Smalliebigs Posted April 23, 2018 Posted April 23, 2018 I would say 21 or a tad over and I would also say congrats as that is a TANK!!!!. WOW!!!!......very nice one
Gavin Posted April 23, 2018 Posted April 23, 2018 Think last pic looks like a 16-17 inch fish, the other is probably 22 if weighed a 5+,
Gavin Posted April 23, 2018 Posted April 23, 2018 My PB Mo fish was a 21" but that looks bigger. Good for you again!
evilcatfish Posted April 23, 2018 Posted April 23, 2018 Thats a beast man, congrats on an awesome fish!
joeD Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 a beauty mr 405. makes me wonder why i buy all this water gear, and here you are with jeans and a hoodie and sneakers. With a dog. In spring. i guess i took a wrong turn in albuquerque. JK. Good on you brother.
drew03cmc Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Nice fish. We have all dreamt of hooking that beast. I'd be thrilled with a 4 this year, but to break 5, in the Ozarks, would be a dream come true. Wart 57 and Hog Wally 2 Andy
Flyguide7 Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 On 4/21/2018 at 6:59 PM, 405z06 said: Hit the Meramec today. The last 3 weekends have been blown out, but before that, back in March, we were really putting a hurt on 'em, numbers-wise. Which usually isn't that case that early in the Spring, at least for me and the people I fish with. With the weather decent, the river level and flow back to near normal, my buddy and were chomping at the bit to see if they were still in their haunts and active. Well, they weren't. We only caught 6 fish the entire day, but one of them was the freak below. I've been Ozark Smallie fishing for about 10 years and have never caught anything close to this, nor have I personally ever seen a another fish this size. 5.51 lbs on the Rapala digital scale. Didn't have a way to measure her length, so I am not going to take a guess. Beautiful, healthy, fat fish. She didn't have a mark on her, except on the top of her tail. Not sure what that could have been from. I could probably fish these rivers for the next 50 years and never catch another fish this big, so it was a very special moment. This post has been promoted to an article Nice chunk!
Members carptracker Posted April 30, 2018 Members Posted April 30, 2018 Congrats on your special smallie. Looks almost as wide as long, it had to be a powerful fish.
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