New record smallie

[tombiosis]

Looks like a 6 pounder to me...but if it is 12 lbs....wow!
what an idiot

[Claudio]

I know photographs of fish can often be deceptive, but the fish does not look like a 12lb smallmouth. It's definitely one helluva smallmouth, and I have no idea what a 12lb smallie is suppose to look like, but the measurements being qouted are suggesting that the fish has a girth larger than its length! The photo doesn't support the measurements being qouted. The two other photos of record smallies appear larger than the one supposedly 2+lbs bigger? Difficult to believe, and considering what the guy did with the fish, impossible to know for sure.

A couple of years ago, I posted on this board that I thought it was not a good idea in keeping large fish for the dinner table. I was somewhat lambasted by some, but after reading the story I can't help but express the same opinion as I did years ago. You would think that if the Provincial Government was serious about conservation, they would institute some type of slot limit for all or at least most species of fish here in Ontario.

[RJ]

Now seeing this pic.....I'm not sure it's 5...

[joco]

I wouls say the same.the more 6 pound mabe....the picture was taken at lenght off arm etc...nice pict trick.. .

but i would have to say it is a very nice bass for sher.

cong to that guy.

not good for that section off the river..will get a lot more pressure now..

joco.

[uberfish]

Yeah, nice fish but no monster. About the reporters, it is like they say in the tabloid business, don't ask too many questions and spoil a good story. Maybe this is a ploy to get more people up that way, drop a few dollars while searching for the Loch Madawaska monster fish? I don't think this will start a stampede of FHers, but I will admit to thinking more about Arnprior as a destination; human nature rules.

[GetTheNet!!!]

5 lbs of bass + 7 lbs of Bulls&@t = World record smallie.... Give me a break...

[almontefisher]

Well I would say that fish isn't even 5lbs...Again unless his hands are twice the size of a regular person ...Look at other fish pics on this site with the hands on them...they look the same as some of the 4lber's.

[Todd B.]

Nah, it's the 7lbs of entrails from the other dozen bass that he included in his post fillet weigh in. LOL

[SteveO]

Todd B:

[Graembo]

Maybe its the new Arnprior addition formula.....weigh it twice then add the two numbers. What a clown.

[almontefisher]

Graembo: That is not a nice thing to say...Now the locals will think they can add ...Just kidding you Prior lads

[wanabee fisherman]

How could this guy eat it . The only reason i would understand is if he was starving to death in the middle of 1000 acre forest.

[Swamp-Donkey]

12?!!??. Thats probably the number of "Labatt's 50" he had injested on his little fishing trip before he dragged himself and his "dinner"back home to his trailer.

That fish doesn't weigh an ounce over 5lbs. I'm dissapointed in the media for even wasting the paper that the story was printed on. They should have gathered more facts first.

The funny thing here is that there are going to be a ton of "uninformed" people that buy into this. I bet you there will be a bunch of people up there this weekend, beating that river to a froth! Chasing the dream !

[almontefisher]

Well the "Dream" is in his freezer

[Swamp-Donkey]

I was being sarcastic Almonte, There is no dream! It was a 5lbs bass. Big Deal, There's tons of them around. The humorous thing I was trying to get at here is that there will be crowds of people there, and they really will believe that they have a shot at a 12 lbs Bass. Now that's funny!