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General Category => Fishing Reports => Topic started by: Outcast on May 26, 2013, 12:54:45 AM
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Well that's the fresh done for me till sept, not a bad finish with 40+ Bass (between two of us) with 10 over 50 including a 58 and finally the magic 60 and what a difference that 2cm makes, that girl was busting at the seams, gonna be a long 3 months but I reckon I'll still be smilin'.
:)
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Some good fish there Steve :thanks
I would say a few horses thats for sure.
I am a hard task master and I will be the first to go on a limb and say no Unicorn for ME
But by all means if you wish to claim it as one then you can :youbeauty
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Congrats on an awesome session mate. :Clap) Absolute cracker of a way to top off the season.
If that fish aint a 60, then it'll do me until I see one myself. An absolutely cracker, well done. :Clap)
And thanks for sharing, you've got me fired up for a last ditch dash for bass this week. :youbeauty
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Even if some say that's not a 60cm its the biggest bass I have seen :youbeauty
Yep im ready to rumble too :tick
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Come to think of it that girls only a few short of my best cod :youbeauty
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Steve until today I didn't know what a unicorn was, it was just another PB to me and something to rub my mates noses in :-)
I will add though that when I first held her down she went 60 but that mat has a bendy end stop and it can go 10 or more mm either way if your not holding it which is hard when your on your own add to that the silly fish wouldn't play the game when that silly red light on the camera went off and I wanted to get her back as soon as possible so I settled for that. Not to fussed on what it went but was really impressed with the size of her, if you compare the girth on the mat shots between the 58 and her it'll give you some idea. The best news is she's still there and I hope one of yous gets a shot at her, you wont forget it I'm sure :-)
P.S I actually measured the 58 on the yak and it went 60 so I paddled to the beach to check, it makes a big difference laying those mats straight ;-)
Good luck hunting her down.
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Just for interest sakes, do you happen to know the width of that yellow measuring mat? That biggest bass is about as deep (body wise) as the mat is wide :OMG
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I measure the tape at 200mm wide. That is the biggest Bass I've seen. Congratulations. Awesome fish.
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Some really nice fish there mate, I'll bet they put a good bend in the rod. Basser's $100 is looking a little shaky.
JD
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Great work!! I think that is a confirmed 60cm Bass for sure! I went out yesterday and only caught 2 45cm bass and not from lack of casts or trolling... Very quiet day in the Lowood area. What body of water did you see all that action?
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Yep the mat's 200mm wide and they are Brissie river fish.
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Congrats mate. Some top models in that lot. From the posted pics I'd be happy to call it a 60cm model myself. It would have straightened the hooks a little?
Cheers, Pete
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I vote that is a unicorn!! Top effort, what a session, congratulations!! :thumbsup
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Congrats mate. Some top models in that lot. From the posted pics I'd be happy to call it a 60cm model myself. It would have straightened the hooks a little?
Cheers, Pete
No Pete I'd replaced them with 3X VMCs, the Stumpjumper can handle the extra weight, most of my lures get upgraded trebles but it can effect the action on smaller lures so you need to be careful what you use.
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:youbeauty nice one
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Here's another pic that takes the bendy bit of the mat out of the equation, it still doesn't prove much except that I'm a cr@p photographer and live fish are a pain but if you halve the tail gap and allow a bit for the angle ya get (well I do anyway :D) a bees whatsit over 60.
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If nobody posts up a pic of a fish with both sides of the tail touching the 60cm mark before the season ends you'll get the goodies.
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Awesome fish mate, i went up the top of the river with a mate on Sunday, we got 16 bass and a yella. Most were mid 40's and 3 over 50.
My new pb is 52. Was a Awesome day.
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Don't worry about it guys, Dales concerns are legit and I have no problem with them, in the end it's just a fish, all be it a pretty good one. :-)
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Don't worry about it guys, Dales concerns are legit and I have no problem with them, in the end it's just a fish, all be it a pretty good one. :-)
An exceptional fish, as I said, it's the biggest Bass I've seen, and the biggest Bass that has been proven on a measuring stick.
The last guy that tried to claim a 60 got it wrong by about 7cm, and the $100 is coming out of my pocket. I'll stand by my word, midnight tomorrow is the cut-off time.
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Sheet I didn't know there was money involved, I thought you guys must've had a bet going on.
I think we've all heard and seen claims of fish like the one you describe and I'm always skeptical as well, like I said I'm not to worried about the unicorn thing but rapt that it seems to be the biggest recorded on a mat that I can find.
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You never know the LD13 crew haven't hit it yet Basser :P
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Dale,
You need to stop pulling your hair out over this. :walkplank
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How about this one thats getting around the book
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Oh yeah
made me laugh
from 2005 "apparently"
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Could do a better job on paint.exe drunk upside down
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Haha thats a terrible job... not to mention how crinkled that mat is ;) they could also have gone with something more legit too.. lol
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What you recon that one has been shopped :OMG
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Looks legit, where do I send the cheque?
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What about that American guy a while ago?? Hahaha
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Missed that one...?
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Really wanted one last Bass trip today but figured enough's enough, for those wondering what to do now it's over I went down the Broadwater and there's big schools of Tailor coming through (small but legal) and are easy on spin or troll gear, the GT's are still there but flighty, got 4 out of 5 Jewies to 90cm (lost one to a broken jig hook) and one 70cm Lizard all on 5" plastics and all released, bit of fun to be had if you can work them out (and put up with the traffic), all these bar the GTs will be around at least till Sept 1.
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That's the biggest recorded and creditable bass I have ever seen, well done mate, she is a cracker!
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:OMG That is an outstanding Bass in ANYBODY'S book, well done sir :Clap)
has visions of of Dale walking into the bar of the Fernie pub, mumbling "we're gonna need a bigger Kayak." :))
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Hey mate, place an order online in the Sweetwater shop for whatever you like, and I'll fix the boss up with $100 towards it.
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Cheers Dale that's certainly an added bonus to what was a great season, I've put a few lures in the basket, just need to be checked out (not a hundred but It'll do).
Thanks again.
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Damn you Steve, if I had have known there was money involved I would have fished there the whole weekend! :P I did get to see the 58 and that alone was a monster and am happy to have seen such a big bass and then to see it swim off. Can't wait till September.
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Congratulations. 60 or not, it's the nearest thing to it that we have ever seen. Fantastic. Looks like you're 'the man'. :yourock