Your Personal Best

[Feathers and Fins]

I was sitting here drinking my coffee and reading the forum and doing some updating of the two sticky threads and realized there has been a ton of Personal Best fish caught the last couple of months and thought it would be nice to have a thread where people can post their Personal best fish from the lake.

So here it is Brag Away show the pictures. All species are welcome

[Feathers and Fins]

45lb striper *46.8 is my best on the lake but no camera as I was wading

18'' crappie no weight taken

21.5'' smallmouth

[kjackson]

The only digital image I have of a personal best is the bass in my avatar--10-13 LMB out of way-south Alabama.

[kjackson]

The only digital image I have of a personal best is the bass in my avatar--10-13 LMB out of way-south Alabama.

Hmmm...can't rotate the image for some reason.

The only other PB freshwater fish that fit the forum is a 5-15 smallie from below Wheeler Dam on the Tennessee, a 2-0 crappie from a small lake in Washington State and an 11-8 walleye from the Columbia.

[bluebasser86]

I've only had the chance to fish the lake once and fell in love with it. F&F I doubt you remember but I messaged you a month or so before our trip and you were kind enough to point us in the right direction and it paid off big time. 2 guys that had never fished the lake, fishing out of a 16' aluminum bass boat with a 60hp motor and mediocre electronics, the odds were stacked against us. My buddy caught 3 PB's, first one was caught in the first half hour of launching the boat, 14.5 pounds on an A-rig.

The next day he caught his PB wiper of 6 3/4 pounds on a jerkbait.

The final day I caught my PB striper of 20 pounds on an A-rig.

Then right before we had to leave, he caught his PB smallmouth of 4.5 pounds on a jerkbait.

Many other big fish were caught that trip, including a pair of largemouth that were 5 and 6.25 pounds, another smallmouth approaching 4, some of the biggest white bass I've ever seen, and some very healthy spotted bass.

[Feathers and Fins]

Yes sir I do remember, It is stories like yours and others is why I do the reports and other things, nothing gives me a bigger kick than seeing people getting in to great fish and the knowledge that I was able to help them in some small way. Each smile is worth the effort. Great looking fish!

[Lance34]

Great idea F&F. Here's mine from Beaver. Caught this Fat Black Crappie in a root infested tree stump that I hope will get under water again someday soon. She was in 3 fow. I was using a slip bobber with BG's lights out color baby shad. Stupid thing is I didn't really have a accurate ruler to get the length and scale to get weight. I would say 14". Not the biggest but more of a memory and amazement of how I got it in the boat.

The striper was my first and first time ever striper fishing. Dan the fisherman showing me the ropes and we caught this 20# and change striper. Got me hooked. Now I'm in the works of getting a striper setup together so I can go after them as well.

[Dan the fisherman]

Hey nice fish Lance! Lol. I recognize it lol. Great rod control for ur first big striper too. Like you've done it ur whole life. ?

[Dan the fisherman]

That's a big ol' bass jackson!! Nice!!

[Dan the fisherman]

Actually nice fish everyone!!