Holmer Wins Again With Record Weight

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Jason Holmer 2011 Champion!!!

6.62Lbs

Now of Bass Utopia Blog

Well it was another huge year for Jason Holmer bringing a massive 32.24Lbs. Shattering the 6lbs average barrier.  This is his 3rd Derby Championship in a row!

He also had Big Bass with a 6.87Lbs Fish, which is also his third in a row.

Congratulations Holmer!

2nd Place Josh Douglas

5.60lbs

Joshdouglasfishingcom

Josh had is best year yet with 27.30Lbs

Congratulations Josh!

3rd Place Andy Nitchals

5.13lbs

From: Andy's Bass Blog

This was Andy's first year in the Derby and he jumped out to a fast start with all his fish caught by June 7th.  He predicted he would have a rough time culling up from there and was right.

Congratulations Andy!

Personally it was my best Derby year so far with 23.90lbs, which put me over Cyberfish for the 2nd straight Year.  Overall it was a very good year with a record 4 bags topping 25lbs.

Great Job Everyone!!!

Ikeslayer With Another Cull

4.81
4.06lbs
4.00lbs Metro Lake Football Jig
4.25lbs dropshot Lake Winona
4.00lbs dropshot Lake Winona

Total= 5 for 21.12lbs

My Final Cull of the Year

I got this 19.75" at the Grumpy Old Man Hole on a Crawtube.

19.75"=4.80lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) Crawtube
19.50"=4.60lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke
19.50"=4.60lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke
19.25"=4.40lbs Mississippi River black/chart Jig with green pumpkin/chart Berkley Havoc Craw Fatty trailer.
20.75"=5.50lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) black/blue Lake Fork CrawTube

Total= 5 for 23.90lbs

BassMN.com I'm giving Carl a Limit

He posted about tournaments on Tonka and Waconia and his weights reflected three and a half pound fish so I'm giving him 3 of those.

3.50lbs Minnetonka
3.50lbs Waconia
3.50lbs Waconia
4.00lb White Spinnerbait
5.00lbs Strike King Rodant

Total= 5 for 19.50lbs

Ikeslayer with a Cull

4.06lbs
4.00lbs Metro Lake Football Jig
4.00lbs Metro Lake Football Jig
4.25lbs dropshot Lake Winona
4.00lbs dropshot Lake Winona

Total= 5 for 20.31lbs

Rumor has it, Ike got a pig on a jerkbait, but I don't have official confirmation and specs.

Micropterus With His Biggest of the Year Breaks 5lb Per Bass Average

This pig went 20.75" and was caught from a float tube in October.

20.75"=5.50lbs
20.25"=5.15lbs
20.00"=5.00lbs
20.00"=5.00lbs
19.75"=4.80lbs

Total= 5 for 25.45lbs

Five Bass Cull From October

4.80lbs 8" LFT Worm
5.70lbs Watermelon Purple Dead Stick on the edge of the pads
20.25"=5.15lbs
19.50"=4.60lbs TT Dead Sticks, in the Watermelon Purple Swirl
19.50"=4.60lbs 1/8oz jigworm, rigged with a Green Pumpkin TT Finesse Shaky Worm

Total= 5 for 24.85lbs

Glenn Walker Reported 2 In Sept

No picture or other info.

5.00lbs
4.50lbs
5.12lbs
4.86lbs
4.60lbs

Total= 5 for 24.08lbs

Rich with a Quality Cull from Late Sept.

I believe this was caught on Medicine Lake. He got it flipping a Yum Money Craw.

5.30lbs Medicine Yum Money Craw
19.50"=4.60lbs Smallie Island Lake Reservoir
19.50"=4.60lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
5.42lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River
4.69lbs

Total= 5 for 24.61lbs

No Kidding, Holmer is Culling Twice

Jason Holmer of Minnesota Bass Fishing/Bass Utopia blog already had a 6lb per fish average and now all of his fish are bigger than 6. WOW! He still doesn't have a 7lber this year, so there is always that.

6.62lbs
6.44lbs
6.87lbs West Metro Lake Football Jig
6.06lbs
6.25lbs

Total= 5 for 32.24lbs

Web Guy Gregg Huff with A Good One, maybe more to come.

This one went 20" for Greg of North American Fishing Club fame and Fishing Club "First Cast" blog and podcast. Apparently he has more fish in the creel, but he hasn't reported them to me yet.

20.00"=5.00lbs
4.00lbs

Updated to Add
5.19lbs
4.50lbs
4.50lbs
4.50lbs

Total= 5 for 23.69lbs

Micropterus with 20"+

Sam of Micropterus Blog details his catch here with pictures

20.25"=5.15lbs
19.50"=4.60lbs
20.00"=5.00lbs
20.00"=5.00lbs
19.75"=4.80lbs


Total= 5 for 24.55lbs

Another Cull for BP

This one went 4-5 and was caught in August at my Baxter Bass Snatcher Tournament on Fish Hook Lake.

