Bass Pundit With A PB

6.50lbs

So glad I had the scale along for this porker.  The scale showed slightly heavier than six and a half pounds, but I'm calling it at 6.50"  It bit on a swamp gas Grass Pig.

6.50lbs

All Above 4's For BP (That's Me)!

I didn't think to take a picture of the fish when I had the chance, but it did win me the Bass Snatchers Lunker/ Big Bass at Rabbit Lake.

4.25lbs Rabbit Lake, 4" Powerbait Crazy Legs Chigger Craw
20.00"=5.00lbs Platte Lake, Tru Tungsten Mad Maxx Frog
19.25"=4.40lbs Platte River, Tru Tungsten Mad Maxx Frog
19.00"=4.20lbs Platte Lake, Stanley Phantom
19.50"=4.60lbs Sullivan Lake (GOMH), Huckleberry Christopherson's Craw Tube

Total= 22.45lbs

I Got A 5, Big Cull!!!

20.00"=5.00lbs Platte Lake, Tru Tungsten Mad Maxx Frog
19.25"=4.40lbs Platte River, Tru Tungsten Mad Maxx Frog
19.00"=4.20lbs Platte Lake, Stanley Phantom
19.50"=4.60lbs Sullivan Lake (GOMH), Huckleberry Christopherson's Craw Tube
18.50"=3.90lbs Platte Lake (GOMH), Huckleberry

Total= 22.10lbs

I Got A Cull

19.25"=4.40lbs Platte River, Tru Tungsten Mad Maxx Frog
19.00"=4.20lbs Platte Lake, Stanley Phantom
19.50"=4.60lbs Sullivan Lake (GOMH), Huckleberry Christopherson's Craw Tube
18.50"=3.90lbs Platte Lake (GOMH), Huckleberry
18.00"=3.60lbs Bulldog Lake, black/blue Powerbait Crazy Legs Chigger Craw

 Total= 20.70lbs

This Fish Has Quite A Tale

 I arrived at the GOMH at about 8:30PM and started casting my white Stanley Phantom just to the left of "the juice."  The "juice" is now plugged up with weeds. On about my third cast a fish was hitting my lure and I jerked.  My Phantom came off of the Norman Speed Clip.  I must not have put it on correctly because that has never ever happened to me with a topwater lure;  Spinnerbaits more times than I care to think about, a couple of times with diving plugs, but never a topwater.  Anyway I hadn't hooked the fish, so I could see it floating out there. I immediately grabbed the chartreuse firetiger Phantom and started casting for it. On about the 3rd attempt a jumpin bullhead jumped all over the chartreuse Phantom.  Keep in mind I was not working the bait, just trying to catch my lure.  I quickly reeled it in the discover it was a 19" Derby Fish.

 I got the fish back in the lake.  The current was not pulling from the area my Phantom was sitting, so I re-spotted  it and tried in vain to hook it.  But after about 10 minutes of that a boat came through the channel and agreed to try and get it for me.  Being that it's such a big bait he spotted it no problem when I cast to show him where it was.  I got my Phantom back!  I do have one more in that color, but all the same I don't want to ever lose any of them.  I may never be able to find another one of any color.

19.00"=4.20lbs Platte Lake, Stanley Phantom
19.50"=4.60lbs Sullivan Lake (GOMH), Huckleberry Christopherson's Craw Tube
18.50"=3.90lbs Platte Lake (GOMH), Huckleberry
18.00"=3.60lbs Rock Lake, Stanley Phantom
18.00"=3.60lbs Bulldog Lake, black/blue Powerbait Crazy Legs Chigger Craw

 Total= 19.90lbs

My Derby Bass So Far

This one went 19.5" and was caught on a huckleberry Christopherson's Craw Tube on May 27th.

This one was 18.5" and was also caught on Huckleberry at the GOMH but on May30th.

This 18" also came on May 30th but at Rock Lake.  It fell for a Stanley Phantom (Spook).

This 18" came from Bulldog Lake on a Powerbait Crazy Legs Chigger Craw on June 1st.

And this 18"er came on the Chigger Craw as well, fished at the GOMH on June 4th.  I had two fish that I have culled.

