chatterbait. As I was reeling the lure back in I saw her mouth open right at the yak. It was not the most memorable fight, but she was a beauty.
tholmes reply :
Rod: Lew's Speed Stick 5-1/2' pistol grip.
Reel: Ambassadeur 5000
Line: 12 lb. Stren, flourescent blue
Bait: Purple Mann's Jelly Worm
9lbs.10 oz. October of 1970, Clark's Hill Res. in Georgia.
Tom
DogBone_384 reply :
Caught my PB Larry on a MH/F Veritas with a banned reel on a black /blue Chigger-Craw.
My PB Smallie came on a Kistler Helium M/XF, also with a banned reel on a wacky rigged 4" smoke Senko.
fishballer06 reply :
I don't have official weights/lengths on a lot of my best fish because I caught them whenever I was a teenager, fishing with my father and grandfather, so I can only go off what they've told me. But here's some bests from recent years.
2015 - 5lb 1oz. Largemouth - Daiwa Zillion 4.9:1, Dobyns Champion 765CB, Sunline Sniper 12lb, Rapala DT10 craw color
2015 - 4.4lb. Smallmouth - Shimano 13 Mentium, St. Croix Avid 7' M-F, 14lb. Sunline Sniper, Keitech 4.8" Swing Impact Fat on a 1/2oz. swimbait jighead
2016 - 22 7/8" Smallmouth, 3.6lbs (fresh post-spawn) - Shimano 13 Mentium, St. Croix Avid 7' M-F, 16lb. Sunline Sniper, Keitech 4.8" Swing Impact Fat
Mid 2000's - 21 3/4" Smallmouth (no weight) - Shimano Curado Bantam, BPS Extreme 6' MH, 40lb. braid, Rapala Skitter Pop frog color
WIGuide reply :
6' MH/F Shimano Jimmy Houston Signature Series rod with a Johnny Morris Signature series reel. I had it spooled up with 12 lb Trilene XT and I was slinging a 3/8oz. Terminator Super Stainless spinnerbait with double colorado blades. It was in their bleeding bait series so it had a small built in red trailer. - PB 21 3/4" 6.5 lb Largemouth 
Same setup as above PB, but this time it was a 3/8 oz Terminator T-1 in clown color. PB 20 3/4" 5 lb smallie
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This one tied for my PB. I caught it using my St. Croix LTB 6'10" ML/XF Dropshot rod paired with an Abu Premier 30. I was using 20 lb power pro run to a 6 lb Berkley 100% Fluorocarbon leader. VMC 2/0 Spinshot hook that held a 4" Berkley Bottom Hopper Jr. This one was just a hair shorter at 20 1/2" but weighed in at 5lbs even again.
MassYak85 reply :
First time (5.40 #'s a couple years ago)
Pflueger President 30, 7'0" MHF BPS Tourney Special, 15lb Power Pro braid. Wacky rigged Green Pumpkin Stick-O.
Second time (5.40 #'s, different lake this spring)
13 Conc. A, 7'2" HF Tatula, 20lb Sunline Sniper FC, Lethal Weapon IV Green Pumpkin Orange Swim Jig with Green Pumpkin Kietech 3.8 as a trailer.
J Francho reply :
5-12: Avid AVS63MLXF, Shimano Stradic CI4 2500, 6 lb. Invisx, Crosstail Shad on a drop shot rig.
Bankbeater reply :
An Abu Garcia 5600 C3 on an old 6'6" heavy Daiwa rod. I was using a black jitterbug with 15 pound Big Game. I was reeling in as soon as the bait hit the water with no luck so I changed the retrieve up a bit. I cast out and let the jitterbug sit until the waves were gone around it. When I engaged the reel the bait moved a little and I had a new PB of 6-02 lb.
