Kent Lake Largemouth

[jsopfe]

Went out for a few hours on saturday to Kent Lake

Caught a few small bass/crappie

Friend caught this 24" Largemouth

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/526/medium/fish26.jpg

[copper95b]

Nice fish! I am still waiting to finally fish Kent Lake. Heard stories of those lunkers!

[waterfoul]

Nice fish... sure looks like a smalle by the color though...

[boatless]

sure looks like a smallie to me caught about 25 of em on the shiawwasse rv. sat.with the biggest 18 in. nice fish tho

[Bowslayer]

Definitely is a smallie and a hog as well. If that was a LM that guys hand would be able to fit in its mouth.

[Steve]

Nice picture!

[jsopfe]

i thought it was a smallmouth but i thought it was too large to be one :SHOCKED:(that and the guy who caught it told me it was a largemouth)

[Kevin]

Very nice smallie. I had the girls out in the canoe on Kent today. We caught a few bass, nothing close to that size.

Boy what a zoo that place was today.
I learned a lot about the lower back tattoo trends in american females today though. LOL

[waterfoul]

That is a Master Angler fish... turn in the paper work!! You might just find it to be the largest smallie caught in Michigan this year!! Not many 24 inch smallies get caught!!!

[USMarine1171]

I learned a lot about the lower back tattoo trends in american females today though. LOL


BULLSEYE!!!

:lol:

[sfw1960]

BULLSEYE!!!

:lol:
"Tramp Stamp" ....
Same Thing!!!!!
:yikes:


jsopfe :


You better get some master angler stuff goin' on!!
That puppy IS a sMallJaW and a big@zz piggie-pie at that!
:SHOCKED:

[johnobub]

Nice fish... sure looks like a smalle by the color though...

This picture is a smallmouth, notice the pointed tail fins. Largemouth don't have pointed tail fins, they have rounded tail fins. Nice catch!

[jtmethod125]

REALLY nice fish! :D What did you guys use for bait?

[fasthunter]

Nice smallie!! The size looks like a largemouth, BUT it's most definitely a smallie.

[jsopfe]

Caught on mepps
actually dont remember which mepps he was actually using when he caught it

[forest80]

It was a Aglia Plain Treble, red and white size #1 or #2 (can't remember). Actually that lure was really small, I was surprised it bit on it but those inline spinners catch anything!

[RichP]

beautiful smallie!

[Due51]

Ahhh yess! The Mepps #2 red and white. My buddy and I slayed a LOT of walleye up near Tawas and that was THE ONLY lure we could get the smallies to attack.

Great weapon.

Fantastic fish too. Did your buddy keep it or send it back to the lake?

[frenchriver1]

A man shoud be knowledgeable about what he has caught, especially when it is a common type fish...

[shametamer]

if 24 inches is a 'good' measurement that would be in the top ten since 2005 of smallies turned in to the DNR for masterangler certificates....Certainly a prize...kept or released:) woulda loved to have known the weight!

[GVSUKUSH]

A man shoud be knowledgeable about what he has caught, especially when it is a common type fish...

Thank you for your contribution to this thread, you're a great angler.:rolleyes:

That's a GREAT smalllie!:chillin:

[PahtridgeHunter]

A man shoud be knowledgeable about what he has caught, especially when it is a common type fish...

You have the word "French" in your screen name, therefore your opinion is nil.:nono: :lol:

Nice fish, Dude!!! Any potential for a mount???

[wolverine301]

A man shoud be knowledgeable about what he has caught, especially when it is a common type fish...

Not all of us are as familiar with the unique characteristics that differentiate between the different types of fish as others. A bass can be tricky if you are not used to catching them all the time. Kinda like pan fish...it took me a while when I first started to fish to tell the difference betweek a pumpkinseed, redear, bluegill, etc.

Nice catch!

[perchinatorx]

24in smallie nshould have been close to 6lbs

[puttputt]

That is an awesome fish! THANK YOU for taking to time to share the photo. You are a good sportsman.



frenchriver1's comment is unsportsmanlike and out of line. Forget about him and what he types. Some of us work for a living and haven't had time to be almighty fish-identifiers. So we shouldn't be allowed to fish? It's pin-head comments like frenchriver1's that ruin the best thread of the month.:rant:

[jsopfe]

A man shoud be knowledgeable about what he has caught, especially when it is a common type fish...

not to start a fight on the thread - but if you would read the entire thread i did say i thought it was a smallmouth - but thought it was too big to be a smallmouth :bonk:

also about the mount - not my fish actually forest80 was the one who caught it
took a while to get him to join the site, not sure why he waited so long - now he shows up to take the credit

[frenchriver1]

For those few who were offended by my simple statement about being aware of what fish you are catching, I suggest you reacquaint yourself with the simple concept of good sportsmanship. Inherent in that is the ability to identify for what you are hunting or fishing, so as to be incompliance with the hunting and fishing regulations.

