re: OT - Any largemouth bass fisherman here?

It is a trophy lake. The fishing club was founded by my buds granddad back in the 40s. There are only 50 property owners and most of them are older folks who mainly crappie(but don't dare call them that down there where they are called specs....short for speckled trout), bream and shell cracker troll. Leaves all the bass fishing to about 20 guys and 400 acres is a lot of area for that little pressure. That like has been in perfect equalibreum for the 20 years I have fished there.

My buddy's dad has a small cabin there and has 6 bass over 12 lbs mounted on cypress stumps. He quit mounting them before I even started fishing there.

And if you like to crappie fish....it is heaven. Guy who owned the cabin two down from theirs had a 4 LB 8 ounce crappie on his wall.....which was about 10 oz shy of the FL state record at the time. We don't crappie or bream fish much but when we do, I usually nab a few slabs.

Another friend of his caught a 15lber two years ago and I had the privilege of being in another boat. When we met up on the water around 10 am, he pulled that joker from the live well and my eyes about burst out of their sockets. I am convinced there are a couple of 17 LB granddaddy in that lake but odds of anyone catching them are slim. Heck, I bet I have lost more 8-10 lbers by bad knots, poor hook sets, etc. than I have landed.