Whoooooo Hoooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) :-) 2024

Fish Chris reply :

Buddies, I don't even know what to say ?!?! I mean I could sit here and go into details all night long..... but I got up at 3 am yesterday morning, then a 200 mile round trip, along with 12 hours on the water..... then got up at 3:30 am this morning to do it all over again ! It's darn near midnight now, and I am a complete zombie....... But somehow, I don't think anyone is going to feel sorry for me :-)

Okay, first fish (in the first 15 minutes on the water) was a 5.8 lb Smallie..... caught it sight fishing a Huddlebug..... and it was my new PB Smallie by .1 lb :-) Weighed it twice to be sure.

Next fish was not sight fished. In fact, it was nowhere near a bed that I knew of, but rather, just meandering around on a long tapering point. Stuck it with a Huddlebug too. It was very fat, and just beautiful. Went 5.0 lbs :-) Needless to say, this was feeling like a pretty good trip by now :-)

Next I found a couple beds about 10 feet apart. One of them had a "brown" colored, bass shaped fish on it, that I swear was long enough to be 12 lbs ! But it was really skiddish.... plus my boat kept swinging around and spooking it also. I really needed two anchors. But anyway, after working on the smaller one (mostly, but the big brown torpedo whenever it came in and I could see it) for close to 3 hours straight, I finally stick the "little one", and she went 5.2 lbs ! Yea' buddies ! 3 Smallies for 16 lbs ! :-)

After that, the wind came up and blew me off of my spot, plus made it impossible to see the fish, so I left, figuring I would come back later if the wind stopped.... and it did. But when I came back, that big, long, dark brown one was gone :-( Instead, there was another fish (obviously a different one) that looked a full 4 inches shorter, but was noticeably fat, even in 12 feet of water. Right away, she acted interested. Threw the Huddlebug at her for a bit, then went to a Basstrix Bluegill (but in chartreuse color). I kept seeing her tilt down towards my lure, and flare up at it, and I honestly think she did some of those super quick, "in-and-out" types of bites. I set the hook twice on nothing but water. But now I had my trigger finger tuned :-) I started keeping the rod tip low, and was ready to swing on the tiniest tick ! Finally, one time she tilted down, I saw a flash of her gill plates, and I know I'm not a quarter mile racer, but I know that was swing was within 1/10 of a second :-) .....and ZZZZZZZ ! When I first stuck her, it was almost like it took her a second to figure it out. She kind of set in one place, and shook her head back and forth, then when she rolled.... Holy #@%$ did she look "fatter" yet ! After that, I swear I had her to the boat litterally 5 times, before she would rip off 20 or 25 feet again ! Yes, I know time gets all whacked out under these circumstances, but I swear to you guys, this fish had to have fought for 5 to 7 minutes straight, on my medium spinning gear with 30 lb braid, and 20 lb fluorocarbon leader ! She ended up being hooked really solidly, but you never know this when your fighting them.

When I finally put the scoop on her, and lifted her from the net, she just looked unreal ! I knew she was going to go over 7 lbs..... but 8 ? I mean, how big should an 8 lb'er look ? I sure wouldn't know.... I just caught my PB this morning, and it was only 5.8 lbs !

So, of course I do the self photo thing...... then I hang her on the scale (my Berkeley digital) It bounces a bit, then settles on 8.5 lbs !!!!! Whooo Hoooo !!!! But then I'm thinking, this is within ounces of the lake record that kid just caught ! And only about 1 lb from the Ca. state record ! So ya' know what ? I had to break out my certified digital scale :-) It went straight to 8.50 and stayed solid.

Geeez guys, if I'm dreaming all of this, please don't wake me :-)

Just beside myself......

Fish

fourbizz reply :

Absolutely FAN FREAKIN TASTIC Fish!!!! Congratulations man! Now that sir is a trophy to be proud of!

mainebasser reply :

.....I don't even know what to say. That sounds like the most incredible day of fishing ever! Right On! That's one that you will be telling people about until you die. CONGRATULATIONS! I hope to be that fortunate someday.

