My 9-7 Smallmouth Bass!! 2024
Brian Schram reply :
Hey y'all smallmouth nuts maybe you already heard about this fish but I wanted to share it with you. I've caught a LOT of 5-6lb smallmouth bass in my day and even a 7 which was my personal best. But this fish was in a while other league. Eyes bulging the body just kept on going and the tail looked like a dang sail. Here are the pictures I hope you enjoy them as much as I do every single day lol.
Thing had the mouth the size of a 7lb largemouth
Turtle135 reply :
Congrats! That is a great looking smallmouth, looks to be in peak condition! Wonder how old that bass is? Did you happen to get a length on that fish?
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
Congrats, fish of a lifetime
Mr. Aquarium reply :
what you get it on? i've only broken 5 twice both in the same day. still cant get over this fish, so epic dude, once again congrats
DougHall_NY reply :
Congrats!
Adam.love05 reply :
Congratulations! That is an amazing catch. Great job grinding that one location! Attention to detail and persistence pays off! Especially with smallmouth!
Brian Schram reply :
On 5/4/2018 at 1:07 AM, Mr. Aquarium said:what you get it on? i've only broken 5 twice both in the same day. still cant get over this fish, so epic dude, once again congrats
Good ole fancy stuff. Green pumpkin/purple flake strike king coffee tube lol
Mr. Aquarium reply :
i love the strike king tube
All Day Fishing reply :
I live near the Snake River in Idaho and its known for good Smallmouth fishing, I dream that I can catch one half that size!
TimberTodd reply :
Real beast, congratulations!
Abby reply :
Congrats...Beautiful fish
Sam reply :
A Great Lake smallie?
Don't let VanDam know where you caught it!
Congrats. Job well done.
Now go out and break that record this year and post some pics.
But watch our for VanDam. He knows you caught that beauty and he will be on the hunt.
slonezp reply :
Graham reply :
Unreal man, congrats!
Turkey sandwich reply :
congrats!!!
Janderson45 reply :
What was the water temperature and depth you got her in if you don't mind me asking? That's a fish of a lifetime for sure, congratulations!
Brian Schram reply :
On 5/4/2018 at 11:23 PM, Janderson45 said:What was the water temperature and depth you got her in if you don't mind me asking? That's a fish of a lifetime for sure, congratulations!
Water was 46-48 and the fish were holding in a 10ft chunk rock pile. Thank you!!
heavyduty reply :
Amazing smallie! Absolutely amazing! Congratulations!
Preytorien reply :
Ho-lee-cow!
literally a cow!
OkobojiEagle reply :
9.7 lbs or 9lb 7oz?
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roadwarrior reply :
CONGRATULATIONS!
Brian Schram reply :
On 5/6/2018 at 7:59 PM, OkobojiEagle said:9.7 lbs or 9lb 7oz?
oe
9lb 7ounces
On 5/5/2018 at 7:35 AM, heavyduty said:Amazing smallie! Absolutely amazing! Congratulations!
Thanks mane!!
On 5/6/2018 at 8:51 PM, roadwarrior said:
CONGRATULATIONS!
Appreciate that you got a couple studs yourself!!
On 5/4/2018 at 1:10 AM, DougHall_NY said:Congrats!
Thank you!
On 5/4/2018 at 12:42 PM, Graham said:Unreal man, congrats!
Appreciate that!
clh121787 reply :
Somebody always has something negative to say...and it eats me up. Awesome fish. Most will never catch a largie that big.
slonezp reply :
Congrats Brian. Would have been a much sweeter pic if you were wearing your fuzzy pink hat. Haven't seen you fish with Maina or Gillespie in awhile. Planning on anymore shows?
burrows reply :
It is a very nice fish and I’m not questioning the weight, congrats however I do notice a bit of long arming in the pic? Just saying.????
soflabasser reply :
On 5/7/2018 at 9:18 AM, Burros said:It is a very nice fish and I’m not questioning the weight, congrats however I do notice a bit of long arming in the pic? Just saying.
Almost every single bass fisherman I know longarms a bass. That's why it's best to have a picture of weighing the bass( with the whole bass showing in the picture) or at the very least pictures showing the length and girth of the bass being measured. Regardless the OP's smallie is a beauty of a fish that is bigger than most people's best bass caught from public waters without a fishing guide.
burrows reply :
On 5/7/2018 at 9:23 AM, soflabasser said:Almost every single bass fisherman I know longarms a bass. That's why it's best to have a picture of weighing the bass( with the whole bass showing in the picture) or at the very least pictures showing the length and girth of the bass being measured. Regardless the OP's smallie is a beauty of a fish that is bigger than most people's best bass caught from public waters without a guide.
Agreed no doubt!
