Big Bass On A Private Pond

[et84]

Hello, all. My brother and I went fishing at a friend's private pond last Saturday evening, just to waste some time. We usually catch several LM in the 12-14" range, but nothing huge. My bro was ripping a buzzbait HARD right at dusk when he caught this 3 1/4 lb. 22" LM. Biggest fish I've seen in this particular pond, but I have heard stories of 4 pounders being caught there.He's pretty happy about it, to say the least.

[T-RockJaws]

Nice fish, good job!

[stlfisher]

Nice fish.

[MOsmallies]

That fish looks a little skinny, but I think you're being modest or have a bad scale when you say she was only 3 1/4 lbs. A 22 inch largemouth should be at least 5 lbs if not more. I'd say that fish is at least close to 5 lbs. Nice fish for sure! And catching it on topwater makes it even better! Thanks for sharing.

Paul

MOsmallies

[darbwa]

The first thing I though when i read the post was, 'that looks a lot bigger than 3.25 lbs!' I guess all of the 3 pounders I have been catching are 1 to 2.

Nice Fish!

[et84]

That fish looks a little skinny, but I think you're being modest or have a bad scale when you say she was only 3 1/4 lbs. A 22 inch largemouth should be at least 5 lbs if not more.

The first thing I though when i read the post was, 'that looks a lot bigger than 3.25 lbs!'

Yeah, the 3.25 lbs. is an estimate. We didn't have a scale or a measuring tape at the time, but we took another photo of it by a rod to get the length so it's at least somewhat accurate. The fish was kinda skinny but I suppose it could have been heavier than we thought. There's no way it was a five pounder, although we might be able to get away with calling it one by looking at the pic. I think we'll be packin' a scale next time!