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06/22/2010
Bottom Fishing From Boat
Largemouth Bass
Worms
Green
Plastics
Morning
06/22/2010
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1729

Got to the lake around 0700. First fish,a Rock Bass, then picked up a 12" LMB. Nothing for a few hours, lots of little hits from little fish, but nothing big. Around 0930 when I got my big one. I think my scale is off a little, it said a little over 5 lbs, when I got home I pulled one of the fish weight calculators and put in the fishes measurements (20" x 14"), it gave me 4.9xx. Still happy with the size, biggest LMB this year. Caught on a wacky rigged 5" Senko in about 6' of water. Caught a couple more small LMB and Rock Bass. Water temp anywhere from 63-64.5, good weather. Nice little lake, wish I new where more fish were at. All Fish C&R'd to fight another day(so don't blast me about the fish on the board). Would have gotten a higher rating but the fish where few and far between.


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Amx
6/22/2010 4:01:00 PM
It's only a measuring board that is obviously laying on the deck of the boat. We all should have a measuring board in our boats. So no problem at all. Great fish. Just because the formula says 4.9 lbs, doesn't mean the fish isn't a full 5 pounds, more to a fishes density, and so weight, than just measurements. I check my digital scale a couple times a year, it was off .2 lbs this past March so I bought a new one. It showed .2 pounds less than the test weights acualy were. So Dustin7's fish was 3.7 pounds, not 3.5 pounds.
Anonymous
6/22/2010 7:33:00 PM
whats up with those sores on their gill plates i caught one like that out of tanwax a couple of days ago and it had that same sore on its gill plate is that from them making their beds or what?
davethebassman.newby
6/22/2010 10:50:00 PM
The gill plate sores are caused by the spawn. The male bass nudges the female with its mouth trying to direct the female to its nest. The female doesn't usually lay all her eggs on one nest as to distribute her eggs with other nests so as the gene pool is not of one male and female. She gets the gauntlet of males that come out from their nest site trying to show her where to go even though she will not deposit her eggs on every nest. The bottom of the fins that look worn and red are also caused by the spawn during the egg laying process.
Anonymous
6/23/2010 12:09:00 PM
so if they have the sore on their gill plate its a male then?
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