BassMN.com Almost Forgot His Biggest Bass

He got this 6lber on a unamed Metro Lake. 

6.00lbs
4.94 smallie - White bear lake 
5.02 largemouth - Minnetonka Fishers of Men
4.87 smallie on Island Lake
4.81lbs

 Total= 25.64

Micropterus Sets Derby Record

... for a Minnesocold Bass Blogger not named Jason Holmer

This Smallie went 21 inches

Great Job this year Micropertus, I really thought you might catch Holmer this year.
21.50"=6.20lbs
21.50"=6.20lbs
21.00"=5.70lbs Smallie
21.00"=5.70lbs
20.50"=5.30lbs

Total= 29.10

BassMN.com

A very good year for BassMN.com

4.94 smallie - White bear lake
4.64 smallie - White Bear Lake 
5.02 largemouth - Minnetonka Fishers of Men
4.87 smallie on Island Lake 
4.81lbs

Total= 24.28

Rich Has a Tough Year

Sorry Rich your Pool 2 fish at the start of the year didn't fall into "The Josh Douglas Rule" criteria.  

4.62lbs
4.25lbs
4.00lbs
4.00lbs
3.75lbs

Total= 20.62

Sportsmithfishing.com Got 1 This Year

Sport with a 4 and a half.

4.50lbs

Andy's Bass Blog Upgrades

5.58lbs Nest Lake Pit Boss
5.42lbs Florida Lake Power Worm
4.96lbs Nest Lake Blk/Blue Pit Boss
5.51lbs
4.96lbs

Total= 26.43lbs

Updated to Add:
5.24lbs

Total= Total 26.73

Josh Douglas with Two More

4.40lbs Smallie Biovex jerkbait
4.00lbs Smallie
5.94lbs
5.60lbs

Total= 19.94lbs

Holmer Is Back On Top

5.75lbs Mille Lacs

6.25lbs Mille Lacs

It looks like Jason Holmer is going to win the Derby yet again.

6.25lb Smallie Mille Lacs Green Pumpkin Tube
5.75lb Picasso Jig w Power Bait Chigger Craw
5.75lb Smallie Mille Lacs Green Pumpkin Tube
5.62lbs Jig with Chigger Craw
6.12lbs NorthStar Custom Baits Blue Gill Swim Jig w/ Berkley Fishing Havoc grass pig!

Total= 29.49

Glen Walker Having a Good Year

6lber

6.00lbs
4.81lbs
4.70lbs Smallie
4.87lbs
4.50lbs

Total= 24.88

Journal of MN Angler Got Fish This Year

19.75"=4.80lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs
18.00"=3.6lbs
17.00"=3.00lbs
17.00"=3.00lbs Smallie

Total=  18.30lbs

Fish Chaser on the Board

19" from Town Line Lake

19.00"=4.20lbs Town Line
18.00"=3.60lbs
17.50"=3.3lbs

Total= 11.10lbs

Andy Upgraded .10 of a pound.

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

BassMN.com Gets On the Board

4.81"

18"

 4.81lbs
18.00"=3.60 Green Lake Smallie


Total= 8.41

Wired2Fish Blog Takes a Trip to Minnesocold

I crediting them with 3 5's and 2x4.5's from their blog post.  Not bad at all.

5.00lbs
5.00lbs
5.00lbs
4.50lbs
4.50lbs


Total= 24.00lbs 

Holmer Climbing

Jason got this 5.62 brute at a Denny's Tournament on Tonka with a brown/black jig with Green Pumpkin Chigger Craw Trailer.

5.62lbs Jig with Chigger Craw
6.12lbs NorthStar Custom Baits Blue Gill Swim Jig w/ Berkley Fishing Havoc grass pig!

Total= 11.74

Cull For Glenn Walker

A 3.98 from Green Lake

3.98lbs
3.00lbs
3.00;bs
3.00lbs
3.00lbs


Total= 15.98 

Micropterus With 3 Nice Culls

This one went 21, and he added a 19.50 and a 19.25.  All caught from a float tube.

21.00"=5.70lbs
19.50"=4.60lbs
19.25"=4.40lbs
21.50"=6.20lbs
19.25"=4.40lbs

 Total= 25.30lbs

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 

Glenn Walker has a limit of 3lbers

3.00lbs
3.00lbs
3.00lbs
3.00lbs
3.00lbs


Total= 15.00lbs

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

Holmer of Bass Utopia Is At It Again

Holmer lands a 6.12lb fish to start 2012.  He got it on a NorthStar Custom Baits Blue Gill Swim Jig tipped with a Berkley Fishing Havoc grass pig!

6.12lbs NorthStar Custom Baits Blue Gill Swim Jig  w/ Berkley Fishing Havoc grass pig!

Another Solid Fish For JoshDouglasfishing.com

Just an ounce shy of 6lbs

5.94lbs
5.60lbs

Total= 11.54

Micropterus With A Solid Bag

This Toad was 21.5" long.  Sam filled in a nice bag behind it.

21.50"=6.20lbs
19.25"=4.40lbs
19.00"=4.20lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs
18.00"=3.60lbs


Total= 22.30lbs

Andy's Bass Blog With A Quality Limit To Start

A nice 5.51lber for Andy to start then a bunch of 4's

5.51lbs
4.87lbs
4.96lbs
4.71lbs
4.77lbs


Total= 24.82lbs

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

Josh Douglas with His Josh Douglas Rule Fish!

Was caught on Pool 2 I think in early April.

5.60Lbs

Derby Rules for 2012

1. The Bass Pundit Minnesocold Bass Blogger Derby 2012 runs from May 26th 2012* to November 15th 2012.

*The Josh Douglas Rule this year fish caught in MN prior to May 26th may be included in your Derby bag provided.
1. It was caught in MN where bass season is Open
2. It is a minimum of 5lbs or 20inches long.
3. We get a picture of you and the fish.

2. The Derby is open to all bloggers and Bass Pundit blog readers who fish bass in Minnesocold.

3. Bloggers will be known either by blog name or by moniker.

4. Bloggers are fishing to fill a 5 fish bag of their biggest fish caught over the coarse of the Derby .

5. Bloggers "weigh in" by:
A. Leaving a comment on this blog or Bass Pundit giving the details of either a fish, or multiple fish's weight or length.
B. Sending an email to basspundit@hotmail.com
C. Referring to a bass' weight or length on their blog (However there is no guarantee I will see the post so options A and B are preferred.

6. The Derby is on the honor system, your word is good. No need for the hassle of pictures (unless caught prior to May 26th, see Josh Douglas Rule in #1). But having pics would be nice to show off.

7. Weights can be taken from official tournament scales or hand held scales.

8 . Lengths should be measured on an accurate ruler with the fish's mouth closed and tail pinched.

9. Length will be converted to weight and Ounces to hundredths of a pound. Conversion table

10. Largemouth and smallmouth bass caught only in Minnesocold will count this year.

11. Bloggers from states other than Minnesocold are welcome and will be allowed to participate provided the bass are caught in Minnesocold.

12. Bass Minimum length of 17 inches. Minimum weight 3lbs. (See Josh Douglas Rule for exception)

13. Weight will be figured to the hundredth of a pound.

These are all the rules I can think of for now. More rules may be added.

Holmer Wins Again With Record Weight

Sorry about the spacing I can't make heads nor tails of it looking at the  HTML
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!!!