World record bass!

So I thought my 4 lb. largemouth was pretty cool. Then I read this article in Field and Stream about the new world record. 25 lbs. I shit you not. Check it out.





Oh, and I forgot to mention...he threw it back!

"No motors!"

On a whim, Davis and I decided to go bass fishing on McCaslin Lake in Argentine. We started at 7:00am on Saturday morning. The weather was very nice. 60 degress with a slight breeze. We launched the boat on the south side of the lake off of McCaslin Lake RD. All was well until a local (I dubbed, "The Lake Nazi") shouted from the end of his dock, "no motors!" I replied, kindly, that it was electric and would not disturb the environment nor make any noise. He made it perectly clear that he didn't care, so we abided by his rule and ventured out onto the lake with this paddle as our only means of transportation.

We headed straight for a large group of lily-pads situated near deeper water on the south side. The first half hour was very slow. On advice from Jim, I started out using a small blue Rapala with a slow return. The first hit of the day snapped my line and the fish got away with the lure. Needless to say I was pissed, seeing as I've caught MANY fish with that Rapala. (I'll get back to that.) I then switched to a bright white spinner-bait. BINGO. Now this is the first time I've ever fished this lake. But if I had to give any advice, it's use anything white. We pulled in about a half a dozen large and smallmouth. Some of which are pictured here.

After about an hour it was almost routine. Throw in a white spinner-bait, get a fish. I couldn't believe our luck! Just then the hilarity ensued. As Davis was pulling in his third largemouth I noticed something blue in it's mouth. When he finally got it into the boat we both burst into laughter. His fish was the very one that stole my Rapala! Talk about dumb-luck.




We stayed out much longer than originally planned, but were well rewarded for our efforts. We caught many fish, and had saw little hassel from the Lake Nazi for the rest of the morning. And just when we were about to pack it up...WHAM! I hooked into a monster. This sucker took me a solid five minutes to reel in. And after much reeling, pulling, and drag adjustments, I claimed my prize. He weighed in at a little over four pounds and measured 23". Definitely a personal best!


So again, if you decide to fish McCaslin Lake, stay to the south end and use anything white. You'll be rewarded with plenty of small and largemouthed bass action! Eric and I will be heading out again Monday to try our luck. I hope to have more pictures for everyone.

I wanna do this!

Check this out...a guy hooked a 600lb. shark with a fly-rod!

11ft mako shark.