First decent bass..

[quivira kid]

Fantastic fish!

[Boyscout]

Thats what I call putting the LARGE back in large mouth! Great fish!

[WWKimba]

Sorry I musta been off by some ....shoulda said 5 or 6 huh ?or mabe 7????

Don't worry jeffro - fish I caught years ago are bigger now!

[HideHunter]

28" right on the money, Dave. Picture kind of makes her look skinny. She was a pretty good chunk. I was standing on the bank, throwing into a little bay with the wind blowing in. I'm guessing the fly was in less than a foot of water. Got a good hookset but then she ran right at me, I was stripping like a mad man - then she went right on by.

Right Jeffro - no problem. Like Kimba says - this fish has already grown to 20 1/2. I'm real pleased with her progress. The black bear I arrowed 30 years ago has put on 350 pounds and is showing signs of turning into a grizzly.

[poke flyfisher]

Went fishing with my son last week and he caught a 19" largemouth in an Oklahoma Farm Pond on a Hot Claws pattern. My trusty old Zebco DeLiar Scale had him at 4 pounds even, which is just about right based on the size and girth formula I usually use to determine fish. Not sure I've ever seen a 20" bass go over 5 pounds in these parts.

[HideHunter]

Nice fish poke.. An inch and "shoulders" and we'd be back in the ball park..

Different fish - different places. I used to weigh a lot of fish and usually have a pretty good handle on them.. Example - we have a few smallies here. They are long and skinny - completely different fish than their "northern" cousins.. I fish that would weigh five pounds in Canada won't weigh 4 here - maybe 3 1/2. Take my word for it (or don't ) a 20" bass *here* will weigh right at 5 pounds +/-. I quit worrying about it years ago unless there's a drink bet on "biggest" fish.

Anyway - caught about a dozen bass yesterday. Nothing big - top end was probably 2 1/2#. Did catch 2 nice crappie and several of the bass on the 3 weight. Stinking wind is still blowing out of NE (about 3 weeks of it now) and feels like it's coming off the ice pack. Woke up this morning to nearly 2" of snow. Welcome to Iowa. This too shall pass. . .