All I can say is.......AWESOME FISH DUDE!!! Those are some SWEEEEEEEET Small Mouth. The Northerns are Very nice also.
Great Job Man!

Don.

I'll say! Very impressive!

Is all the topography blocked out because you do not want us to know where you are fishing? Those are some great looking fish. Now I wonder if I should share info here if others are going to hide things like fishing locations, but it is a free country.
P.S. no disrespect intended
Rich

Nice piggies. I have been meaning to go to Whatcom, but never got around to it this year. Terrell is a beast of a lake.

Wow! Congrats Tag, wonderful catches. Most impressive is the 11.75 northern strain! Maybe you can get on the forums and share what techniques work that far north. It would be nice to have your regional experience on this site.

Thanks, guys. Awesome gallery by the way, Don! Incredible fish!

Tag

Hey Urban,

I'm brand new to this forum. Just signed up this evening. I'd be happy to share the techniques that work well for me up north. Look forward to talking bass fishing with you guys!

Tag

Glad you found this site Tag. Seems the site doesnt get much influence from places like Washington, and I for one would enjoy hearing about your adventures!

>Wow! Congrats Tag, wonderful catches. Most impressive is
>the 11.75 northern strain! Maybe you can get on the forums
>and share what techniques work that far north. It would be
>nice to have your regional experience on this site.

where is the 11.75 largie? I must have missed that one! that would be just a few ounces shy of the record.

man do I miss Black Lake largies and Lake Washington Smallies! you've been puttin' in some work on them smallies son!

Hey Deep,

The 11-3/4 lb. largemouth I caught last fall would have been a new WDFW state record but I decided to release the fish, rather than harvest it for record consideration. It is illegal to transport live gamefish in the state of Washington and there was no certified scale at the lake. Unfortunatley, harvesting a fish is the only way to get an official record in Washington. That wasn't an option for me.

Both digital scales I used to weigh the fish (X-Tools and Berkley) weighed the fish at 11-1/2 pounds (11 lbs. 8 oz. and 11.5 pounds). The IGFA tested both digital scales and determined they were both weighing over a 1/4 pound light (5 oz. and .3 lb.) in that weight range.

You can check out the largemouth pic in the gallery. Did you used to fish Black and Washington?

Hook 'em hard,

Tag

Tag, seems you may be an ideal candidate for a Salter scale, then having it certified through your county Weights and Measures department (well, thats how it works in Cali anyway). If you would have had that done you would be the proud owner of the Washington state record largemouth. There are at least two people on this site, probably a whole bunch more, that have certified scales in the event a record fish is caught.

Check your PM Tag :)

Now now Tag, El Salto Bass don't count LOL!!!!
All in fun
Don.

Thanks for the tip, Urban! That sounds like something worth investing in. Hopefully I get another shot at one that size up here.

Hey Don, those shad and tilapia fed El Salto fish are snakes compared to your trout fed bombs in Cali. :-) They do gobble up swimbaits like crazy down there so I can't really complain.

Tag - Thank you for putting a huge smile on my face when I looked at the recent pics and saw your monster smallies and northern strain largemouth. I can tell you are the real deal and a true sportsman.

Thanks for getting involved with the site, I know you have a lot to offer from your unique Washington perspective and look forward to hearing your thoughts in the future.

oh man that was a tough call! congrats though you've been putin' in some hard work! my boy had a chance on a late sunday night leaving Potholes in 92' or 93'. He caught a 11.9 or 11.11 after pullin' the boat out from the ramp. He heard a big splash zipped a jig out and got smashed! No park officials around and everything was closed. So he drove back to Auburn put the fish in the freezer and had it mounted a few months later. Ofcourse this was before replica's were any good. Man I used to walk down the street and look at that fish the night before goin' fishin' for months after that. Some toads out there! But yea I grew up in Auburn and fished North Lake,Tapps,American,Long,Silver,Desire,Spring,Sammamish,Pine,and Lake Washington ofcourse. I wish I had the trout swimbaits back then it would be pretty stupid!

feel free to hit me at deepsessions@yahoo.com if you wanna reminisce on some old lakes

Hey Rob,

Thanks for the invite and providing such a great website and forum. I'm excited to offer my Northwest perspective and learn from all you Cali studs. The forum will be especially sweet for me in the winter. While you guys are out crushing giant limits of swimbait fish it'll be 17 degrees outside here.

Deep, look forward to reminiscing with you on your old stomping grounds. I've got an open seat if your travels ever bring you back up this way.

JignPig.

Can't tell you how much respect I have for ya for releasing that fish even though it may have been the record. I think that is extremely impressive and I think the right thing. And that act definitely deserved an "atta boy" and a pat on the back!

Nice job!

Thanks a lot for the kind words, Big Green. I appreciate it very much. It was an easy decision really. Watching her swim off was awfully rewarding.

You deserve some atta boys as well. I've checked out your gallery on several occasions in the past. AMAZING catches! Great job, man.

Just PM me Tag, Don't tell um nothing! LMAO!!! all in fun.

again AWESOME!

Don.

You got it, Don! ;-)