If you haven’t taken the time to be able to identify fish and game in the field, you might be considered by some to be a slob sportsman. You are one in my book. This is discounting children, who are supposed to learn from responsible adults.

If you don’t know what you have caught or bagged, just try to explain to a CO that you "thought" it was a “fill in the blank.” That’s why there are pictures of the various fish species in the regulations booklet.


And it was a great catch!

[sfw1960]

For those few who were offended by my simple statement ....................


And it was a great catch!

Got one part right.....

It was a great catch - but DON'T assume you offended "only" a few - there were several that simply "let it go" and didn't say anything , while there are two sides to this - I will say it wasn't a generally positive statement and could have been handled differently.
:SHOCKED:
While I agree we should all know what species we're catching , I think you could use that keyboard to offer an apology for the way you tried to convey your opinion.
:)

R

[RichP]

Should everyone strive to precisely identify the species of fish obtained Yes, of course.

Considering that this fish was obviously in the bass family (it's not like he said check out this 24" dogfish), and that it was 10 to 24" longer (no size limit for white bass) than all forms of bass required for possession according to the latest regs, was a lecture really necessary for this thread? No.

I caught a lot of smallies and buckets this weekend up north and several of the buckets had the dark horizontal line so faint that I had to look at them for a couple seconds to tell them a part...

[BigDaddy]

By the way great catch!!!!!:fish: :D

[Bassman Dan]

For those few who were offended by my simple statement about being aware of what fish you are catching, I suggest you reacquaint yourself with the simple concept of good sportsmanship. Inherent in that is the ability to identify for what you are hunting or fishing, so as to be incompliance with the hunting and fishing regulations.

If you haven’t taken the time to be able to identify fish and game in the field, you might be considered by some to be a slob sportsman. You are one in my book. This is discounting children, who are supposed to learn from responsible adults.

If you don’t know what you have caught or bagged, just try to explain to a CO that you "thought" it was a “fill in the blank.” That’s why there are pictures of the various fish species in the regulations booklet.


And it was a great catch!

I agree that anglers should know what species of fish they are targeting, but when it comes to smallies and largies, who cares? It’s a friggen bass! The DNR made the legal size for BOTH fish 14” for a reason. Too many anglers don’t know the difference between largies and smallies to set different regulations on them. Who cares if he doesn’t know the difference between largemouth, smallmouth, spotted or even shoal, redeye, suwanee or guadolupe bass. Those are all the species of bass in the sunfish family. Do you expect every angler to be able to tell the difference between all these bass when fishing waters that may hold them? As long as an angler releases any fish that is not recognizable by them there is no harm done.

Nice smallie by the way.

[waterfoul]

but when it comes to smallies and largies, who cares? It’s a friggen bass!
Nice smallie by the way.

Who cares? The DNR biologist that will be sending the Master Angler certificate to this fisherman that's who!! :D I still think it will be one of, if not the biggest smallie caught in Michigan this season. They just don't get that big everywhere!!! Please make sure you send in the paper work. It doesn't take long to fill out and actually helps the DNR determine several factors where smallmouth (and any other fish) are concerned.

Why is it a smallie? Fins (as mentioned somewhere above). Color (though this is not the biggest factor). Jaw. Notice in the pic that the jaw joint is in FRONT of the eye socket. Largies have their joint below or slightly behind the eye socket.

Man that is a very nice fish. I'm insanely jealous!! I've been trying to get a Master Angler smallie for years. I caught many as a kid, before the Master Angler program was started... but have not gotten one over 20" since.

[Splitshot]

Frenchriver1,

I think your statement was totally uncalled for and you were totally out of line. This is not the political forum where you can criticize people when they don’t agree with your idelogy. This is a fishing forum where people are happy when someone catches such a nice fish like this one. Besides, not everyone is the expert you want us to think you are. We want to encourage sportsmen and women to post their fishing and hunting stories and pictures. Most of us like them.

When you call someone a slob or similar name they might be reluctant to post another picture and then we all lose.

I know there are people that get green when someone is lucky enough to catch such a great fish especially when they can’t or don’t. Next time you want to kick someone, go kick your cat or make some irrelevant post on the political forum. That was just nasty.

[Bassman Dan]

Who cares? The DNR biologist that will be sending the Master Angler certificate to this fisherman that's who!!.

Yeah, and the biologist can sort that out when they get the paper work and see the detailed picture of the fish that is needed. My response was to Frenchriver1's comment that someone is a "slob sportsman" if they are not quite sure whether or not a fish is smallmouth or largemouth. Give me a break. I know the difference but I've met many, many people who target walleye or other fish and don't really know the difference between the two types of bass. If you want to call them slobs then that just shows immaturity and ignorance IMHO. All this because a fellow sportsman caught a beautiful bronze back and someone was jealous and wanted to try and prove that they were a superior sportsman. Lighten up people.
After all, they are only fish.:hide: :bonk:

[waterfoul]

Thought I was being light. Hence the :D