Category: Big Fish
The Wrong Scale: What Happens?
Say you’re conducting a bassin’ tourney – a big-bass version. Happens to be a big event. Well-known. You get all the ducks lined up, weigh-in gear is all ready, tourney day comes, the starter pistol goes off and out go the bassers after the wily mossyback fishes. They do that for 2 days and the [...]
Science: A Little Fun with 5s
Ask a serious bass fisherman what he caught and without hesitation, an “eyeballed” fish grows. Suddenly the world is filled with guys who catch 5-pounders. I don’t know what it is about the 5-pound mark, but suffice it to say that any bass close to that mark will at some point exceed it in a [...]
Conroe: Not as Cool as it Sounds
You know how every time a Kardashian sister blows her nose you read about it in 18 different magazines the next day? Well, the same thing happens in the bass world when a five-fish tournament sack comes in over the 40-pound mark.
My Falcon Dilemma
Holy hawg bass, Batman! Did you guys see the new, 15.63-pound, Lake Falcon record largemouth? Giant. Toad. Slob. Bassosaurus. Swamp donkey. Brush brute. Whatever your favorite word for a ginormous bass of a lifetime is, insert it here. I’ve fished Falcon several times. It’s a magical place. Yes, it’s just as good as all the [...]
