Josh Douglas Adds Up

Josh informed me on Facebook this one went 4.70". Be sure to check out JoshDouglasFishing.com to see what Josh is up to as it's very interesting.

4.70lbs
4.20lbs
6.60lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River

Total= 3 for 15.50lbs

Five Bass Blog Logs A Limit

Five Bass blog posts about Denny's Wednesday Night Bassin'

4.12lbs Tonka Black/Blue Jig
18.00"=3.60lbs Tonka Tonka Tackle Dead Stick
18.00"=3.60lbs
4.02lbs West Rush Tonka Tackle Dead Stick
17.00"=3.00lbs

Total= 5 for 18.34lbs

Bass Bloggin Shows Up With A Nice Limit

Another blog joins the Derby; Bass Bloggin.

4.85lbs
4.78lbs
4.32lbs
3.52lbs
3.51lbs

Total= 5 for 20.98

Update 8/16/11
4.08lbs
4.85lbs
4.78lbs
4.32lbs
3.52lbs

Total= 5 for 21.55

Toad for Micropterous

Read about this beast here...

20.00"=5.00lbs
19.75"=4.80lbs
19.25"=4.40lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs

Total= 5 for 22.00lbs

Fishing Club "First Cast" First Bass

Sorry I can't figure out how to save the picture and post it here. See picture here. Anyway Greg "Lazy Ike" Huff formerly of the podcast blog "Twin Cities Limits" has renamed his show/blog a couple of times and now it's Fishing Club "First Cast". Anyway Greg says it's a 4 and we are giving him that.

4.00lbs

Glenn Walker Upgrades and Wins a Tournament

Glenn Walker got a win at the West Central Bassmasters Open on Green Lake and he has a couple of Derby fish to add to his creel.

4.00lbs
3.75lbs smallie Green
4.60lbs
3.80lbs
3.75lbs

Total= 5 for 19.90lbs

BassMN.com On the Board

Carl's Bassackwards Fishing Blog is now BassMN.com and he has landed some derby fish.

4.00lb White Spinnerbait
5.00lbs Strike King Rodant

Total= 2 for 9.00lbs

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

Ikeslayer Wins RABT Tournament!!!

Here is the account of Ikeslayers Tournament victory on Lake Winona...

3.75lbs jigworm
4.25lbs dropshot
4.00lbs dropshot
3.50lbs buzzbait

Total= 4 for 15.50lbs

Five Bass Blog With A Bass Club Tournament Big Bass

Five Bass Blog had Sunrise Bassmasters Club Tournament on East & West Rush. Tom landed the Tournament Big Bass with a 4.02lber. Good Job Tom!!!

4.02lbs West Rush Tonka Tackle Dead Stick
17.00"=3.00lbs

Total= 2 for 7.02lbs

Rich's Mille Lacs Culls

Rich Lindgren of Rich's Bassin' Blog got out to Mille Lacs for the first time and the smallies didn't disappoint. Unfortunately for Rich, his dad caught the biggest fish. Still Rich adds 3 culls.

19.50"=4.60lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
19.25"=4.40lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
4.31lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
5.42lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River
4.69lbs

Total= 5 for 23.42lbs

Bass Pundit Ads A Couple

Both were 18.5" top fish from Bulldog, bottom fish from Middle Cullen

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 15.15lbs

Micropterus On the Board

This is an 18" Micropterus got at Vermilion. He also added a 3lber on that trip and has one more bass that I know about.

18.00"=3.60lbs
3.00lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs

Updated-
19.75"=4.80lbs
19.25"=4.40lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs
18.50"=3.90lbs

Note- Two fish were given .25 inch deductions because the mouth in the pictures wasn't totally closed. Reminder- Fish are to be measured with mouth closed and tail pinched for the official measurement.

Total= 5 for 20.90lbs

Cyberfish With A Couple More 18's Fills Limit.

No word on where he was fishing or with what yet. I'm guessing he'll blog about it sometime this week.

