Heading for Lake Cumberland

[mhall]

The Spots have been in the jumps thru-out the harbor here at Grider. Can you say topwater fun!

Dave, Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, lol.

[elnutsmalljaws]

I've was with a friend that caught a 5.8lb spot in late June 1989; from the Ky. River!!!! Caught on a small back and blue jig, right before dark, in three feet of water..on a sand flat, with one big rock, she was right next to it when hooked...That was the largest spot I'd ever seen..maybe I'll ever see in person. The fight that this spot put up also will be one I'll never forget; I had the pleasure of netting this heavy weight! And it was for sure a spot. Unfortunitly...he did mount this one for the wall; I really couldn't blame him. So when I read that the state record is 7lb+!!!!....It's just about to much for me to believe.?? I'd even go as far as saying I won't see this record broke...or the world record smallmouth be broken in my life time
Has anybody ever seen...in person...and for sure!!!!...A small mouth in double digit weight...10 pound or more...anybody...where, when..and how? Please be honest.

You can see one of the 2 - 10 pound Smallies that Billy Westmoreland caught hanging on the wall at the One Stop in Celina. The other was hanging in a small restaurant that got sold and the new owners did not know what they had and threw it in the dumpster when renovating.

[Bucketmouth10]

Been catching alot of stipers in the back of the creeks. White Oak mostly. The bait is thick back there but they are mostly 1-2 inch thread fins. I've been catching mostly 5-15 lbers but I have seen 30-40 lbers in the jumps. Catching them on everything from spooks to wild suckers (which we do sell : 606-271-3127 ) The striper form a line and are stampeding the large groups of bait. Really a wild site to see. Try to get you bait in front of the charge and hold on!

[Trick Daddy]

would that not have been a new state record

I thought when I caught her it could be. I went back to the houseboat and looked up the record (7lb10oz) and realized it wasn't even close. Had it been spring time and she was holding eggs it could have been a whole other story. It would have been cool to see if the Bass Pro Shops over in Jeffersonville wanted her but I'm sure they can't just drop any fish in the tank for fear of disease.

Jeff