Sturgeon Bay Open Wow! 2024
slonezp reply :
8.45 big bass for day 1. What a beast!!!
00 mod reply :
That is a fish dreams are made for. He is barely smiling. Think it is the strain from lifting that girl?
Jeff
A-Jay reply :
Crazy ~ !
I hope there is / will be a few more photos of that Trophy Bass somewhere.
A-Jay
slonezp reply :
Give it a couple days AJ. Day 2 is happening as we type. The SBOT website is experiencing technical difficulties. I heard Day 1 leader is 36lbs (6 fish) Not too shabby.
A-Jay reply :
Cool - Thanks.
A-Jay
Dwight Hottle reply :
Looks like a short fish maybe 21" Beauty for sure.
Crookedneck reply :
They have been pounding the smallies over in Sturgeon bay the last week or so. Last Sunday a buddy of mine had 31 lbs with his biggest 5. But that one in the picture sure is a toad...whaa!
Quillback reply :
The girth on that thing is ridiculous!
NEjitterbugger reply :
Minus the smallie pattern it looks like a sunfish on steroids!!!!
pbrussell reply :
I've tried coming up with a clever response to that picture, but all I've done for the past 5 minutes is stare at it and shake my head.
tomustang reply :
He needs the water bottle to balance himself 
Hyrule Bass reply :
wow, what a smallmouth
slonezp reply :
Their site is kind of working. That's the only pic I see right now. What's equally impressive is 1600 bass weighing 6600lbs were weighed in over 2 days If my math is correct that's over a 4lb average.
http://www.sbobt.org/page/live-leaderboard/
Swamp Johnny reply :
On 5/20/2013 at 3:34 AM, pbrussell said:I've tried coming up with a clever response to that picture, but all I've done for the past 5 minutes is stare at it and shake my head.
Yeah, I agree. That is a pig. Just......well......yeah.....
Swamp Johnny reply :
On 5/18/2013 at 9:36 PM, slonezp said:8.45 big bass for day 1. What a beast!!!
TODAY in THE NEWS: At a local Bass fishing tournament, a babys head and 3 license plates were found inside the body of a giant Smallmouth Bass. Apparently, the angler who caught the fish got a hernia on the hook-set.......(LOL)
MarkH024 reply :
Man, if that was on a ML drop shot rod I can only imagine the fight. Anyone know how it was caught? That fish is incredible, I saw it on Facebook the day of. That thing is 2 times the size of my PB smallie which is just unreal to me.
Zach Dunham reply :
Those weights are disgusting. Friday leader averaged over 6 lbs per smallmouth.
plumworm reply :
took 66lb. to win. That's 12 fish over 2 days. 5.5 avg. no culling allowed.
TNBassin' reply :
They should nickname that fish "Kim Karbassian". What a fatty!
Zach Dunham reply :
No culling allowed? That makes this whole thing even more amazing.
EDIT: I just check the rules for the Sturgeon Bay Open on their website and I see nothing that says you cannot cull. You cannot cull dead fish just like any other tournament, but I see nothing else about culling. Where did you hear that from?
plumworm reply :
unless they applied for and received an "exception" from the Wis. DNR, there is a no culling rule in Wis. BASS was given an "exception" for the 2 Tourneys they held last year. However, most tourneys do not get that.
Zach Dunham reply :
On 5/23/2013 at 3:34 AM, plumworm said:unless they applied for and received an "exception" from the Wis. DNR, there is a no culling rule in Wis. BASS was given an "exception" for the 2 Tourneys they held last year. However, most tourneys do not get that.
Man, the WI DNR seems to be a pain in the ass.
Wouldn't that rule lead to people just purposely not landing the fish if it wasn't big enough? Or cutting lines if it was too small (which is probably worse for the fish than culling)?
slonezp reply :
On 5/23/2013 at 7:15 PM, imanidiot777 said:Man, the WI DNR seems to be a pain in the ass.
Wouldn't that rule lead to people just purposely not landing the fish if it wasn't big enough? Or cutting lines if it was too small (which is probably worse for the fish than culling)?