19.50"=4.60lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs
18.00"=3.60lbs
18.00"=3.60lbs
18.00"=3.60lbs

Total= 19.30lbs

I Stuck Another 20"

20.00"=5.00lbs Platte Lake Crawtube
18.50"=3.90lbsRum River Strike King Spinnerbait (chart/white) Smallie
19.00"=4.20lbs Sullivan Lake (Platte River) Yum Wooly Bug
20.25"=5.15lbs Rock Lake Horny Toad
18.25"=3.75lbs Rock Lake Crawtube Total= 19.85lbs


Total= 22.00lbs

Got 18.5" Smallie

No pic, forgot the camera

Today on my way back up from the cities I stopped at a bridge over the Rum River and caught a nice 18.5" smallie.  Unfortunately a couple of casts later I back-lashed and my spinnerbait was gone.  I tried to retrieve it as the line broke at the reel, but I didn't have a crankbait to catch the line with.  I also fished at Mille Lacs and at the Rum River at the Shakopee Lake bridge.  Didn't get anything there.

18.50"=3.90lbsRum River Strike King Spinnerbait (chart/white) Smallie
19.00"=4.20lbs Sullivan Lake (Platte River) Yum Wooly Bug
20.25"=5.15lbs Rock Lake Horny Toad
17.75"=3.45lbs Bay Lake Pure Poison with Craw Fatty 
18.25"=3.75lbs Rock Lake Crawtube Total= 19.85lbs


Total= 20.45lbs 

I Add A 19"

Got her on a Yum Wooly Bug on the Platte River out of Sullivan Lake

19.00"=4.20lbs Sullivan Lake (Platte River) Yum Wooly Bug
20.25"=5.15lbs Rock Lake Horny Toad
17.75"=3.45lbs Bay Lake Pure Poison with Craw Fatty
17.50"=3.30lbs Rock Lake Horny Toad
18.25"=3.75lbs Rock Lake Crawtube

 Total= 19.85lbs

Culls for Me

I got this 20.25" on a Horny Toad two weeks ago on Rock Lake. And I added a 17.75" from Bay Lake

20.25"=5.15lbs Rock Lake Horny Toad
17.75"=3.45lbs Bay Lake Pure Poison with Craw Fatty
17.50"=3.30lbs Rock Lake Horny Toad
17.50"=3.30lbs Rock Lake Crawtube
18.25"=3.75lbs Rock Lake Crawtube

 Total= 18.95lbs

Got My Limit

Tonight I headed out after 6:00PM and was fishing by 6:45PM.  Conditions were brutal with the wind blowing out of the SW about 20 to 30.  However once I got to the Beaver Dam in the Rock Platte River Outlet it was on.  I got this first fish on a white Havoc Grass Pig.

14"

I put down the anchor and proceeded to beat the snot out of them on the Grass Pig (8 fish), a black/white swirl Zoom Horny Toad (11 fish), and a green pumpkin Crawtube (15 fish).  My biggest was this 18.25"

Got her on the Crawtube.  You can see the beat up tail, she was spawned out as was this 17" that hit the Crawtube.

I filled my Bass Pundit Minnesocold Bass Bloggers Derby limit with this 17, a 17.25", 2x 17.50's, and the 18.25".  All in all it was a pretty sweet trip and a great end to the Bass Opener Weekend.

17.00"= 3.00lbs
17.25"=3.15lbs
17.50"=3.30lbs
17.50"=3.30lbs
18.25"=3.75"lbs


Total= 16.50lbs

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

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

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

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

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

Smallmouth In BP's Bag

I actually caught two 18.25" smallies last night, one at Mille Lacs and one at Shakopee Lake, but the one I got at Mille Lacs was bigger, so that is the one I will count.

18.25"=3.75lbs Mille Lacs Smallie green pumpkin Lake Fork Crawtube
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 20.95lbs

Fish Chaser Double Dips at West Sylvia

Well ole Cyberfish and Bass Pundit fished a tournament together on East & West Sylvia(Sylvia/Twin) and Cyberfish of Fish Chaser Blog had himself a grand old Derby Day on a lake known for it's smallish fish.

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
18.00"=3.60lbs

Total= 3 for 21.56lbs

Derby Donkey for Dave!!!

This is my biggest Derby fish ever at 20.75". After fishing only topwaters I almost went to the South side of the Grumpy Old Man Hole, but then I realised I hadn't tried the Lake Fork Craw Tube. That is what you call a good decision. Nothing like a 2lb plus cull.

20.75"=5.50lbs Platte Lake(GOMH) black/blue Lake Fork Craw Tube
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
17.75"=3.45lbs Sullivan Lake PB&J Yum Wooly Bug

Total= 5 for 20.65lbs

Bass Pundit Reaches Derby Limit

This fish went 17.50" and was caught right up by the bank in some rice on a black Lane's Grass Pig in Bulldog Lake.

17.50"=3.30lbs Bulldog Lake black Berkley Havoc Grass Pig
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
17.75"=3.45lbs Sullivan Lake PB&J Yum Wooly Bug

Total= 4 for 18.45lbs