nice bass from today

[88fishing]

past couple days ive had the curse of small bass (under a pound)  today started off real slow the only thing they would bite was a pastic worm reeled over the pads real quick then drop it at the edge got a light tap and set the hook felt like a tiny bass then it jump lol and stared pulling drag  and got all covered on 10+ lbs of weeds  haha

went 6.6lb on the scale but i wanna recheck the scale for accuracy

[waterwolf603]

thats a beauty man, isnt it weird how typically the bigger fish just barely tap it, and I find that in most species not just bass. Congrats

[jtk2]

Nice one. I havent gotten over 4 lbs in about a month and a half myself. But ive also been fishing less. Id say the scales not too far off.

[striper50trout]

Nice bass!   
It has been slow for me for the past month also. One 5.12lber and the rest under two pounds.

[The Reel Deal]

Great Fish!

[SpaceGhost]

Id say your scale is fairly accurate. Its a nice bass, good catch.

As for the light tap heavy fish etc...my experience is the big fish dont whack it hard because they dont have to. Nothing is going to come up and try and take its food from its mouth or give it a challenge so they tend to hit it soft. The smaller bass tend to school and are competing with each other hence the harder hits and taking off. Im not sure if this is the case but it is something i put stock into.

[BASSQUATCH]

Great catch ! Definitely 6+ lbs. No doubt ! I've unfortunately only been getting the 4's & 5's  but the hunt continues for 15.10 

[88fishing]

Id say your scale is fairly accurate. Its a nice bass, good catch.

As for the light tap heavy fish etc...my experience is the big fish dont whack it hard because they dont have to. Nothing is going to come up and try and take its food from its mouth or give it a challenge so they tend to hit it soft. The smaller bass tend to school and are competing with each other hence the harder hits and taking off. Im not sure if this is the case but it is something i put stock into.

that makes sence most of the bigger fish ive caught just tap it and move off slowly but did have a 5.5lber like 3 weeks ago almost rip the rod out of my hands while talking to my buddy not paying attention lol

[88fishing]

Great catch ! Definitely 6+ lbs. No doubt ! I've unfortunately only been getting the 4's & 5's  but the hunt continues for 15.10 

if i could just hit 7+lbs id be happy. then again ill just want one bigger its an on going battle lol

[Poot]

very nice!

[BASSQUATCH]

if i could just hit 7+lbs id be happy. then again ill just want one bigger its an on going battle lol

I have to say , 7+ is kind of hard in Ma. I've been bass fishing faithfully for Many years . Ice and Soft water . My best is 9.1 , my second is 8.3 , my third is 7.2 , that's one in each weight category over 7.0 , I have 5 in the 6 pound range . This is for about 18 years of strictly hunting bass ( fished for other species when I was younger ) Now let's talk about the 5 pound range . I have caught roughly 40-50 in the same 18 years ! Maybe more !? Now can someone tell me ,with all the 5's caught throughout the years ! Where the heck are all the 6-7-8 pounders :-)   

[jtk2]

They're smarter......

[BASSQUATCH]

They're smarter......

I'll agree they may be a bit smarter , but the odds are there for those who put a lot of time in . I just think there should be more caught .

[justatrout]

nice looking fish

[beantownfan]

Thats a hog nice LGM