Pain that they are and what they charge for a out of state license is robbery, the state of Wisconsin has an incredible fishery which they take care of. Their tourist industry depends on it for billions of dollars annually. I wish IL would do the same.
MarkH024 reply :
On 5/23/2013 at 10:03 PM, slonezp said:Pain that they are and what they charge for a out of state license is robbery, the state of Wisconsin has an incredible fishery which they take care of. Their tourist industry depends on it for billions of dollars annually. I wish IL would do the same.
FIB's fund probably 2/3 of that annual income. I can't say that I agree with all the DNR decisions in Wisconsin, as I have my gripes about certain things. IL management is a joke though.
Zach Dunham reply :
On 5/23/2013 at 10:03 PM, slonezp said:Pain that they are and what they charge for a out of state license is robbery, the state of Wisconsin has an incredible fishery which they take care of. Their tourist industry depends on it for billions of dollars annually. I wish IL would do the same.
I don't know how IL is, but I'm not really comparing the two either. There are reasonable measures you can take based on actual science, and then there are assinine and unnecessary measures, that are not based on any sense, and I feel like the WI DNR is in that range some of the time.
slonezp reply :
On 5/23/2013 at 10:55 PM, imanidiot777 said:I don't know how IL is, but I'm not really comparing the two either. There are reasonable measures you can take based on actual science, and then there are assinine and unnecessary measures, that are not based on any sense, and I feel like the WI DNR is in that range some of the time.
I know you're not comparing the two. Just stating my experience. If the Wisconsin DNR is maintaining a statewide multispecies trophy fishery by doing what they are doing, so be it. Sturgeon Bay is not only an incredible bass fishery, but a trophy walleye and salmonoid, fishery where one can catch a fish of a lifetime. Well known lakes like Delavan, Geneva, Big Green, Mendota, Winnebago, the lakes and flowages in Hayward, as well as the smaller lessor known lakes are all quality fisheries. I've been fishing Door County for almost 40 years and the bass fishing has never been better. I give credit to the DNR and the gobies.
Zach Dunham reply :
I think it is much more likely the food than the DNR. How can culling fish drastically affect anything? They are still being let go.
jhoffman reply :
Wisc seems the place to be, crazy fisheries, the best place in the US to shoot a B&C Whitetail....
Swamp Johnny reply :
MN has some silly-@ss rules and regs too, (ever pick up a MN Fishing Regs booklet? IT's like reading "War & Peace"- lol)- BUT, I'd consider the MN/WI/MI/SD fisheries to be nothing short of astounding for LMB and SMB!
And this is coming from someone who spent most of their life in Florida, fishing nearby States like AL, GA, LA, Etc. (I love the South!)
But, I know of NO other place in the US where you can consistently catch and put together 25 LB (plus) bags so easily. (Go look what it takes to win a basic Club tourney!)
SO, putting up with culling rules and bizarre restrictions don't bother me as much.
What bothers me about MN/WI is the 6 months of "hard water" that keeps me from fishing at all! (lol)
Sam reply :
On 5/18/2013 at 9:40 PM, 00 mod said:That is a fish dreams are made for. He is barely smiling. Think it is the strain from lifting that girl?
Jeff
Jeff, I think he is still in shock!
BassinB reply :
On 5/23/2013 at 3:34 AM, plumworm said:unless they applied for and received an "exception" from the Wis. DNR, there is a no culling rule in Wis. BASS was given an "exception" for the 2 Tourneys they held last year. However, most tourneys do not get that.
Edit: Thanks to Gov. Walker culling is perfectly legal in WI bass tournaments these days. Prior to him signing the bill however it was not legal, although it was done quite often...
On 5/24/2013 at 2:27 AM, jhoffman said:Wisc seems the place to be, crazy fisheries, the best place in the US to shoot a B&C Whitetail....
haha yessir
jhoffman reply :
walker did a lot for you sportsman in that state
AK-Jax86 reply :
Wow that's a monster smallie
Ultralightray reply :
d**n, what a true pig, fish of a lifetime
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