Northwest Fishing Reports

Here is pic of MONSTER Bronzeback caught recently in Columbia River near mouth of Snake River. It weighed 8.47lbs and was caught by Wade Ralston. JWerner mentioned it was posted on board at Sportsmans Warehouse in Tri Cities and I found pic online. Bad news is that the fish was kept and killed. That sucks because a SM this big must have been OLD and put up one hell of a fight! I only wish it had been released to fight another day but as in C&R thread, everyone has their own rights.
Reports say he has been tight lipped other than it was caught on a tube.

What a PIGGIE!!!

WOW! That's about all I can say!

That's a nice smallie , not like it's 9 pounder now that would be impressive ..no worries im working on it !! lol ..

looks like a blowfish to me

:cyclopsan
Fish of a lifetime right there.
Thanks for finding that pic delyakguy, I was wondering if it would surface.
What a HAWG!





fishnislife

Im with DEZ on that one,working on it and having fun doing it!!!

Dang the State Record is: Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieui- 8.75 lbs Ray Wonacott Columbia River, Hanford Reach April 23, 1966 ,..he was pretty darn close,..nice work!

BB

Of course I have to see that after I just caught my PB SMB#-o ... That is one huge bass and only 4.48oz off the state record. Even though he wasn't released, I am sure he had a very, very good run.

What a nice fish! I sure could have used that damn thing a few weeks ago in the NW Bass tourny#-o

that is one HUGE Smallmouth... I wish people would catch and release more bass though.... but that is just me....

The Barry Bonds of smallies. I dream of catching a smallmouth even half that size:-({|=

Great fish, gotta keep those genes in the pool though that sucks!
Eric

Now thats what I call a smallie nice fish!!!!!

Beautiful fish. Can't really blame the guy for wanting to keep it but it's too bad a big fish like that can't be kept alive some place in a large aquarium for public display. I'm not sure but I think it is now illegal to transport a live game fish. Anyway, I think it would be safe to say that there many state record largemouth and smallmouth swimming around in the huge reservoirs of the Columbia River -- And, hopefully a WL member will catch one. Will be looking for the photos.

I hear ya Bob. Everyone has the right to C&R or keep the fish.

"Teach a man to fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to C&R give someone else the fight of their life."

Delano R. Jennings

The Barry Bonds of smallies. I dream of catching a smallmouth even half that size

Balco was probably involved...

That is one nice smallie.....I weighed one just over 7 (not mine) at a club tournament and I could not believe the size of it. That is a darn nice fish.....

Hey Brian,..have you thrown that PannicMinnow yet? Just curious 2 know how effective they are?

BB

Sweet fish!!! I wonder how many times it was released before attaining that size.