Big Bass???

[cammac]

Spoke to this guy who told me his biggest bass caught was 5 1/2 pounds gutted ::) in the old scale - that sounds pretty dam big ?!! what do the ones around 50cm go ungutted of course! :)

Cam

[Sniper]

Heaviest Bass I've caught went 3.04kg and measured 52cm to the fork. Biggest in length so far is 58cm to the fork, but only weighed 2.24kg. Depends on the time of year and if they have been having a good feed. Both these fish came out of the same impoundment.
Billyboy

[Jabass]

I remember seeing a mount in a Maitland pub of an 81/2 lb bass (perch in those days) that was washed up in a flood. Other old Northerners may remember this monster. I wonder what happened to it?

In years to come if we push for more catch and release in some of our dams where growth rates accelerate, we may have some boomers.

John Bethune

[Herby13]

sniper where'd you get the bass 58 to the fork at?

[BrandonH]

this one was 56cm to the tip of the tail and I reckon would have weighed close to 6lb (at least 5lb something), It is my Biggest Bass to date (and was my first on a soft plastic!!!) came from North pine during the only tagging session to date ;) so if you get a 60cm+ Bass with a tag in him it will probablly be this one ;D (Hardb8 has already caught one of my tagged fish ;D).
Funny thing though the 45cm bass I caught next went nearly twice as hard as this one :-?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/bjh79/images/Brandon's%2056%20CM.%20Bass%20002.jpg

Cheers N
tight Lines

Brandon...

[bassfanatic5]

Billyboy would that have been Somerset i know the lad and i got a couple that size over winter.

Damien

[killitfillit]

i made a lure for a mate/rello and he trolled at peterson dam and caught a 64cm 4.4kilo bass and weighed it in at the kiosk and it was the biggest they had seen ever

[ssab1]

cammac.mine 52 went 2.45kg 51 went 2.75 kg W spawners guess it depends on fat and roe looking for a 60cm they say W has them but I havent seen 1 to date, a few at 58 but didnt weigh them waiting for that 60cm model come on winter and rain cheers alex.