Brikon reply :
ROD- Powell Max 704c
REEL- Shimano Curado 200g7
LINE- Seguar InvizX 17lb
LURE- Gene Larew Biffle Bug/ Biffle Hardhead
7.3lb Largemouth
1201vilbig reply :
Rod: Browning Boron 6' pistol grip
Reel: Abu Garcia 4600
Line: 15# Big Game Green
Lure: White Bucktail Jig with a Pearl curly tail trailer
When/Where: May, 1991 - Lake Fork, TX
Weight: 11lb-12oz FLMB
kickerfish1 reply :
I was 8 years old when I caught my PB. It was 22 inches long and pre spawn on Dead Lake in MN. Didn't have a scale to weigh it. It was caught on a Berkley Power Lizard on jakerhead. The reel was a old Shimano Solstace and the rod was 7 foot medium Cabelas House brand rod with probably IM-2 graphite. The combo was about $40 tops and it was my first spinning rod ever that I was given as birthday gift. The picture is on a Polaroid if I can find it in a scrap book somewhere.
long island basser reply :
Rod: Abu Garcia Vendetta spinning 6'6" MH
Reel: Lews Speed Spin 300
Line: Power Pro Hi Vis Yellow 30lb
Lure: Netbait B Bug watermelon crawfish 4.3"
Terminal Tackle: Owner Rig-N-Hook 4/0, 1/8 Tungsten Bullet Weight black
LMB: 7.6lb
Lily Pads 5' water
S. Sass reply :
reel - Lews Tournament MB
rod - Fenwick HMG GT 72M-F-CB 7'2" 1/4-1oz Lure 8-20lb Line
lure - RAW08-271 from http://www.rawoutdoorsinc.com/
line - 12 lb Big Game mono in Coastal Brown
bass - 6.25 lbs (just started keeping weights this year)
date - May 25, 2016
lake - Pat Mayes
Dan_the_fisher reply :
On 8/25/2016 at 4:37 AM, S. Sass said:reel - Lews Tournament MB
rod - Fenwick HMG GT 72M-F-CB 7'2" 1/4-1oz Lure 8-20lb Line
lure - RAW08-271 from http://www.rawoutdoorsinc.com/
line - 12 lb Big Game mono in Coastal Brown
bass - 6.25 lbs (just started keeping weights this year)
date - May 25, 2016
lake - Pat Mayes
Wow I saw alot of adds about these on Facebook and just assumed they wasn't all that great cause I never saw anyone fish them, guess I was wrong. Just a cool looking lil swimbait
S. Sass reply :
On 8/25/2016 at 5:08 AM, Dan_the_fisher said:Wow I saw alot of adds about these on Facebook and just assumed they wasn't all that great cause I never saw anyone fish them, guess I was wrong. Just a odd looking swimbait
Well I was just off a bad outing. Started looking at stuff I hadn't thrown and saw this. (I didn't pick this lure it came in my Lucky tackle box.) Really I don't throw this kind of lure but decided that day what the hell. Sure enough threw it like 3 times on the third cast I stopped as soon as it hit the water and was talking to my partner. Well as soon as I touched the reel she pounced on it. Probably never catch another fish on it.
Dan_the_fisher reply :
That is actually a really cool success story from a ltb, and I'm sure you would be still pleased if that was the only one you got, because you made it count.
Dwight Hottle reply :
rod-7' St Croix Avid MM
reel-Shimano core 50
line-10lb braid
lure-Rapala tail dancer
Smallie 7lbs-6oz
rod-7-6 Bass pro
reel-baitcaster Bass pro
line-60lb braid
lure-live shiner
largemouth 11lb-2oz
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rippin-lips reply :
Rod - Powell Endurance 723
Reel - Steez w/ Rcs 1016 spool
Line - Sunline Sniper Fluro #14
Lure - 5" stick bait wacky rigged
Weight - 7lbs 5oz
HeavyDluxe reply :
Don't have a pic, sadly... 6lb+ largemouth and a 4lb smallie. Both caught within two months of each other in 2014.
6'6M/F Pflueger President spinning combo - 8lb mono. GYCB Fat Ikas (Black w/ Blue Flake) with 4/0 Eagle Claw EWG.
Truly budget and BassResource specials... 
Ski213 reply :
March of '98. Shy of 7. 6-11 if I remember right. Hasn't been my biggest fish but she has been the heaviest.
Glass Team daiwa - s spinnerbait rod, daiwa pro caster z reel, 14# Excalibur line and a 1/2 oz Excalibur spinnerbait. Silver and gold willow leaf blades with a white black and red skirt.
To this day it's my spinnerbait rod and reel setup. I'll be heartbroken when it finally gives up.
