WORLD RECORD BASS

Klutz me wrote: "my bass was 16 pounds 2 oz"

I should have typed: "my bass was 14 pounds 2 oz." Sorry about that,
shrug.

What was going through my mind was that I had many 2 pound trout break me
off using a 4 pound test line on a spinning outfit. I won't use less than 6
pound test on a spin outfit because hang ups take all my lures and worms.
I'm spending all my time replacing them and not fishing. LOL

An 18 pound bass on a 4 pound line is remarkable!

Good luck!
John

"John Lindsey" wrote in message SNIP

An 18 pound bass on a 4 pound line is remarkable!

I agree, that is truly a feat. Everything has to go just right to land a fish that size on 4 pound.
The only thing that I know of first hand that approaches that feat is my friend Gil landing a 48
inch muskie on 4 lb. mono after it ate a crappie he was reeling in. It was a spring time fish and
fairly thin, so it probably only weighed about 22 pounds.
--
Steve
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Steve wrote:
The only thing that I know of first hand that approaches that feat is my friend Gil landing a 48
inch muskie on 4 lb. mono

I once caught an 18 pound carp on monofilament sewing thread (about 3/4 pound break strength). For
about a season and a half back around '74 I did a lot of super-ultralight fishing. Long noodle
rods, 1/100 to 1/64 oz jigs and 2 pound line max -- more often, the sewing thread. Mostly it was
panfish and stream trout. But I carried the rod with me most trips and landed LM to almost 5, SM
to about 4, and a northern pike in the 10 pound range on it. But this one early summer trip, my
son and I were headed out on lillinonah at about 5PM, and I cast a 1/64 oz, white marabou jig at a
stump in the cove the ramp is in, the fish picked it up, and for the next 40 minutes, I basically
followed it around the cove with the electric motor on high, reeling and backreeling as necessary
to keep some pressure on the fish. At various times my audience ranged as high as 10 or 12 people
cheering me on. I was never really worried that the line would break. That was less a concern with
the sewing thread than with 2 pound fishing mono, because the sewing mono had a huge amount of
stretch (50% or better) that acted like a shock absorber. A WAS worried that it was just going to
go down and sulk, and I wouldn't be able to put enough pressure on it to remind it that it was
hooked, but it never stopped pulling and swimming, and eventually it wore down enough to get it to
the boat, and my kid just held the net in the water and I let it swim into the net.

RichZ©
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"RichZ" wrote in message SNIP

I once caught an 18 pound carp on monofilament sewing thread (about 3/4 pound break strength).

What amazes me is that it didn't wrap you on anything. I mean, one tough weed stalk would have been
enough to pop that thread. Great job there.
--
Steve
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G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
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Steve wrote:
I mean, one tough weed stalk

At that time, a weed in Lilli would have been the only one. but there was
loads of floating driftwood -- just not in pond brook cove.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
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"John Lindsey" wrote in message SNIP

An 18 pound bass on a 4 pound line is remarkable!

I agree, that is truly a feat. Everything has to go just right to land a
fish that size on 4 pound.
The only thing that I know of first hand that approaches that feat is my
friend Gil landing a 48
inch muskie on 4 lb. mono after it ate a crappie he was reeling in. It
was a spring time fish and
fairly thin, so it probably only weighed about 22 pounds.
--
Steve
OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com



Actually, a good reel and you can go a long time on big fish and light line.
I hooked a 40#+ salmon (much bigger than a 38# I landed on 12#) on a
spinning rod and a rattletrap and 6# mono. Had to boat 3 times and finally
the line broke on the gillraker, line was really frayed in that area, after
2 hours and 10 minutes. Should have put more drag on or made my partner net
it earlier. He said was not ready.
Bill