Brian Schram reply :
On 5/7/2018 at 9:18 AM, Burros said:It is a very nice fish and I’m not questioning the weight, congrats however I do notice a bit of long arming in the pic? Just saying.
I do tend to long arm fish often. It comes from John Gillespie telling at me to hold his fish out on the TV show lol. BUT I will say this and this is my opinion on long arming. I think full extension is too much. I like about half way where there is a little bend in your arm. This hold really showcases the fish which is what you are trying to do. I have seen some horrible pics of giant fish and I just feel bad. Fisherman are so worried about being called out for long arming that they compromise and end up with a horrible photo of a trophy fish. You shouldn't ever be afraid to hold your fish out proud because of people. You know how big your fish is and you always will. And like I said fingers never lie!!
On 5/7/2018 at 9:45 AM, A-Jay said:Hey Brian, that's a pic of a 5lb fish I caught on Saturday & posted here.
While I like posting my reports, pic & videos on this forum, it seems the BR membership has varying opinions regarding most every aspect of any fish catch; including but not limited to length, size, weight, how to hold it, how, when & where it may have been caught. Not necessarily hateful, just the way it is.
The feeling that we need to "defend' what's posted is a natural one, but IMO, is by & large unproductive.
While I really enjoy fielding & answering questions regarding anything I've included here, and do so willingly & quite often, I prefer to simply ignore those who, without really knowing anything about me, question my integrity.
Once again - nice fish.
A-Jay
Hey A-Jay thanks for the message!! Yes you're fish is a beauty 5 lber and it looks like a 5lber too. Even though holding it out (like many of us do) I can see that it is a 5lb smallmouth. Yes I hear you there it was just mind blowing that somebody would call my fish a 5ish fish lol. Even a 6ish fish. So I had to say something but I will leave it alone now and let the people that want to enjoy the fish enjoying. And the people that do not well they are allowed to have their opinion 
1simplemann reply :
Well that clears things up. Brian perhaps you should have taken a pic while it was on the scale. That usually silences the doubter's. Congrats on the fish of a lifetime!
FryDog62 reply :
On 5/4/2018 at 11:24 AM, slonezp said:
Get the Frabill! GET THE FRABILL!!!
JG233 reply :
Great fish - ignore the people who want to talk size.
BassNJake reply :
That is an AWESOME fish Brian!!
How about some thoughts on Ish or Pro's fishing the opens? ????
Yeajray231 reply :
Man I would have taken 20+ pictures of me with that bass. Idk how you could take only 2 .. I'd held that thing every which way. I understand getting her back in the water . But it takes mili seconds to snap continuous photos.
12poundbass reply :
On 5/7/2018 at 9:18 AM, Burros said:however I do notice a bit of long arming in the pic? Just saying.
Who doesn't? I don't know a single angler who doesn't. I'm a hunter and if I harvest a big enough animal I'm going to get the right angle to make it look bigger. It's lying or deceitful, it's taking advantage of angles and situations. Nothing wrong with that.
burrows reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 11:39 PM, 12poundbass said:Who doesn't? I don't know a single angler who doesn't. I'm a hunter and if I harvest a big enough animal I'm going to get the right angle to make it look bigger. It's lying or deceitful, it's taking advantage of angles and situations. Nothing wrong with that.
I ment it as a joke I was being humorous.????
J Francho reply :
Congrats, Brian! Helluva fish!
So, long arming a fish. It's called Perspective Distortion. I'm a photographer, did so professionally for a number of years, as in earned a very large portion of my living doing it. Long arming alone will not enhance the object in the foreground. You have to be close enough to affect a disproportional ratio between camera to foreground object, and foreground object to background object. This easy to do with a wider angle lens, such as what A-Jay used. If you can get it so the distance between the fish and camera is less than the distance between the fish and the person, the fish will *appear* larger in the frame. In Brian's picture, This isn't the case, and his fish is really about that big. Most camera phones without a zoom use a "normal" focal length lens, or in the world of a full frame dSLR, a 50mm. It has almost no magnification. I'm thinking Brian's was shot with a camera phone. GoPro cameras almost always use a shorter, wide angle focal length. A-Jay's looks like a still capture from a GoPro.
That's why you can do the old "knuckle test" and get the results shown above. The perspective distortion is greater on A-Jay's picture than Brian's.
And for the record, this not meant to disrespect anyone's catch. Personally, I don't why anyone that has a scale, witnesses, and personal integrity would hold a fish close to their body to satisfy all the people flexing their keyboard muscles that will attempt to discredit the poster.