KU_Bassmaster. reply :

:o :o :o :o

I think some of smallie guys might start crying when they see this. Unbelievable!!!!!!! What a day ...... actually make that two days.

Congrats on the PBs 8-)

KU_Bassmaster. reply :

;D ;D

Just thought I would share this......

After reading your post and seeing each pic in order with the story, I saw the first 3 pics and I was thinking to myself "Man those are some big smallies". Then I got to the last one, jaw dropped and made my first reply. After my reply I scrolled back through the post and thought to myself, "Man, those first 3 sure don't look that big anymore" ;D

Master_Hunter_1977 reply :

all I have to say is unbelievable. That is just wacked. I can't imagine what cloud I would be on. All I know is it would be quite abit above 7. That is just great. I'm hitting the water this weekend prefishing for a tourny and this just pumps me up. Thanks for the post.

Scott

Tight lines.

SteveFinMD reply :

Excellent. Great photos, great fish, great story. Thank you. I am certainly motivated to get on the water now if I wasn't before.

eastkybass reply :

Hey congrats on a couple of great days and thanks for the pics.

mikel7 reply :

IT AIN'T FAIR. CALIFOTNIA OTTA TO BE OFF LIMITS.

roadwarrior reply :

Story, fish, pics... Absolutely stunning!

cjensen reply :

Thats gotta be one of the best days fishing anyone's ever had!

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

The size of the fish, the methods used,...no surprise for me considering who we are talking about here. The thing that really blew my mind was the clarity of the pics. Beautiful patterns on those fish and photographed to illustrate it.

PS. The guy in that tent on your lawn this morning is RW. Hook him up and send him off to Fork when you're done please.

basspro48 reply :

:oThat is amazing :o Awesome job with sticking some monster brown bass!!!!!!!

burleytog reply :

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:o :o :o :o
I think some of smallie guys might start crying when they see this. Unbelievable!!!!!!! What a day ...... actually make that two days.

Congrats on the PBs 8-)

Yeah, I've shed a couple of tears and let a few curse words fly.

Chris is inspiring me to hit the one highland smallie lake I have locally. Just 300 acres and barely fished.

Valascus reply :

Wow....all of those are MONSTER brown fish!! The pattern and color on the second one is absolutely gorgeous. Bet thay fought like Goliath!! Great job! Boy...I am way jealous.

VABasser reply :

Wow that is sick. Unbelievable and amazing fish. :o

justfishin reply :

First of all---whhooooooooooo-hoooooooooooo,sveeeeeet !!!!!---- I really enjoyed your story of these amazing couple of days. Congrats. I would have liked to have had you hooked up to the EKG during your trips,lol. What great smallies. Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience. By the way, my tent will be on your lawn right beside RW's. I would love to get on that lake.

senile1 reply :

Incredible!! That last one is completely unreal, Fish Chris. You're the man. D$#@, I wonder how big the skittish one was?????!!

Dan: reply :

Those are some beauties alright. And again, excellent photos

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Amazingly enough, I dont think anyone is questioning whether or not that kid's smallmouth from a couple days ago was photoshopped.

Chris, those things are ridiculous. Great Job.

Wayne

squid reply :

WHY CAN'T I HAVE HALF A DAY LIKE THAT?

TRITONMAN......DO YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THOSE....I AM HOPING TO SEE YOU CATCH SOME FISH THIS YEAR....LOL....TIRED OF DOING ALL OF THE WORK OF TWO...LOL.

BACK ON TOPIC...AWESOME FISH!!!!!!

BucketmouthAngler13 reply :

Only fish chris could all that and not totaly flip out and fall out of the boat. Amazing fish! Keep it up!

