arniejl
4/12/2013 5:34:00 AMGreat job, great fish! I always love the feeling of letting a big fish go, and besides, with a length and girth measurement she could still be mounted, it just would not really be her:)
JesusFish
4/12/2013 9:56:00 AMNice dude. I've never caught any Bass near that size on Tapps. Great job. We all know that they're in there!
MotoBoat
4/12/2013 6:27:00 PMTempting to keep fer sure! Glad you let her live. Don't the replica's serve the same purpose? And look as good?
06Roush
4/12/2013 10:44:00 PMA replica would totally be fine with me...but sadly did not have a tape measure to get good measurements.
ADT
4/13/2013 6:16:00 AMHi Roush =) . That was my buddy and I that stopped and chatted with ya and helped get that 2nd pic . Thanks for sharing with us . It was really awesome seeing that beastly largie in person. Don't tell all your buddies on Okeechobee about Tapps now =P . Once again great job and nice catch =) .
Scraper
4/15/2013 2:04:00 PMGreat fish. You might try to recatch that fish in a month or two. I was reading somewhere a few days ago and the article mentioned that the Washington Smallie record was 8lb 9 oz. By the way where are the official state records listed? Should be in the regs but I couldn't find them.
Amx
4/15/2013 3:25:00 PMsmallie - 8 pounds 12 oz;
largie - 11 pounds 9 oz;
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/records/search.php?View=fresh
largie - 11 pounds 9 oz;
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/records/search.php?View=fresh
LMBDave
4/15/2013 8:11:00 PMIncredible man! Good for you! Keept it up. Thank you for letting that beauty go.
thefishing-guru
4/20/2013 1:33:00 PMnice fish. im havein my doubts about 8 ilbs though. lol but either way nice job
06Roush
4/22/2013 6:52:00 AMYeah, I was a lil skeptical on the 8lbs as well but on two scales she went well over 8lbs....so either by chance two scales read incorrectly within a few oz's or....she was actually 8lbs hahaha.