smallmouth bass

[lakeman]

Just wondering, how many of my fishing friends here on site... have ever caught a 21 inch long, small mouth bass on an inland lake....how long do these fish get usually....thanks for your info.....I landed one on the week-end.!!..

[timmeh]

That is a very decent sized bass for any inland body of water, lake or river. Most smallies will not get that big. If you're on Simcoe or Erie then you may find a few more that size.

 

For me personally, mostly fishing the rivers and smaller lakes, I consider anything over 20" a real beauty, and anything over 17" is a nice smallie. And I'm talking about actual measured fish, not best guesses.

[splashhopper]

Just wondering, how many of my fishing friends here on site... have ever caught a 21 inch long, small mouth bass on an inland lake....how long do these fish get usually....thanks for your info.....I landed one on the week-end.!!..

 

Congrats .. any pics of yours?

 

Here are two of my biggest smallies to date

 

 

23" smallie on an inland lake

 

25" smallie on another inland lake

[mercman]

sheesh, we have the same guides, and i never seen a smallie that big.back to the drawing board

[lakeman]

sorry...no pics as i was fishing alone, this time figured if i did catch anything, would be awfully hard to keep the fish still!! and take pic at same time..Bob Izumu never saw any action like a had with this baby...first my line got tangled around the drum meaning i couldnt reel in..!!...second i heard big splash as she tried to spit the hook she was behind me..and the motor..not an easy position to be in,when your in a scanoe.!!.......3rd as she wrapped her self round my anchor rope, i had to quickly put my rod under the anchor rope and hold tension on the line, with the other hand..!! To crown it off, i quickly pulled her up as i struggled to keep tension on manually grabbed her by the bottom lip and hauled her aboard..by this time my heart was racing!!...One fish never to be forgotten!!

[lakeman]

sheesh, we have the same guides, and i never seen a smallie that big.back to the drawing board

 

those are awsome fish must be from lake simcoe..or Nipissing...beauties.!!!!! nice pics too.

[splashhopper]

sorry...no pics as i was fishing alone, this time figured if i did catch anything, would be awfully hard to keep the fish still!! and take pic at same time..Bob Izumu never saw any action like a had with this baby...first my line got tangled around the drum meaning i couldnt reel in..!!...second i heard big splash as she tried to spit the hook she was behind me..and the motor..not an easy position to be in,when your in a scanoe.!!.......3rd as she wrapped her self round my anchor rope, i had to quickly put my rod under the anchor rope and hold tension on the line, with the other hand..!! To crown it off, i quickly pulled her up as i struggled to keep tension on manually grabbed her by the bottom lip and hauled her aboard..by this time my heart was racing!!...One fish never to be forgotten!!

 

sounds like a blast and a well deserved landing ...

 

[splashhopper]

those are awsome fish must be from lake simcoe..or Nipissing...beauties.!!!!! nice pics too.

 

nope ! lol

[Fang]

21 is kind of a magic number for smallies. I've got a couple 23's from lakes and my pb of a 23.5 maitland river fish. Long and skinny but one of the most acrobatic fights of my fishing catches

[vinnimon]

Just wondering, how many of my fishing friends here on site... have ever caught a 21 inch long, small mouth bass on an inland lake....how long do these fish get usually....thanks for your info.....I landed one on the week-end.!!..

 

 

Caught an 18 incher yesterday,sent him back to grow 3 more! Pics on its way in a bit.

[singingdog]

I believe there are a fair # of 20"+ smallies in any decent smallie lake. Finding them and catching them is a whole other thing. I rejoice at anything over 20".

[Dutch]

21" smallies is a nice fish. They fight like no other.

 

Largest I have caugt is right at 20" just under 5 pounds.

[OhioFisherman]

Just observations, I have see a number of 20+ smallies from inland lakes and the same with largemouth, Chautauqua Lake in New York is a smallie factory, it can produce them up to 6 or 7 pounds and has been doing that since I was a kid. It`s just one of those lakes with the right mix for them. Water quality, depth, food supply, spawning areas, mix in a closed spawning season?

 

30 years of fishing bass tournaments and seeing weigh ins, some lakes have a history of being able to produce big fish, 5+ pounds, on others you can almost bet a 3 1/2 pounder or so will be big bass. A lot of lakes will produce numbers, seen a lot of tournaments won on inland lakes with 12-14 pounds for 5 fish. For me it was always more fun to fish lakes that you knew 18-22 was a decent day.

 

South of the border, smallies on inland lakes here aren`t all that rare, but big ones can be.