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Local Lunker
Everyone has a Local Lunker (TM).
Whether it is hiding in a highly pressured city park pond or in one of the streams that run by your house, there are big bass within a short distance of you.
We as anglers read about the incredible bass fishing at various lakes like Castaic, Fork, Falcon and Okeechobee and those along with many others are key locations for catching MONSTER bass. However, not all anglers can fish these types of destinations but that does not mean their lives have to be devoid of lunkers.
A five-pound largemouth caught in a drainage canal in central Louisiana is as much a trophy as a 13-pounder caught in California's Clear Lake. Here at F.L.E.X. Fishing (R), we are excited about the local lunkers swimming in our neighborhoods, cities and seldom fished streams, canals and sloughs just as much as we are the super-sized fish.
This year I am on a hunt to catch the biggest bass I can find in these kind of water bodies using F.L.E.X. Fishing (R) strategies and will post the results here.
Chester's 2011 Local Lunker (TM) Quest Results
The author caught this beautiful light green-colored largemouth sight casting in a private pond 6/09/11 using eight-pounder using ultralight spinning gear.
On 5/17/11 Chester Moore caught this really big bass doing a special F.L.E.X. Fishing (R) test while fishing a gin clear pond.
The author used a 10-inch Rattlin' Larry the Lizard to catch this big fish in the Southeast Texas bayou country 5/06/11.
The author caught this big, beautiful bass on a Z-Man Creature Z sight casting in a two-acre pond. The fish was caught 5/03/11.
L to R: The author with a huge lunker caught on a Black Salty baitfish in a tiny public pond 4/23/11. This fat lunker fell to a Stanley Ribbitt 4/22/11 in a pond near the author's home.
L to R: The author caught this beautifully-marked fish on a Skeet Reese Slop Craw (Berkley Havoc) in a tiny public pond March 2011. The other fish does not look long but that's because it is FAT. Look at this football he caught in early April 2011 at a friend's private pond. He said it was "the strongest bass I have ever caught. Incredible fight!."
Show us your lunkers!
If you catch a largemouth measuring 20 inches or more or smallmouth or spotted bass
measuring 17 inches or more send in your photos. The fish must be caught in ponds, rivers, streams, bayous or public lakes. No big lakes or reservoirs allowed. We will post them in a special page here and will send you a "I Caught My Local Lunker" (TM) decal and enter you in a drawing for a very special prize package we will give away this fall.
E-mail photos to cmooreoutdoors@yahoo.com. Include name of angler, size of fish (length required, weight if available), location caught and lure or bait caught on. Also include mailing address.
