Kobia2 » 23 Jul 2023, 5:10 pm » wrote: ↑
8.5lbs is a hell of a Bass, you must have been bigtime stoked with that catch!
I've been here in Florida since 87, but lived some year up in CT. and we'd catch Bass up there --- some nice Small Mouth, and also Largemouth..
Here in Florida they do land some Trophy Largemouth --- particularly in Lake Okeechobee, which is famous for it....
Yep. Stoked for sure! I thought at any minute I'd lose it during the fight. Second largest I caught was just around 7 pounds in that same pond. They had aligator snapping turtles there as well as pickerel and shiners (small minnows). They also had eels which would bite on bait, and I can't remember the name they had for them. Those turtles would come up and rip the fish off your stringer if you left them in the water.
Fireflies in the evening. Interesting place for sure, especially since I was from the NW.