Quote Originally Posted by rickhise View Post
i got my hat handed to me today very few fish an they were hard to come by, the wind had most of my area's to tuff to fish the way id normally cover it the only reason I posted this pic of the 4.5 lb largemouth was was very blotchy almost didnt throw it back like it needed to be culled. Not sure what caused it.
the nice smallmouth came off Tropper Island on a drop

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Rick;
Seems like I catch some of those LM with the black splotches on them every winter in the cold water. Someone told me that was the LMBV(large mouth bass virus). I have seen some of them that was awfully sick and near death from it.
By the way, Happy New year, I'm still gonna get up there and meet you one of these days.