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Old 05-17-2019, 01:50 AM
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Went to the dam today before work and tossed a spinnerbait around....and caught my personal best smallmouth!!! Actually caught my pb, and then broke it again just a few cast later!! The biggest was close to 21” and had to have been 4lbs or close to it!!! First pic is the biggest one.



Don’t worry, she swam away in a hurry!! I also poured my Mountain Dew down its throat. That little trick DOES work for whatever reason.




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Old 05-17-2019, 03:16 AM
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Nice fish Skillet! If it was 21" it was most certainly 4lbs and very close if not 5lbs. Even the skinniest 20" smallmouth is easy over 4. Good job buddy.
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Old 05-17-2019, 03:31 AM
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I try not to big eye them!! Lol. The pics don’t do justice. Thanks. They were a blast to catch. Considering going Saturday morning


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Skillet, do you remember Jimmy? He also gaffed his fish.

Congrats on getting two PB's in same day.
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Old 05-17-2019, 08:27 AM
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Skillet, do you remember Jimmy? He also gaffed his fish.

Congrats on getting two PB's in same day.



Harder for them to get away with a large metal hook stuck in them.
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Old 05-17-2019, 08:39 AM
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You see any skipjack up there?
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Old 05-17-2019, 09:02 AM
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Nice catch. Were you fishing from the bank?
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Old 05-17-2019, 01:11 PM
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Skillet I need to get you in my boat on Dale Hollow lake a few times and you will catch a few smallmouth that size. They are spawned out and a little more work right now but this spring was just unbelievable for 3-5lb smallmouth on that lake
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Old 05-17-2019, 01:52 PM
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Old 05-17-2019, 08:35 PM
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Damm Skillet you're ugly...nice fish although.
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Old 05-17-2019, 10:10 PM
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Went to the dam today before work and tossed a spinnerbait around....and caught my personal best smallmouth!!! Actually caught my pb, and then broke it again just a few cast later!! The biggest was close to 21” and had to have been 4lbs or close to it!!! First pic is the biggest one.



Don’t worry, she swam away in a hurry!! I also poured my Mountain Dew down its throat. That little trick DOES work for whatever reason.


Nice fish but can you box out your face next time?

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Old 05-17-2019, 10:21 PM
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Old 05-17-2019, 10:21 PM
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Nice catch. Were you fishing from the bank?


I was. Right at the ramp


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Old 05-17-2019, 10:23 PM
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Skillet I need to get you in my boat on Dale Hollow lake a few times and you will catch a few smallmouth that size. They are spawned out and a little more work right now but this spring was just unbelievable for 3-5lb smallmouth on that lake


I’m game!!! I’ve been wanting to get on Dale Hollow since I was a kid. Next year I plan on doing a little more traveling and fishing. I love old hickory but there’s more to life than that mud hole!! 😂🤣


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Old 05-17-2019, 10:26 PM
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Damm Skillet you're ugly...nice fish although.


Since when did you become beauty king!?!? Or is it queen???


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