Maybe they think that by catching this giant fish they will appear to be the best fisherman ever to other fisherman.
Actually many world record fish were caught accidentally by someone who was not fishing for a record or maybe someone who didn’t know much about sport of angling.
For people who are seriously fishing for a record-breaking fish much effort and time must go into the task. Much larger bait must be used, and that means hours of fishing, because the usual fish would not attempt to swallow bait that a true giant fish would consider just another meal.
Four times in my fishing career I have hooked an averaged size fish and before I could land it a true giant came out of nowhere and swallowed it.
These fish are almost never hooked, because the hook is inside of the mouth of the smaller fish.
I have had a white bass, a bream, and two crappies attacked before I could land them.
All four of these fish were mauled severely and spit out. I had a 10- inch crappie attacked by a very large bass while fishing for crappies in a large fallen tree. The bass jumped three times before giving up the crappie.
A few days later I went back to the tree about sundown and quietly cast a large spinner bait down the center and caught a bass weighting 11 pounds. This could have been a different bass than the one that ate my crappie, bit I don’t think so.
The largest bass I have ever caught was 13 pounds and 14 ounces. This monster bass was also caught on a spinner bait at daybreak. There have been many state record bass caught between the hours of 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., so I guess there is no “Best” time to catch a trophy bass.
Several years back I made a fly in trip to Canada for lake trout and Northern Pike. We are 200 miles from the Artic Circle. This lake was 125 miles long and was frozen nine month of the year.
This lake was loaded with trophy trout and pike.
The Canadian Conservation Department gave us a booklet explaining about the lake and fish. Because the lake remained so cold and frozen so long, the growing season was very short. These fish only grew ¼ pound a year. This meant that 20 pounds Lake Trout was 80 years old, and we caught some larger than that. This was a catch- and –release lake with only hook per lure and it must be barbless.
Fish never stop growing so in order to have a real trophy lake you need a fairly large lake with some deep and shallow water. It should be at least six years old. There should also be plenty of forage fish such as bream, shad, and minnows.
The lake should be fertilized regularly.
Even though you think you are in the perfect lake for a trophy, you just never know when or where the next trophy will come from.
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