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Long time no posting! I've been working a lot as of late. I'm at a small pet store now, so I haven't had much time off since the deer hunt last year.

I finally made it out on some of my favorite Tooele County lakes today. I was actually going to target trout. But, I liked the way things went. Started off at Grantsville. 8-12" of ice depending on location. Big freeze sured up the edges. BUT... Fishing sucked.

Headed over to Settlement. Caught a bunch of small chubs in 8' of water. One small rainbow spit the jig at the hole. But that was it. I invited all the chubblets along with me for the ride home.

Along the way, I called a friend of mine who lives on a lightly populated, lightly fished private lake. I'm bound by a promise to him to not say the name, because like I say, no one fishes it anymore. I asked him if he was up for some light tackle largie action. I'm glad he was.

My friend Alex caught 5 largies. Smallest 15", the rest around 18-20. I caught and released 8 fish over 18". The largest, 23 3/4", I kept. 9 lb. 13 oz. on certified scales. He was going blind and had a couple sores on him anyway. He used to be larger than he was now, but still so far as I know, I've caught the No. 2 and 3 Largemouths in the state.

Best part? True light tackle action. 4# line, medium light action rod, drop shoting dead chubletts along the wood work and praying the bass didn't get in too deep. I broke one off I'm sure was just as large as the 9, and probably larger. I knew there were still state records in places other than the popular bass waters. Its all about getting out and finding them. Thankfully I know a few places still.

The name of this place didn't happen to start with a S and end in a K (2 words)?[] Last spring I was introduced to a place with those characteristics in the name and happen to land a fat 5 lber. It was only the second time I had ever fished for bass.There's alot of nice fish in there. I fished it quite a bit in the spring and into the summer, what a blast. To bad it's private.[]
If were not thinking of the same place I got to find out where your talking about?[]
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[reply][center]WARNING! This Report Contains Details, and, Eventually, Pictures Of Large, Legally Taken Largemouth Bass.[/center] [center]If ya don't like it, don't look![/center]

Long time no posting! I've been working a lot as of late. I'm at a small pet store now, so I haven't had much time off since the deer hunt last year.

I finally made it out on some of my favorite Tooele County lakes today. I was actually going to target trout. But, I liked the way things went. Started off at Grantsville. 8-12" of ice depending on location. Big freeze sured up the edges. BUT... Fishing sucked.

Headed over to Settlement. Caught a bunch of small chubs in 8' of water. One small rainbow spit the jig at the hole. But that was it. I invited all the chubblets along with me for the ride home.

Along the way, I called a friend of mine who lives on a lightly populated, lightly fished private lake. I'm bound by a promise to him to not say the name, because like I say, no one fishes it anymore. I asked him if he was up for some light tackle largie action. I'm glad he was.

My friend Alex caught 5 largies. Smallest 15", the rest around 18-20. I caught and released 8 fish over 18". The largest, 23 3/4", I kept. 9 lb. 13 oz. on certified scales. He was going blind and had a couple sores on him anyway. He used to be larger than he was now, but still so far as I know, I've caught the No. 2 and 3 Largemouths in the state.

Best part? True light tackle action. 4# line, medium light action rod, drop shoting dead chubletts along the wood work and praying the bass didn't get in too deep. I broke one off I'm sure was just as large as the 9, and probably larger. I knew there were still state records in places other than the popular bass waters. Its all about getting out and finding them. Thankfully I know a few places still.[/reply] Don't get me wrong I'm not knocking your fish at all those sound like some beautiful bass. But private waters that cannot be fished by everyone are kind of like canned hunts. Just can;t say you've caught the 2nd and 3rd largest LMB because there have probably been dozens of huge bass caught out of the many private ponds in the state.
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Pics man pics. Nobody likes a pic tease.
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One of these days I'll have to get someone to come out to that S.P. place and teach me how to catch a bass. I happen to live in that community.
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The bass in Stansbury are big i used to live on Genoa lane right next to the water we caught sevrel big bass but as brookieguy said its like a canned hunt it was only fun when i lived there but great job on a 9 pounder i have also caught some huge carp in that pond if you want some far game large mouth try the I-80 ponds there still big fish in there
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Lord. Last time I checked it wasn't like a canned hunt. I mean the bass weren't fenced in! It's like knocking someone because a 30" buck happened to cross their land and they took him. Bass, large bass, are big for a reason. Yeah, the lake gets some pressure. Not this time of year, sure. But other months, a lot of pressure. It's just like any other water. Portions of Utah Lake are as unfished as this lake. He wasn't forced to bite. He wasn't foul hooked. He was fooled by a decent presentation and, tooting my own horn, skillfully brought in.

The photo doesn't do him justice. 24 3/4" on the button, around 17" of max girth. 10 witnesses to the weight. Funny enough he's about 1/2" longer than my bigger fish. Weird. And I do claim I have 2 and 3, because lets face it, I haven't seen any other 10 lb. 1 oz. bass, or any other weighed 9.13 bass. Only the record fish. But hey, my two cents. And I've been knocked in the head a few times. lol

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Nice bass there definitely.
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