Yes I Do Actually Bass Fish On Occassion.

[Feathers and Fins]

Ok I have been on this pattern for a week now, Bottom depth is 25ft with them suspending in 22 to 17ft and bait fish suspended in 15 to 10ft.

Working a white War Eagle 7/8th oz spoon at 18 to 16ft around the bait has been producing some very nice fish. This is not a 20 or 30 fish type bite my average is about 7fish per trip 6 to 9 hours average trip time. But the fish are going from 16 to 22 inches.

Here are a Pair from today

17''

22 ''

[wc1063]

Nice!!

[Quillback]

Yes, very nice!

[kjackson]

Sweet.

[jolicious]

I just can't figure out how to use a spoon

[Coach CaL]

nice fish

[Champ188]

Good ones, Scott. Now get back to the business of thinning out those stripers.

[Turdworm]

Fin, I appreciate your knowledge of Beaver Lake. I think you are a good fisherman, but.....

This is what a 22 inch Beaver lake bass looks like.

Here is my own educational tool I use from time to time. Just a quick reference on the use of a golden rule, lots of us guys struggle with measurements, myself included, just ask my wife.

Lastly and just for fun is a side by side of the 17 and 22 inch bass. Their markings are similar, brothers perhaps??? Or that was one greedy little devil that ate so much he grew 5 inches in a day.

OK OK, that was just for fun. Everybody simmer down and have a good Friday.

[Feathers and Fins]

Turd the fish was put on a Golden Rule and hit 22 with me holding the bottom lip on the upturn of the ruler. I posted the picture with the ruler in it for that reason so people could see it was a legitimate fish because bass anglers like to say a fish isn't as big as the angler may say. Your fish is nice for certain but 22'' on a ruler doesn't lie and neither do I. Oh well 1st post to the board by you so welcome.

[Phil Lilley]

I did a little photoshopping of my own.

I drew 4 5-inch lines using the ruler to get the measurements. 20 inches. I extended the blue line to account for pinching the tail.

If you're going to get that picky about calling a 22-inch bass short, I'd think missing it my may be one inch is a little extreme.

If you're going to go to all the trouble of photoshopping someone's pic to show they're fibbing on the size of a fish, do it right.