18.00"=3.60lbs
18.00"=3.60lbs
5.56lbs Smallie Mille Lacs
18.00"=3.60lbs
18.00"=3.60lbs

Total= 3 for 19.96lbs

Sport With A Fish

Hellabass has informed me that SportSmithFishing.com got a 3.44lb, so Sport is on the board.

Rich Culls A Couple

Rich Lindgren of Rich's Bassin' Blog had a couple of tournaments this weekend and put up at least a couple of Derby fish. I am sure he will be blogging about his tournament days soon. I believe he won at Medicine Lake, but the lake didn't kick out the monsters like it is known to do.

4.23lbs O' Dowd
3.81lbs Medicine

5.42lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River
4.69lbs
4.19lbs

Total= 5 for 22.34lbs

Updated

3.92lbs
4.23lbs O' Dowd
5.42lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River
4.69lbs
4.19lbs

Total= 5 for 22.45lbs

Andy Rocks Fifth Five

He doesn't have the biggest limit in the Derby history, but he now hold the record for the largest smallest fish in a limit with this pig. It went 5.08 and was big bass at the Big Bass Bonanza Tournament on the Horseshoe Chain. Good Job Andy's Bass Blog

5.13lbs Horseshoe Chain
5.63lbs
5.35lbs
5.53lbs
5.22lbs

Total= 5 for 26.86lbs

Five Bass with 1 Bass

According to the blog post the bigger one is 17", which makes it a Derby fish.

17.00"=3.00lbs

Total= 1 for 3.00lbs

JoshDouglasfishing.com Adds A Fish

JoshDouglasFishing.com He has a report up from his Medicine Lake Tournament. He should have his O'Dowd Tournament report up soon.

4.20lbs
6.60lbs (Josh Douglas Rule) Mississippi River

Total= 2 for 10.80lbs

fishwithmatt.com Actually Gives Me Something to Work With.

Matt Peters of fishwithmatt.com is a "big fish specialist" as Mercer would say. The thing is in the past he has been quiet about just how big the fish he gets are. Well he gave me the length on this toad @21", so Matt is on the board.

Here is another look at the same fish

Beauty Eh!!!

21.00=5.70lbs Mille Lacs Smallie
Total= 1 for 5.70lbs

Journal Of A Minnesota Angler With 1st Derby Bass

Congratulations are in order for MNAngler of Journal of a Minnesota Angler blog on his first ever Derby fish. You can read all about the catch here.

18.00"=3.60lbs

Total= 1 for 3.60lbs

Andy's Bass Blog Breaks 5lb Average Barrier!!!

Andy's Bass Blog adds 2 Fivers.

5.63lbs
5.35lbs
5.53lbs
5.22lbs
4.97lbs

Total= 5 for 26.70lbs

BP on the Board!!!

Bass Pundit Blog did show up on Bass Opener Weekend with an 18.5"(top) and 17.75".

18.50"=3.90lbs Platte Lake
17.75"=3.45lbs Sullivan Lake

Total= 2 for 7.35lbs

Cyberfish of Fish Chaser on the Board

Don't get confused this is Michael "Cyberfish" Thompson formerly of the blog MT Bucket that is now named Fish Chaser. Go read his Bass Opener Report.




The Mille Lacs smallie was just shy of 21" and Cyb thought it was a 6er, but the handheld scale only said 5-9. Both the Larry's are 18" but Cyb thought weighed they would have gone 4.

5.56lbs Smallie
18.00"=3.60lbs
18.00"=3.60lbs

Total= 3 for 12.76lbs

Not, So Fast Rich!!!

New to the Derby this year is Andy's Bass Blog and he busted it out on MN Bass Opener!

Here's my official entry for the derby. You can use the name Andy's Bass Blog for me. These fish were all caught on Saturday May 28th.

5.53lbs
5.22lbs
4.97lbs
4.64lbs
4.63lbs

Total= 5 for 24.99lbs

Now that is a serious day on the water!!! Hopefully he will blog about it.