MRBAMA57 reply :
PB 7.5 lb March 2016 Lake Eufaula, AL
Rod: Gander Mountain 6' 6" Medium Heavy
Reel: Quantum MG 1310 Baitcaster
Line: McCoys Copolymer 17 lb
Lure: Zoom 8" Magnum Black Emerald Lizard
Surfcaster reply :
August 1987, 18 years old.
Quantum QMD 10 open face spinning reel.
6' light action Berkley lightning rod.
8lb Trilene.
White crappie jig.
Small bluegill hit the jig. When I swung the bluegill out of the water, the water swirled. I dropped the bluegill back in and the line slowly moved away. After what seemed like an eternity, my 8lb personal best. The hook was barely stuck in the corner of the mouth.
I still have the rod and reel setup. My children use it (as well as me) and I always explain it's importance.
The bass was released. I have a picture.
A-Jay reply :
Reel: Quantum Tour KVD TKVD150SPTH
Line: 20lb Berkley Big Game Clear
Lure: SK Red Eye Shad 3/4 oz Sexy Shad
LM Bass: 11lb 11oz- November 11, 2013 (Got an 11-11 on 11-11 Veterans Day too )
( Got a 9 lb bass on the Very Next Cast - Was a pretty good few days for me)
Reel: Quantum Tour KVD TKVD150SPTH
Rod: Lamiglass Skeet Reese SR705R Skeet Reese SR705R
Line: 10lb Power Pro Braid w/ 15 lb Maxima Ultragreen Leader
Lure: Lucky Craft Pointer Minnow 128 American Shad
SM Bass: 6 lb 4oz- April 2012
A-Jay
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
Curado 50E
12# SniperFC
Quantum Smoke 7' M/F rod.
Keitech 3.8" Swing Impact Fat
22" #6.21
clh121787 reply :
4 bass over 10 pounds.
1. Orochii xx emtf, curado I , 17# trilene 100% , c rig fluke in water melon candy. (Rod and reel now @ bottom of purtis creek lake 
2. Cast away 7" H fast, curado cu 200, 15# big game , paradise tackle jig and craw in delta perch.
3. Omenblack 6'10 med. Light fast, core 50, 8# pline f.c., 1/8 oz swinghead / creme scrounger in oxblood.
4. Custom angle 8' xxh California swimbait rod, calcutta 400te, 25# pline cxx, hud deluxe
crypt reply :
vendetta 7'3" med heavy,black max 1600, 22 year old reel.,15lb. big game, green. bomber squarebill,3/8 oz. blue shad color
Josh Smith reply :
Daiwa "Bill Dance" pistol grip 5'6" MH/F "spinnerbait rod" with an Ambassadeur 5000 non-c modified with fast 4.7:1 gears. Line was probably 14lb Trilene as that's what I always used.
Josh
00 mod reply :
Reel: Shimano Curado 200E7
Rod: St Croix Avid 7'H/F
Line: 40lb Daiwa Samurai Braid
Lure: Bomber Fat Free BD8 Dances Citrus Shad
Bass: LM 10lb 14oz- July 19, 2012
Talk about wrong gear for the bait huh? But when out of the country and not properly prepared, you do what you have to do. I have since changed all of my travel gear to better suit this situation, yet have not topped the bass. Maybe I should try that horribly wrong setup again and let her catch me "off guard"
Reel: Shimano Core 50
Rod: loomis E6X 845C CBR
Line: Suffix 832 braid/ Maxima 15lb leader
Lure: Duo Realis 120SP Komochi Wakasagi
Bass: SM 5lb 13oz - May 3, 2015
Jeff
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 8/25/2016 at 8:56 PM, 00 mod said:Reel: Shimano Curado 200E7
Rod: St Croix Avid 7'H/F
Line: 40lb Daiwa Samurai Braid
Lure: Bomber Fat Free BD8 Dances Citrus Shad
Bass: LM 10lb 14oz- July 19, 2012
Talk about wrong gear for the bait huh? But when out of the country and not properly prepared, you do what you have to do. I have since changed all of my travel gear to better suit this situation, yet have not topped the bass. Maybe I should try that horribly wrong setup again and let her catch me "off guard"
Reel: Shimano Core 50
Rod: loomis E6X 845C CBR
Line: Suffix 832 braid/ Maxima 15lb leader
Lure: Duo Realis 120SP Komochi Wakasagi
Bass: SM 5lb 13oz - May 3, 2015
Jeff
That Shimano core 50 caught both our smallmouth PB's.
