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PB Bass
I don't fish for bass, but today I caught my PB by a long shot.
In my exploration of the NYC water reservoirs, I found a new spot loaded with medium size gills. After catching about 20, I moved to another spot, surprisingly shallow, so I didn't have much hope. After a couple casts, a fish started pulling line. Thankfully I moved to 8lb braid, since the 4lb I was using before would never have held.
After a good fight, I netted a massive bass.
Beetlespin for scale. Attachment 488640Attachment 488648Attachment 488650Attachment 488649
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I didn't have a measuring tape, so I lined it up to my rod to measure later. By that measurement, it was about 19.5 inches.
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Congrats on the PB!
But I'm not seeing the picture of it, only the sunnies....
Could be something on my end; anyone else not seeing it?
We want to see it!
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I was going through some old photos. Every nice bass I've caught has been on a black beetlespin!
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Nice bass. Personally, I'd delete the bottom pic.
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In my best Roy Scheider voice from Jaws........."you kinda need a bigger net"
That's a beauty, congrats!
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First Pic reposted. Don't know what I did, somehow I removed the whole message except the photo I wanted to delete. Attachment 488655
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That’s a nice one! Extra nice on light gear. I got one on 6 lb mono a lot of years back that scaled at 5lbs7oz. Took a long time to calm down after that. They always get my heart rate up when they’re big like that. I hope you get another bigun soon!
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That’s one fine bass! Congratulations on your PB.
Bob
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Bass do like the little black beetle. I often fish a 1/64th oz. one without the spinner for bluegill and will usually catch a few bass in the mix. Never one that big though - congrats on the great catch. About 16 inches is probably the largest I've caught on one of the micro jigs.
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Congrats on some very nice catches for sure. Absolutely love the colors...Never used the safetypin type spinners much. Always seemed to foul up in my line somehow. Congrats again.
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Yeah that gotta be heck of fight for ultra light. Congrat for your PB whether you like it or not. When I target crappie or bluegill just one or two bass is enough more than that it starts to get annoying lol.
