State Vs State - Episode 5 - Result Thread 2025

FishinDaddy reply :

This is the place to show your pictures and calculations. If you qualified, then let the posting and smack talk begin.

If you are not sure if you are qualified, then you are NOT and shall be cast into the gorge of eternal peril.

If you can't figure out what this is all about then go here and see what you missed out on.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/115806-state-vs-state-episode-5/

J Francho reply :

It's not a contender, but it's a start. I'll post up as I catch bigger fish.

4-12 LMB, Tuesday, April 16, Local Pond

(4*16) + 12 = 76 oz.

NY state record LMB: 11-4

(11*16) + 4 = 180 oz.

76 / 180 * 100 = 42.22%

I got some work to do....

Pics:

A-Jay reply :

NIce Bass J.

Way to start this thing off . . . .

A-Jay

Dwight Hottle reply :

WTG J. Glad to see someone is catching.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

JIKA!

J Francho reply :

On 4/18/2013 at 11:33 PM, SPEEDBEAD. said:
JIKA!

Shut up, Wayne.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

LMAO!

I'm telling everyone!! Rig burn time!!!

BTW, the mouth in that second pic looks WAYY bigger than a 4-12.

J Francho reply :

This is a blue gill pond. Al the bass are like that, big mouths, tall bodies. They do not work hard for their food, just sit around, and gulp a blue gill if it swims by.

Dwight Hottle reply :

Looks like JF is the winner. Somebody must have caught a fish in the last five days.

FishinDaddy reply :

I caught a 5 pounder but in Florida that's not big enough to even bother with the math.

senile1 reply :

I caught quite a few 3s and a couple of 4s this week at Table Rock but with a largemouth state record of 13 lbs 14 oz I really have nothing worth posting. My wife and I spent the week there so half the time we were fishing for crappie as that is her fish of choice. I did catch a 2 lb 14 oz white crappie which is 63 percent of the Missouri record of 4 lb 9 oz.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/117139-forced-perspective-fish-photos/?p=1282089

J Francho reply :

On 4/21/2013 at 3:22 AM, Dwight Hottle said:
Looks like JF is the winner. Somebody must have caught a fish in the last five days.

LOL, I just posted that to demonstrate the math and the format that would work well for this contest. I intend to do MUCH better than 42%.

NEjitterbugger reply :

Im coming for you Francho!!! I'm determined to get a good one by the end of this week!

A-Jay reply :

Here's my first entry -

6lb 6 oz smb, Tuesday, April 23, Lake Erie - in PA waters.

6 lbs 6 ounces for a total of 102 ounces.

PA state record SMB: 8lb 8oz or 136 oz.

102 / 136 = .75 x 100 = 75.00 for 75%

And a PB ~ Even though I don't look like it in this photo ~ I'm Pretty Happy ! ! ! I'm gonna say I was just really focused . . . . . .

00 mod reply :

Now we are talking. Good job Andy!!!

Jeff

Dwight Hottle reply :

Here's my first entry -

6lb 8 oz smb, Monday April 22, Lake Erie - in PA waters.

6 lbs 8 ounces for a total of 104 ounces.

PA state record SMB: 8lb 8oz or 136 oz.

104 / 136 = .7647 x 100 = 76.47%

Sorry A-Jay.

There are a few more days left for upgrades on this trip.

00 mod reply :

76% Dwight??? Thats all you got???

I suspect this wont last but it sure is a nice fish. Congrats!

Jeff

senile1 reply :

Very nice smallies, Dwight and Andy.

J Francho reply :

Wow. And he's looking for an upgrade, folks.

Nice, nice work Dwight!

NEjitterbugger reply :

Great smallies!

200racing reply :

alabama

spotted bass

state record 8lbs 15oz=143oz

http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/bassblack/spotted/

fish weight 3lbs 4oz=52oz

(52/143)x100=36.36

caught 4/24/13 on lake jordan by skipping a shaky head under a pontoon on a boat lift.

not huge but its a start. two things i'm counting on. i catch a bigger one and everyone else forgets about spots

you can see how worn the tail is from spawning. she was really under weight for this lake. she would score much better in a few months, or 2 weeks ago.

