Florida BASS

[Rigg dogg]

Got back from Florida the other day.
Managed to get 1 day of fishing in on Lake Toho( 1/2hr away from Disney ). Headed out @ 7AM, we weren't there for more than 5 minutes. Casted into a likely looking spot and BAM caught this HOG.
Scale in the boat said 10lbs, 2 oz. Kept him in the livewell till we went in for lunch and weighed him on a certified scale @ the marina, 10.04 lbs.

Set the bar kind of high for the rest of the day. Caught close to 20 fish throughout the day. Lots of 2-3 lbs, and a couple around 5lbs.

Nice day out 30 degrees with a breeze, perfect for fishing. Then come home to this SNOW.

Have to get a replica made of him now.

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[Guy Incognito]

Nice lunker!

[Walleyes]

Pretty neat stuff Rigg.

So how would you rate then for fighting wise scrappy or lazy ??

Thx for the post its definitely something different for this site.

[Rigg dogg]

Hey Walleye's
It's usually a pretty short, intense fight. They hit like a train, couple of jumps a few good pulls then into the boat, no long runs.
I would still rather be scrapping a big old Northern out of Siebert or Pinehurst.

We were fishing in 5-6 ft of water the entire day, the lake we were on was a pretty good size but the average depth was no more then 5ft.
Kind of like a big slough with million dollar homes around it.

[BobLoblaw]

Nice hawg, Rigg Dogg!
Must have been a heckuva way to start the day...
Good on ya, man!

Walleyes, if you want to know how bass fight, take a little trip to B.C; here's a couple pics from a few years ago at Duck Lake, near Creston.
That's a younger version of me with some B.C. largemouths(sorry about the crappy pic quality).
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3118/p3290212.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p3290212.jpg)
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5148/p3290217.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p3290217.jpg)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5567/p3290213.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p3290213.jpg)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8837/p3290216.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p3290216.jpg)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3742/p3290214.jpg (http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p3290214.jpg)
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4466/p3290218.jpg (http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p3290218.jpg)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6650/p3290215.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p3290215.jpg)

Haven't been out there in years; might be fun to throw topwater poppers on the flyrod...:D

[hockeyfish]

hey bobloblaw..have you ever been to osoyoos lake bc?

and riggdod, what lure were you using?

[BobLoblaw]

hey bobloblaw..have you ever been to osoyoos lake bc?

and riggdod, what lure were you using?

Nope; I've only ever fished for bass in Duck L.

[llmitch]

Shannon Lake just out of Penticton used to be full of pan size bass many years ago. First one I caught, I thought it was huge until it surfaced and then it was only about 10 to 12 inches.

[FishBrain]

Used to LOVE fishing for large mouth and small mouth Bass, with the odd rock, ONTARIO ONE of the only good things about it. lol
haven't seen a 10lber tho, that is a sweet fish.
Fight like the best of them

[pdfish]

Nice pics. My mother just bought a winter place down in Florida, about an hour away from Disney. I'm gonna have to visit her this coming winter for some open water bass action.