Columbia Craw reply :
On 8/25/2016 at 9:54 AM, A-Jay said:Reel: Quantum Tour KVD TKVD150SPTH
Rod: St Croix Tidemaster Inshore Travel Rod 7'MLine: 20lb Berkley Big Game Clear
Lure: SK Red Eye Shad 3/4 oz Sexy Shad
LM Bass: 11lb 11oz- November 11, 2013 (Got an 11-11 on 11-11 Veterans Day too )
( Got a 9 lb bass on the Very Next Cast - Was a pretty good few days for me)
Reel: Quantum Tour KVD TKVD150SPTH
Rod: Lamiglass Skeet Reese SR705R Skeet Reese SR705R
Line: 10lb Power Pro Braid w/ 15 lb Maxima Ultragreen Leader
Lure: Lucky Craft Pointer Minnow 128 American Shad
SM Bass: 6 lb 4oz- April 2012
A-Jay
Do you ever wear a hat?
Warmouth: .81 pounds
Rod: LCI 701 spin
Reel: Shimano Sahara
Line: Trilene #4
Lure: Beetle spin in yellow black
Those Warmouth can really pull. My buddy holds the Washington State Record and blew mine out by over and ounce.
post correction
Columbia Craw reply :
Sorry A-Jay, just teasing.
Dobyns DX745
Revo Premier
#20 Sunline
S-Waver in light trout
SJex reply :
G. Loomis MBR844C IMX
Abu Garcia Revo SX HS
P-Line CXX 12lb
Watermelon/Black Flake Fat Ika
Red Bear reply :
-6'6 M Ugly Stik
-Pflueger Supreme
-10lb Hi-Seas Grand Slam Mono
-T-Rigged Baby Bass colored Kinami Flash
in March of 2016, pond hopping in a leaky jon boat in NC...
DaveT63 reply :
Got my PB, 7-1, on a St Croix Legend Elite 6'8" MXF Spinning rod, Stradic 2500FJ reel, 12 lb Sunline Supernatural Mono, T-rigged green pumpkin senko.
J Francho reply :
On 8/26/2016 at 12:40 AM, DaveT63 said:Got my PB, 7-1, on a St Croix Legend Elite 6'8" MXF Spinning rod, Stradic 2500FJ reel, 12 lb Sunline Supernatural Mono, T-rigged green pumpkin senko.
Not my PB, but second best NY largemouth bass, caught on a similar rod, though lower level SCII
Eyecon 6-8 MXF, Stradic 1000 (not sure which, wood knob), 15# Power Pro, Seaguar 10# Fluoro Leader, 3/32 Zappu wacky jig, Flick Shake worm.
7-1
j bab reply :
8' Heavy Daiwa Zillion Swimbait rod
Daiwa Luna 253
20lb P-Line CXX clear
8" Huddleston Deluxe Trout silver / blue back
11.12lb LMB
timsford reply :
Personal best largemouth 9lbs 6oz caught on mattlures u2 gill on data tatula frog rod, tatula type r 6.3:1 reel, 17lb big game mono from local 1 acre pond
Personal best smallmouth 7lbs+ caught on 3 inch luck e strike swim bait on Berkley 6'6" medium tgs spinning rod, daiwa ss1300 reel, 10 lb trilene xl caught from the tail water below woods reservoir dam (the elk river and technically the headwaters of tims ford lake)
A-Jay reply :
On 8/25/2016 at 10:11 PM, Columbia Craw said:Do you ever wear a hat?
Routinely - but if & when I can remember, hat (and Sunglasses) come off for photo ops.
My better half likes to see my starlight steel colored eyes.
A-Jay
Poolshark reply :
10 pounds and 14 ounce bass, 61/2 ft Berkeley amp rod, bps pro qualifier reel. I was using a chart use/blue spinnerbait on 12 lb big game
11 pounds and 5 ounces bass, 7 ft mhf bass pro shops carbon lite , curado 201 g, using a horny toad on 14 pound big game
craww reply :
11.4 lbs, 27 3/4" x 16:...Curado E7 and St Croix Avid 7' Med pwr fast action. Trying out the alberto leader knot for the FIRST time that day using 30lb braid (forget which kind, probably spiderwire stealth as I got a bulk spool cheap) and a 12lb yozuri hybrid leader. Managed to get her away from a laydown out into open water. There she found and wrapped the line on a horizontal log directly in front of the boat that I didnt know was there. For what seemed like an eternity I had to listen to the tensioned piano wire like "twing, twing, twing" sound of that fish rubbing the line. With a new leader knot that I didnt trust, a med action rod, frayed line, I couldnt do much as far as leaning on the fish. I just stood there talking and audibly petitioning our creator to let me get her in. After what seemed like forever (but was likely all of 20 seconds) the line goes slack, I quickly reel up and thank God almighty she was still on.