Fish Chris reply :

Needless to say, this was certainly a memory that I will never forget :-) I'm still kind of in disbelief. This morning when I woke up, I was almost afraid to get up and look for the photos on my dresser..... (in case I was just dreaming :-) ....but I was relieved to see they were still there ! :-)

But I sure needed 12 hours of sleep last night, but instead I only got 4 1/2..... which makes for only 13 hours for the last 3 nights total. Today is going to be the longest day of work EVER ! And I bet you guys don't even feel sorry for me, do you ? ;-)

Thanks again,

Great fishing to all of you guys,

Peace,

Fish

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

Um,no. Go to work.

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

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Um,no. Go to work.

As I sit here staring at piles of work to do, thats exactly what I was thinking. LOL

Matt Fly reply :

First off, you have a smile that puts Garfield to shame!!!!LOL.

I don't think an artists could match the pictures enough to do them justice.

Most beautiful smallie pictures I have ever seen.

Congrats on your PB, I bet it won't be your last either.

Hookem

Matt

MskSlyr reply :

Amazing all the way around Fish Chris. Those smallies are some of the biggest and most unique in pattern I have ever seen. You definitely will have peaked a lot of people's curiosity about these monster California smallies.

bpm2000 reply :

sweet lord :D

i have no word

bighed reply :

I just burned all my Spiderman comics, tore up my Nolan Ryan cards. You, my friend, are my new hero, soon to be my wallpaper too. Congrats, big

squid reply :

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I just burned all my Spiderman comics, tore up my Nolan Ryan cards. You, my friend, are my new hero, soon to be my wallpaper too. Congrats, big

DID YA NOTICE...HE IS KEEPING HIS BGS GRADED 9.5 MJ CARD.....LOL

I DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR YOU TO HAVE TO WORK TODAY...... :'(BOO HOO....LOL

-hydrillagorilla- reply :

Too sweeeet!

Jimzee reply :

You Sir Are The Man!!! :o

I 'm a loss for words......what do you say. I hope you read this. Your picture taking ability is second to none that I've seen on this board. Those are without a doubt the most unique colored smallmouth I have ever seen, don't even get me started on how big they are. My God man.....do you walk on water too? ;D ;D ;D Highest Congrats!!!

justfishin reply :

I guess after catching smallies like that we can nick name you " Woody ". my mistake? ;D

I found a picture of you the evening you caught that 8.5. ;D

Jimzee reply :

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I guess after catching smallies like that we can nick name you " Woody ". my mistake? ;D

Now that's funny right there!!! ;D ;D ;D

Lightninrod reply :

I am awe-struck!!! I've never seen pics of smallies anywhere near the greatness of those Chris. Just dumb-founded too .

Never fished where there were smallies either. Must have been mind-blowing for you. .

Btw, I have some of the pre-rigged Huddlebugs(L/M's eat 'dads too ) but havn't figured how to throw one on a baitcaster or how to fish them.

Dan

Captain Cali reply :

Amazing! Congrats Chris!

Cigarlover 1 reply :

That last fish looks like it's taken some of it's eating habits from me. LOL. Seriously those smallies and the LM you caught are some of the most beautiful fish I've seen in while. That second smallie is breathtaking. I love the dark lines around the eye and mouth.

Keep at it and Good Luck!

cajun1977. reply :

awesome fish....did it get submitted as a lake record?

Z71 reply :

My friend, check your pulse. You have died and went to bass fisherman's heaven, a place I hope to go some day!

bassnleo reply :

Sick, plain sick.

Nice

bigdog reply :

Holy crap nice very nice bronz backs

stratosdriver reply :

wow awsome smallies man nothing like that here in New Brunswick, California here i come

abelfisher reply :

All I can say is WOW! 8-)

I have never read anything better , even in Penthouse ;D That story had me on the edge of my seat. FC, you should start writing about your experiences, you keep the interest of the reader and are very descriptive......

Jimzee reply :

Hey Chris,

This may be a little off the subject, but what kind of camera are you using to take these awesome pics? I'm in the market for a new digital camera. I had a Canon A 70 3.2 mega pixel until it messed up during a trip to South Dakota this past summer. It will cost more to fix it than the camera is worth now. Just curious as to the brand and mega pixel count.