Mainebass1984 reply :

Here is my first entry, hopefully not my last :

6 lb 8 oz Largemouth

Sat April 20th

Kezar Lake, ME

6lb 8oz = 104 oz

State Record for ME is 11 lb 10 oz for a total of 186 oz

104/186 = 55.91

Hopefully I will be able to upgrade soon

senile1 reply :

Not bad at all, Mainebass. It's going to take some work to beat these guys with the 75 percent plus fish.

J Francho reply :

Anytime you dip into the 50th percentile with a largemouth, your doing good. The smallmouth deal on Erie is outrageous, and there are guys (like Dwight) dialed into those 70th percentile fish. Truth be told, I think Dwight is gunning for the 110th percentile.

Mainebass1984 reply :

Those smallies are ginormous. I have no chance at beating those huge smallies. They just don't grow that large out here that often. Lake Erie is an amazing lunker smallmouth producer. I wish I lived closer. I'm going to try and contend with largemouth.

FishinDaddy reply :

After careful consideration, I have decided that Dwight has been disqualified due to unsportsmanlike behavior. (see rule 6) Research showed that he once made $12 in a professional tournament and therefore his amateur status is revoked. :eyebrows:

00 mod reply :

On 4/27/2013 at 2:58 AM, FishinDaddy said:
After careful consideration, I have decided that Dwight has been disqualified due to unsportsmanlike behavior. (see rule 6) Research showed that he once made $12 in a professional tournament and is therefore his amateur status is revoked.

Im pretty sure BOTH Dwight and A-Jay won money from me already this year. Send em both packing!!!!

Jeff

Phish reply :

4.5 Smallmouth out of Lake Erie in Conneaut, Ohio on Sat., April 27th. Not much compared to everyone else but it's my best in years.

OH Record SM: 9, 8oz. (9.5)

72oz. / 152oz. X 100 = 47.37

Caught on a charter trip; only caught two smallies over two very tough days.

senile1 reply :

Nice one, Phish.

J Francho reply :

Nice slob!

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Got into one today, finally.

7.09 on the digi = 113.44oz

PA record is 11-3 = 179oz

113.44 / 179 = .6337

63% of state record largie

Tuckahoe Joe reply :

Wow Speedbead...that thing is crazy fat!

J Francho reply :

Nice work Wayne!!!!

senile1 reply :

Very nice fish, Speedbead!

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Posted in the Outing section but forgot to post here with the math.

This fish was 7.47 or 119.52 oz

State record for PA is 179oz

119.52 / 179 = 66.77% of the state record for PA. Gettin' there

J Francho reply :

d**n fine fish, Speed.

NEjitterbugger reply :

WOW

NEjitterbugger reply :

I know it doesn't count, just wanted to share... My friend caught a 5.57 here in NH, record is like 10 pound 8 oz

A-Jay reply :

Only 5 fishing days left ~

Who's planning to catch that Hawg of a Bass that would help them pull off the last minute victory ?

I'll be out there trying to make it happen.

Anyone else ?

A-Jay

00 mod reply :

I hope I can make it happen!

Jeff

NEjitterbugger reply :

Speedbead is in the lead right...

Lucky Craft Man reply :

I entered this the last two years and just forgot to get in this year, which it figures is the year I catch my PB smallmouth bass. ( 7lb. SM / 8.5lb. SM PA State Record = 0.8235). Oh well, I'll just have to catch a bigger one next year ;-)

Nice catches for all those who did enter!

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

So, PA sweep?

200racing reply :

On 6/22/2013 at 11:28 AM, SPEEDBEAD. said:
So, PA sweep?

i was the only one to post a spot.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Wish this could have been made a sticky or had more people participate.

I thought previous iterations of this had more participants?

Nice_Bass reply :

I missed it this year- smaller fish than last year for me but a couple could have gone up to at least make it fun.

