Potential DD Bass Caught on TR - Not April Fools

[fishinwrench]

This one weighed 10lb.10oz. at the marina on Okeechobee.  But weighed 11lbs.7oz. dead and frozen when I got back home.    Whaddya think, almost a pound of frost? 🤔 

[ness]

46 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

This one weighed 10lb.10oz. at the marina on Okeechobee.  But weighed 11lbs.7oz. dead and frozen when I got back home.    Whaddya think, almost a pound of frost? 🤔 

Or a pound of wood?  

[fishinwrench]

28 minutes ago, ness said:

Or a pound of wood?  

Or maybe that's just the way fishing stories work.  They do seem to grow by a factor of 11oz. per month.  

If I had never had it mounted I would be the self proclaimed current world record holder. 😊

[Seth]

22 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Get rid of some of those dinks and fish like that will be more common. 

The problem is the regulations they have in place on the lake. They have a 12-15” slot limit in place. I wish they would up it to 15-20”. Not that people actually pay any attention to those rules out there. That is blatantly obvious when the crappie are biting. Most I see just keep everything they catch instead of adhering to the 15 fish limit.

[snagged in outlet 3]

4 minutes ago, Seth said:

The problem is the regulations they have in place on the lake. They have a 12-15” slot limit in place. I wish they would up it to 15-20”. Not that people actually pay any attention to those rules out there. That is blatantly obvious when the crappie are biting. Most I see just keep everything they catch instead of adhering to the 15 fish limit.

Typical slot limit lake.  

[Flysmallie]

12 hours ago, Seth said:

The problem is the regulations they have in place on the lake. They have a 12-15” slot limit in place. I wish they would up it to 15-20”. Not that people actually pay any attention to those rules out there. That is blatantly obvious when the crappie are biting. Most I see just keep everything they catch instead of adhering to the 15 fish limit.

Yeah that’s just poor management. Too bad. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

11 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Yeah that’s just poor management. Too bad. 

Go to any MDC lake within an hour or so of St. Louis to see that magnified by a thousand.  Nothing but dink’s.  

[top_dollar]

13 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Go to any MDC lake within an hour or so of St. Louis to see that magnified by a thousand.  Nothing but dink’s.  

My experiences have shown that dirtier lakes around st louis hold good bass.  I catch 15-20 inch fish at forest park more often than I catch dinks.  Lake 33 in busch has huge bass but they are difficult to catch.  Same goes for lake 38.  I've never caught any bass from unger park but I bet with all the shad and crappie there are some good ones there too.  The lakes that have on average 3 or more feet of visibility tend to be overrun with 12 inchers.  That said I've been fishing at carondalet the last few weeks,  and have only caught sub15 inch fish, I've seen 2 that were much larger. 

[top_dollar]

Also that fish is a freaking giant for a table rock bass.  That would crush my personal best.  

[Quillback]

12" bass are pretty tasty, no need to feel guilty about keeping some if they are overrunning a lake.