If you really want more on this watching paint dry topic try the wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_distortion_(photography)
If you want to look at cool pictures, here's me straight arming a 5-12 L. Erie smallmouth.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Family/Fishing-Journal/i-p7TzQPF/0/19da1000/XL/20101113-ErieWithNoel-08-XL.jpg
Here's my buddy totally ruining a picture of an 8-5 largemouth by NOT straight arming.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Family/Fishing-Journal/i-VtpJ3Bv/0/5866312c/XL/IMG_0007-XL.jpg
Again, Congrats, Brian. Awesome catch, and thanks for coming up and posting the picture.
12poundbass reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 11:51 PM, Burros said:I ment it as a joke I was being humorous.????
A well placed emoji clears up confusion. ????
fissure_man reply :
On 5/9/2018 at 2:02 AM, J Francho said:If you can get it so the distance between the fish and camera is less than the distance between the fish and the person, the fish will *appear* larger in the frame. In Brian's picture, This isn't the case, and his fish is really about that big.
Err, if that's really is the case I think Brian needs to get his scale checked. That fish *appears* to be about this size of his torso - if that's not a result of perspective it should weigh at least 30 lbs to my eye. lol
But who cares? It's a great fish!
It looks super clean and healthy, maybe it has some growing left to do...?
Brian Schram reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 7:49 PM, 1simplemann said:Well that clears things up. Brian perhaps you should have taken a pic while it was on the scale. That usually silences the doubter's. Congrats on the fish of a lifetime!
Heck yes I did!!
On 5/9/2018 at 2:02 AM, J Francho said:Congrats, Brian! Helluva fish!
So, long arming a fish. It's called Perspective Distortion. I'm a photographer, did so professionally for a number of years, as in earned a very large portion of my living doing it. Long arming alone will not enhance the object in the foreground. You have to be close enough to affect a disproportional ratio between camera to foreground object, and foreground object to background object. This easy to do with a wider angle lens, such as what A-Jay used. If you can get it so the distance between the fish and camera is less than the distance between the fish and the person, the fish will *appear* larger in the frame. In Brian's picture, This isn't the case, and his fish is really about that big. Most camera phones without a zoom use a "normal" focal length lens, or in the world of a full frame dSLR, a 50mm. It has almost no magnification. I'm thinking Brian's was shot with a camera phone. GoPro cameras almost always use a shorter, wide angle focal length. A-Jay's looks like a still capture from a GoPro.
That's why you can do the old "knuckle test" and get the results shown above. The perspective distortion is greater on A-Jay's picture than Brian's.
And for the record, this not meant to disrespect anyone's catch. Personally, I don't why anyone that has a scale, witnesses, and personal integrity would hold a fish close to their body to satisfy all the people flexing their keyboard muscles that will attempt to discredit the poster.
If you really want more on this watching paint dry topic try the wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_distortion_(photography)
If you want to look at cool pictures, here's me straight arming a 5-12 L. Erie smallmouth.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Family/Fishing-Journal/i-p7TzQPF/0/19da1000/XL/20101113-ErieWithNoel-08-XL.jpg
Here's my buddy totally ruining a picture of an 8-5 largemouth by NOT straight arming.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Family/Fishing-Journal/i-VtpJ3Bv/0/5866312c/XL/IMG_0007-XL.jpg
Again, Congrats, Brian. Awesome catch, and thanks for coming up and posting the picture.
Yes yes YES!! I try to tell my buddy fisherman this its OK to hold your fish out like you're actually proud of it. I ALWAYS hold my fish out and yes you are correct it was a phone camera. The only thing we had. But I love this and I'm definitely going to share it because too many fisherman completely ruin trophy fish pics because they are afraid of the long arm theory.
On 5/9/2018 at 7:05 AM, fissure_man said:Err, if that's really is the case I think Brian needs to get his scale checked. That fish *appears* to be about this size of his torso - if that's not a result of perspective it should weigh at least 30 lbs to my eye. lol
But who cares? It's a great fish!
It looks super clean and healthy, maybe it has some growing left to do...?
Lol
Columbia Craw reply :
Wonderful catch. A once in a lifetime fish. Congratulations !
Brian Schram reply :
On 5/8/2018 at 9:11 PM, BassNJake said:That is an AWESOME fish Brian!!
How about some thoughts on Ish or Pro's fishing the opens? ????
Lmao open a new can of worms shall we?? Now that their is not an instant birth into the Classic from opens have you noticed how many Elites are fishing them??!!
On 5/9/2018 at 8:28 AM, Columbia Craw said:Wonderful catch. A once in a lifetime fish. Congratulations !
Thanks man appreciate it and yes I don't believe that I will see let alone catch another one like that. But who knows cuz that's what I said last fall when I lost one not too much smaller than that one lol
roadwarrior reply :
Really...An amazing fish!
Captain America reply :
Why the heck would anyone take a photo of a fish without long arming?? Congrats on the fish, man!
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