A-Jay reply :

An Idea for the next state vs state deal ~

We might want to consider a winner from each state - that way members are competing with members who are all fishing against the same state record weight.

A-Jay

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

On 6/28/2013 at 5:02 AM, A-Jay said:

An Idea for the next state vs state deal ~

We might want to consider a winner from each state - that way members are competing with members who are all fishing against the same state record weight.

A-Jay

To me, that is the beauty of the state record percentage format.

Granted Massachusettes, Georgia, and Virginia (maybe others) have it really tough in the format but if the goal is to catch the biggest fish in the waters near you IMO there is no better way to do it.

Shane J reply :

^{Whoever won (Speedbead ? ), please send me your shipping address and what you want for Rage Tails, oh, and Congrats!}

senile1 reply :

If I am reading this correctly the winners are

Speedbead - Largemouth
Dwight - Smallmouth (What a surprise.)
200racing - Spotted

On 6/28/2013 at 5:02 AM, A-Jay said:

An Idea for the next state vs state deal ~

We might want to consider a winner from each state - that way members are competing with members who are all fishing against the same state record weight.

A-Jay

You are too kind, A-Jay. I guess if we had more people involved we could do that but I do like the idea of all of us competing against one another, state vs state. Some states may have a better chance than others, but the percentage format evens it out as much as it can be.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

On 6/28/2013 at 5:06 PM, Shane J said:
^{Whoever won (Speedbead ? ), please send me your shipping address and what you want for Rage Tails, oh, and Congrats!}

Sent you a PM.

FishinDaddy reply :

On 6/28/2013 at 5:02 AM, A-Jay said:

An Idea for the next state vs state deal ~

We might want to consider a winner from each state - that way members are competing with members who are all fishing against the same state record weight.

A-Jay

The formula I came up with evens it out, for the most part. I like it the way it is. The only way to get a lot of participation is to group us all together. Plus I think it's a lot of fun to see other State's records being contested closely, (or not), and seeing other species being caught.

00 mod reply :

Well my biggest fish was ~30%. I was embarrassed to post it up!!!!

Jeff

FishinDaddy reply :

On 6/29/2013 at 5:06 AM, 00 mod said:

Well my biggest fish was ~30%. I was embarrassed to post it up!!!!

Jeff

I had two fish over 6 lbs. A measly 33% would have been the best I would have scored. But I like playing anyway.

CPBassFishing reply :

Count me in for next time. I have a secret pond with a 7 in it. just gotta get her on an artificial. Got her 3 years ago on a live bluegill and she went 5-14.

200racing reply :

i was borderline on posting mine after seeing 70% fish being posted. wish i could have upgraded with something like this 52%(4lb 10oz) i caught in February.

shimmy reply :

I will say this, i did have my 6.7 largemouth = 103 ounces and the state record is 8:15=143 oz. So 103/143= 72.02% & for the 6.13 = 109/143= 76.22% and posted it in the fishing reports section on June 4th. I did sign up for this thread. But...i guess i forgot to post it on this topic! Besides, Speedy's plethora of 7 pounders should still take the cake. These are always fun threads.

Dwight Hottle reply :

Hey Shane better send some Rage Tails to shimmy too.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Dwight, sent you a PM.

Let me know.

ChrisAW reply :

On 6/29/2013 at 10:12 AM, shimmy said:

I will say this, i did have my 6.7 largemouth = 103 ounces and the state record is 8:15=143 oz. So 103/143= 72.02% & for the 6.13 = 109/143= 76.22% and posted it in the fishing reports section on June 4th. I did sign up for this thread. But...i guess i forgot to post it on this topic! Besides, Speedy's plethora of 7 pounders should still take the cake. These are always fun threads.

Virginia state record largemouth is more like 16 pounds? Or did you move and not update your profile.

Dwight Hottle reply :

On 6/30/2013 at 6:30 AM, ChrisAW said:
Virginia state record largemouth is more like 16 pounds? Or did you move and not update your profile.

Here is the answer.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/119519-minnesota-opening-week-fishing-trip-big-ol-bass/

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