50cm bass

[gutzy]

went for my first fish for bass and my fishin mate GONE , hates me. I pulled this 50cm bass which he ses is about as big as they get or atleast a high benchmark.
Great fun

[Jeremy87]

Definately a great introduction to bass fishing. It took me 3 years to crack a wildy that size. There are two common bench marks for bass. 50cm total length (tip of the nose to the tip of the tail) and 50cm fork length (tip of the nose to the inside of the caudal fork). Before bass were stocked into impoundments either of these fish were a rare catch. But now in dams like BP, somerset, wivanhoe etc the bass grow quickly and to larger proportions. A truely large bass is more like 55 fork length with some fish even pushing the 60cm mark.

[Mike Delisser]

Good one Gutzy, nice fish, I bet you're hooked now.
I agree with what you say Jeremy but for all the guys on here who claim a 60 cm bass (and there's a few) I'm yet to see a photo of one on a brag mat or ruler.
My best is a 55 tip 2 tip. Love to see some pics of bigger sitting on a ruler.
Cheers

[geoff72]

nice bass mate, your doing very well in the fresh and saltwater, keep them comming

[BarraBandit]

My biggest (and first trip ever to catch bass) was 45cm to the fork, and hit 2.5kg... then the next fish was 42cm to the fork, that fish hitting 2.3kg!

Cania Dam, Jackall's in Black and also in Ayu.




Bandit.