HNI Bass Tournament Post Your SmallMouth Pics Here
07-25-2005, 10:19 AM
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RE: HNI Bass Tournament Post Your SmallMouth Pics Here
Josh you gotta GREAT smallie there and plenty to be proud of. I don't think anyone is callin you a liar (about believing your scale) but spring scales are typically poor choices for accurate measurement. A properly calibrated digital is MUCH more accurate and quite affordable. Based on your parameters and what I have seen/caught at one of THE greatest trophy smallie lakes in the world that is only 1 hour from me (Pickwick) I would put your fish in the upper 5-low 6 range and THAT my friend is a GREAT smallie the likes of which most smallie chasers can only dream about catching in several lifetimes.
A length and girth measurement is all you need likewise for a quality reproduction mount. DONT kill em, there's no need to. A repro lasts a lifetime and you keep such great genes in the lake for future stocks!
RA
A length and girth measurement is all you need likewise for a quality reproduction mount. DONT kill em, there's no need to. A repro lasts a lifetime and you keep such great genes in the lake for future stocks!
RA
07-26-2005, 01:42 PM
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RE: HNI Bass Tournament Post Your SmallMouth Pics Here
Like I said, feel free to tell me what you all think it weighed. I'll change the weight to that. I'm not going to win thousands of dollars in this contest, so I have no problem changing the weight to something you guys can agree with.
Red, thanks, I've fished Pickwick once when I was younger. GREAT lake! Hopefully I'll fish Dale Hollow sometime in the future. I'm truthfully not worried about getting a mount made of a fish I catch. A photo is generally just as nice, since I dont have room on the walls. Plus, those things are god aweful expensive, when its just a few $'s to get a photo blown up. And those Allisons are sweet boats!
Red, thanks, I've fished Pickwick once when I was younger. GREAT lake! Hopefully I'll fish Dale Hollow sometime in the future. I'm truthfully not worried about getting a mount made of a fish I catch. A photo is generally just as nice, since I dont have room on the walls. Plus, those things are god aweful expensive, when its just a few $'s to get a photo blown up. And those Allisons are sweet boats!
07-26-2005, 02:46 PM
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RE: HNI Bass Tournament Post Your SmallMouth Pics Here
Like I said, feel free to tell me what you all think it weighed. I'll change the weight to that. I'm not going to win thousands of dollars in this contest, so I have no problem changing the weight to something you guys can agree with.
Since theres no prizes I have no reason to not beleave you.
Even if you said it was 100 Lbs LoL
08-01-2005, 08:36 AM
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RE: HNI Bass Tournament Post Your SmallMouth Pics Here
Here is on that is about 4 pounds.It was 20 inches long and all spawned out. It hit a 1/8 oz chartreuse jig with a 4" white Mr. Twister in about 10 feet of water.
08-01-2005, 07:13 PM
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RE: HNI Bass Tournament Post Your SmallMouth Pics Here
ORIGINAL: NY Bowhunter
Very nice smallies champlain............are you sure they don't go somewhere in the 12-14 pound range. Sure looks like it from here
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Very nice smallies champlain............are you sure they don't go somewhere in the 12-14 pound range. Sure looks like it from here
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