Thank You, Blaine

Glenn reply :

Man I can't say anything that's not already been said. That's incredible, Chris. Savor it, buddy, savor it. Few will ever get the opportunity to experience what you did.

Nice work!

Gatorbassman reply :

Totally amazing. This post just made my day. Congrats Chris. Savor the moment.

titelinez reply :

Simply amazing. That last fish just made my jaw drop.

Siebert Outdoors reply :

wow, I'm speachless.

Awsome FC

georgiabassfisherman reply :

those are some monster smallies and some of the most colorful fish i have ever seen.great job man.

GBF

Fish Chris reply :

Thanks again guys. I really appreciate all the kind words. And I really hope that all of you will get to experience the same kind of rush...... regardless of the actual size of the fish, or even the species. Let's face it, that 4" Bluegill that many of us caught as our first fish, was probably as exciting as anything we could ever catch thereafter, huh ? I know it sure had one heck of an effect on me ! ;-)

Peace,

Fish

fishrman reply :

As a guy who would rather catch a smallie than any fish that swims, I just got to say WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets go fishin!

abelfisher reply :

Pick a number, Fishrman

fishrman reply :

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Pick a number, Fishrman

How about 1?

lmb7 reply :

wow thats something to be proud of.

Bassassasin12 reply :

what the.... WHAT THE... How do you do these things!!! That is my favorite post of the whole year! That last smallie is the fattest one I have EVER seen in any video, picture, magazine...anything. Awesome job and go get you that WR. You will be the first to ever have a WR in both LM and SM

WhiteMike1018 reply :

Chrs that is absolutely obsurd. LMAO WOW WOW WOW :o .... LIKE .......WOW

flippin4it. reply :

Ah, I'm speachless! I beleive now. Chris, Your gaining alot of respect from the guys on the right coast.

Redlinerobert reply :

Good lord! those are huge!!

dougw82 reply :

Wow man you got into some GREAT fish!

Tokyo Tony reply :

I'm glad he brought it back to the top - I joined after this was posted so this was my first time reading it. I remember reading the post about how FC's fish was the same as the one that kid caught before, but never saw the original. What amazing pictures and fish!

And we're coming up on the 1 year anniversary - it's time for him to catch that fish again after she's grown a bit ;D

roadwarrior reply :

Well, I hope he catches her, too!

And it is in fact, an anniversary.

And, most importantly for me,

that is THE prettiest picture

of a fish I have EVER seen!

8-)

Tokyo Tony reply :

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And, most importantly for me,

that is THE prettiest picture

of a fish I have EVER seen!

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I agree 100%. The markings are absolutely gorgeous.

CRSMALLJAW15 reply :

what a bunch of toads where I'm from 3 for 16 is rare but 4 for a ton is unheard of congrats man

thetr20one reply :

AWESOME!!! Beautiful smallies!!!

Madhouse27 reply :

Simply incredible

-hydrillagorilla- reply :

NICE FISH MAN! INCREDIBLE! ! !

Hip Hip Hooray!

red team rn reply :

Absolutely the most fantastic smallie photos I have ever seen. I am so envious and jealous that I should apologize. I wish there was a way to share that experience. Congrats. ;D ;D :o ;D ;D

HOIST-N-HAWGS reply :

SAAAAAAAAAAAWEEEEEEEEEEET!Heck of an outing gotta love that Hudd bug. Congrats Fish!

jaystraw reply :

that's

just

awesome.

I'm moving to Ca tomorrow.

jrhennecke reply :

Remarkable!!!

Matttt reply :

nice fish!

alger319 reply :

those fish are beautiful!!! ...and huge!!

Mrs. Matstone reply :

Awesome fish. Congrats to you! That is really something to be proud of! ;D ;D

crappiekid24 reply :

Great fish! They are just pigs. Congrats!

alarcher reply :

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome. That fish would be the state record here in Idaho. I've only seen largemouth that size!

slomoe reply :

Couldn't ask for a better day. WTG!

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Whoooooo Hoooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) :-) 2024

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