My biggest bass to date! Video

[elbowlayer]

I launched from ramp two and paddled across to the coves. It was a cool morning with lots of overcast, there was a slight breeze. I figured the bass would be sitting off the shallows and positioned on points feeding. Well for once I was right, I was cruising slowly over points looking for shallow to deep drop offs. I marked some fish on my second point and used the breeze to blow me back over the spot. I busted out the trusty drop shot set up, and on my third cast I hook up with a TANK! It starts peeling line, I'm using 6 pound test so I'm doing everything I can to keep it under control. Once I get it close I can see I have it skin hooked on the top lip and the few seconds it took to land had my heart racing. I had one of my best days ever, I have lots of more video of my other catches, but I still have to edit down. I don't have a scale with me, my last one sank and I haven't replaced it yet, I'm kicking my self in the butt for not getting one. Enjoy the video.

[Stinkbait]

Nice man. The red tail is all healed up from the spawn and she has put the beef back on.
I like the chunky thickness right above the tail, recovered and very healthy.

[elbowlayer]

Nice man. The red tail is all healed up from the spawn and she has put the beef back on.
I like the chunky thickness right above the tail, recovered and very healthy.

Thanks, she was plenty strong for sure. I took her back out of the water for some quick pictures then released her. I contemplated hooking it to a stringer and trying to paddle to another boater or marina to weigh it. I didn't want to do that and stress that beautiful fish. So her weight will have to be a guess.

[CL SmooV]

Bad *** fish on 6# test!

Bravo dude....

[TUNAVIC]

Nice,nice bass,I wouldn't venture a guess at the weight,but it definitely was something to be proud of,WTG!

Cya Tuna Vic

[NFCD I]

Very nice bass Jaime. It sure looks like am 8+ to me. In the future you can get a pretty accurate weight by measuring the girth and length. The calculation used is girth X girth x length / 800 = fish weight. In other words, if the girth is 15" and the length is 21" the fish would weigh approximately 5.9#. If you don't have a tape, use a piece of fishing line and measure the two lines when you get home.
Once again, great catch.