bull shoals whopper!

[abkeenan]

5 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said:

looks perfectly normal to me, just a really pretty fish 

Typically LMs have that solid black lateral line and green backs. That fish has speckles all over above and below that lateral line. It also has the pronounced masked lines near the jaw lines/cheek that would be seen in either a Kentucky or Smallmouth. I am sure it is all LM but it's just a beautifully marked one that I've never seen the likes.

[Fish24/7]

I've caught hundreds and hundreds of bass that looked like that.(just not that big,lol) It's nothing special ..really.

It's just camouflage. Those markings will come and go, depends on depth and habitat etc.

[mjk86]

1 hour ago, Champ188 said:

Seems to be a long way from the water, too. Hope that's not an indication of where it ended up.

You might be surprised just how far one can flop, especially if its down hill.

[dtrs5kprs]

I'd have left her swimming, but I also can't fault a guy if he wants to keep what might be a lifetime fish for a mount. Replica would be better, but I get it.

[Champ188]

1 minute ago, dtrs5kprs said:

I'd have left her swimming, but I also can't fault a guy if he wants to keep what might be a lifetime fish for a mount. Replica would be better, but I get it.

I don't get it at all given the lifelike replicas available today. But that's just me.

[Flysmallie]

I don't get having a fish or animal hanging on your wall at all. Plus I'm too lazy to actually clean fish if I do catch one so they almost always go back no matter what kind of fish it is. I have a couple of big bass mounts hanging on the wall in my office that belonged to my dad. Those will be the only two I will ever own.

[dtrs5kprs]

1 minute ago, Champ188 said:

I don't get it at all given the lifelike replicas available today. But that's just me.

It's definitely an old school, Virgil Ward's living room kind of thing to do. It was Bull after all. Not for me either. 

Maybe he swam her later. I've taken some picks on dry land at the resort because I was fishing with Al One, and didn't have a better option.

[jtram]

2 hours ago, Champ188 said:

Seems to be a long way from the water, too. Hope that's not an indication of where it ended up.

You should post that picture of that 10lb bass you let go again.........

[Mitch f]

Very Nice fish! On the NuTech!!!!

[dtrs5kprs]

2 hours ago, abkeenan said:

Typically LMs have that solid black lateral line and green backs. That fish has speckles all over above and below that lateral line. It also has the pronounced masked lines near the jaw lines/cheek that would be seen in either a Kentucky or Smallmouth. I am sure it is all LM but it's just a beautifully marked one that I've never seen the likes.

Speaking of...did anyone see that giant meanmouth in Bass Blaster yesterday? Unfortunately it was Zona. From the lake in CA that isn't Bullards Bar (right...).