4.31lbs Fish Hook TT Mad Maxx Frog "big sexy"
19.50"=4.60lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke
19.50"=4.60lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke
19.25"=4.40lbs Mississippi River black/chart Jig with green pumpkin/chart Berkley Havoc Craw Fatty trailer.
20.75"=5.50lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) black/blue Lake Fork CrawTube


Total= 5 for 23.41lbs

Fish Chaser's 19"

19.00"=4.20lbs Spro Frog
19.50"=4.60lbs West Sylvia green pumpkin jigNpig
19.00"=4.20lbs West Sylvia green pumpkin jigNpig
5.56lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
18.00"=3.60lbs

Total= 3 for 22.16lbs

Rich With a Nice Smallie

Rich of Rich's Bassin' Blog got this one on Island Lake Reservoir where next years MN B.A.S.S. Federation Nation TOC will be held.

19.50"=4.60lbs Smallie Island Lake Reservoir
19.50"=4.60lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
4.31lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
5.42lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River
4.69lbs

Total= 5 for 23.62lbs

Have I Seen This Fish Before

Same length, same place(not same general area though), same bait, two days later.

19.50"=4.60lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke
19.50"=4.60lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke
19.25"=4.40lbs Mississippi River black/chart Jig with green pumpkin/chart Berkley Havoc Craw Fatty trailer.
20.75"=5.50lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) black/blue Lake Fork CrawTube
18.50"=3.90lbs Middle Cullen "Drag Stripper" Paycheck Baits Repo Man

Total= 5 for 23.00lbs

Bass Bloggin Adds Another

Bass Bloggin
4.64lbs Sweet Beaver
4.08lbs
4.85lbs
4.78lbs
4.32lbs

Total= 5 for 22.67

Holmer Dropping Bombs Breaks 30lb Barrier

He didn't quite hit 7 again, but it's very close. Also adds a 5+ and that makes him the first to ever eclipse the 6lb average mark. Jason Holmer of Minnesota Bass Fishing Blog, can he be stopped?

The story of these two lunkers here...

6.87lbs West Metro Lake Football Jig
5.37lbs West Metro Lake Football Jig
6.06lbs
5.81lbs
6.25lbs

Total= 5 for 30.36lbs

BP Derby GOMH Fluke Fish

Got this 19.5" at the Grumpy Old Man Hole on a bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke.

19.50"=4.60lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) bubblegum Zoom Super Fluke
19.25"=4.40lbs Mississippi River black/chart Jig with green pumpkin/chart Berkley Havoc Craw Fatty trailer.
20.75"=5.50lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) black/blue Lake Fork CrawTube
18.50"=3.90lbs Bulldog Lake black Berkley Havoc Grass Pig
18.50"=3.90lbs Middle Cullen "Drag Stripper" Paycheck Baits Repo Man

Total= 5 for 22.30lbs

5Bass Surge Culls Everything!!!

If you haven't been keeping up with FiveBass.com you owe it to yourself to get over there and see what he has been up too this summer.

5.70lbs Watermelon Purple Dead Stick on the edge of the pads
20.25"=5.15lbs
19.50"=4.60lbs TT Dead Sticks, in the Watermelon Purple Swirl
19.50"=4.60lbs 1/8oz jigworm, rigged with a Green Pumpkin TT Finesse Shaky Worm
19.50"=4.60lbs

Total= 5 for 24.65lbs

JoshDouglasFishing.com Gets Limit

This went 5.6lbs. He informed me that a double he was holding up on Facebook went 4.8 and 4.15

5.60lbs
4.15lbs Smallie
4.70lbs
4.80lbs
6.60lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River

Total= 5 for 25.85lbs

Updated: Josh added another 5.60lbs

5.60lbs
5.60lbs
4.70lbs
4.80lbs
6.60lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River

Total= 5 for 27.30lbs

Ikeslayer with a Double of 4's

4.00lbs Metro Lake Football Jig
4.00lbs Metro Lake Football Jig
3.75lbs jigworm Lake Winona
4.25lbs dropshot Lake Winona
4.00lbs dropshot Lake Winona

Total= 5 for 20.00lbs

Micropterus with a Couple of Quality Culls

This 20" was caught from a float tube.


19.50"=4.60lbs
20.00"=5.00lbs
20.00"=5.00lbs
19.75"=4.80lbs
19.25"=4.40lbs

Total= 5 for 23.80lbs

MN Bass Fishing Steps In the Ring

2 Time Defending Derby Champ Jason Holmer of Minnesota Bass Fishing and Bass Utopia apparently was unaware I was doing the Derby this year. He is now aware and has moved right up to the top of the heap.

6.06lbs
5.81lbs
5.06lbs
6.25lbs
4.00lbs

Total= 5 for 27.18lbs

Quality Cull For BP!!!

This one went 19.25 and was caught on a jig during my pre-fish on the Mississippi River.

19.25"=4.40lbs Mississippi River black/chart Jig with green pumpkin/chart Berkley Havoc Craw Fatty trailer.
20.75"=5.50lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) black/blue Lake Fork CrawTube
18.50"=3.90lbs Bulldog Lake black Berkley Havoc Grass Pig
18.50"=3.90lbs Middle Cullen "Drag Stripper" Paycheck Baits Repo Man
18.50"=3.90lbs Platte Lake chart tiger Stanley Phantom

Total= 5 for 21.60lbs