Seemingly I'm not one to catch a break hunting and fishing. Have a buddy who randomly hooks into 4' gar on crappie jigs, has trophy deer approach while hes dropping a deuce, etc. He was broke once and played the lotto on his last 5 bucks. Won $750... Horse shoe in both pockets. I have to go after it hard and put in time and pay close attention to gear and whatnot. But that day things went my way. The alberto knot has been a staple in my arsenal ever since.
lo n slo reply :
September 1998, dont remember the rod or the reel but it was a baitcaster set up. the line was 12 lb Super Silver Thread mono. hook was/still is Gamakatsu 3.0 offset shank worm hook. unpainted 3/16 oz bullet and a 6" Renegade curly tail worm in Fall Pumpkin Pepper flake. i was fishing a roadbed when a small school of shad appeared on the surface. i threw in towards them, my line sank, stopped, then started moving off. she was 8.6 lbs and i have not landed anything close to that since.
olegs reply :
LM 6.6lbs St Croix LTBS 6'8"MXF, Shimano Saros, 10 lb. PP + 8 fluoro leader, 5" Senko
SM 6.5lbs NRX 852S, Shimano Stradic CI4+, 10lb PP + 8 fluoro leader, Fat Ika
jhc1 reply :
Is it at all disheartening for years (and in some cases, decades) to pass and still not catching another PB? I'm guessing the answer is "no," and that the potential to break that PB is what keeps most guys hooked.
J Francho reply :
I don't generally think about a PB when I'm fishing. I came close to breaking a decade old PB LMB a few years ago. One ounce shy. I was really happy to get that fish, and I have a picture of it (see above).
I broke my PB SMB twice in the same year. My partner catching a 6-0 right after my 5-12 took the air out of, a bit. I think his PB SMB is over 7.
WPCfishing reply :
Today: I was throwing toads with double hooks into pads. I was using a Lews custom lite magnum grass with a TP reel with 50# power pro.
Hooked a giant.. Fought him for 10 minutes then lost him at the boat with the net just ready to slide under him. Potentially a state record largemouth.
Been dwelling on it since it happened ?
Bluebasser86 reply :
7' 6" All Star telescoping flipping stick with a Shimano Castaic, 25lb Pline Xtra strong and an 8" watermelon Zoom magnum lizard.
lmbfisherman reply :
My PBs for smallmouth and largemouth up here in Ontario Canada both were on the same rod and reel combo. Fenwick ET Smallmouth 6'9" Spinning M/XF paired with a Symetere 2500. The smallmouth on a fluke and the largemouth on a bps stick-o.
An Outdoor Guy reply :
7' Medium power Fast action Duckett Ghost spinning rod and a Lews Mach 1 Spinning reel paired with 20lb power pro to a 12lb Vanish leader. using a Rapala XRap 8 in silver. then again my PB is only 4lbs so.....don't mind my post I guess
NYWayfarer reply :
PB Largemouth Bass on a lightning rod paired with a Mitchell 300X fishing a night crawler.
PB Smallmouth on a All Star Rod with a Pflueger Purist Baitcaster fishing a shiner.I came 2 oz short of beating that PB this week on my Shimano Sellus matched with a Symetre fishing a Roboworm.
N Florida Mike reply :
Mine was on an Olympic rod and spinning reel( ever hear of that?)and 12 pound stren.
A fishing buddy broke the rod when he said"Is this an ugly stick?And he bent the rod to touch tip to butt.SNAP!!
hunterPRO1 reply :
rod: zebco rhino indestructable rod 6'6 mh
reel: zebco 733
line: cajun line red lightning 20lb
lure: culpit 7.5in worm black shad, 3/16oz water gremlin lead weight, 4/0 gamakatsu ewg red, texas riggin
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