[jerry]

Not a giant, but we caught quite a few of theese 14.5" bass this weekend. All released. I somethimes keep a couple to fry up. The lake has a 13"~15" slot limit though.

Caught them on Berkley Power Crawls.

nice little fish..I don't catch and release..I filet and deep fry..what is a slot limit ?

[jerry]

Slot limit.
In a given area for a given species, some biologist determines the prime breeding size. In this lake, and most of the area, for bass it falls between 13" & 15" Some lakes impose a "slot limit" to ensure a good breeding population. ie. In this lake you can keep a bass below 13" and above 15" Everything else goes back.

I'm actually not a big fan of eating bass. They taste mossy to me. I like Crappie, bluegill, catfish, walleye & such. I bass fish ocasionally for fun. Just like to try to hunt that wall hanger.

I live two blocks from a lake where you can catch all of those..just got to keep an eye open for alligators and moccassins :insane:

[jerry]

Cool :right: good eati'n!
When we going fishi'n LD?

C'mon down ! :right:

[lefty o]

glad to see ya released them pretty fish, they will grow bigger. im still looking for that wall hanger myself, untill then i'll keep releasing them.

[jerry]

Nice, looks like a 16 incher and a 20+.:right:

[oneastrix]

Nice catch gents! I'm itching to get back out on the water myself soon.

[Oxford]

I'm gonna dip my worm :right: this coming Tuesday at a lake about 20 miles south of me. Three of us will be fishin off of a pontoon boat near one of the guys private dock. He's been feeding fish there for quite a while so I expect we'll see quite a few catfish or carp. Of course, if I'm lucky I'll catch and release, too.

Tonight I took off the two lb. monofiliment test line I'd been using for trout and put on eight pound test line. Now isn't that optomistic? :nod:

[NRAJOE]

Ah likes mah cat fish thank you...:right:

[Shaun]

I still prefer venison -- I usually ocean fish when I can and that's rare in TN