Derek hoists a sturdy cold water largemouth out of the water to retrieve the jig & pig he caught it on. (Used in MOOD magazine)
A 5-13 largemouth from the bass factory L. Ovid caught on a fire tiger Bomber 6A. Crankbaits catch many big bass for me.
Angie took this shot of me with a fat prespawn Grand River bass I pulled from a snaggy steep outside bend with a Bomber 6A green crayfish crankbait. (Used in In-Fisherman magazine)
This big spring largemouth inhaled a chartreuse ¼ oz lite wire spinnerbait in the far back of a shallow dark-bottomed bay littered with fallen wood and old brush – my favorite place to fling spinnerbaits. It doesn’t hurt that big ol’ bass like this one haunt the same places. (Used in MOOD magazine)
A young Nic with a well-fed largemouth from a Lake St. Clair marina seawall. A smart photographer would use fill-flash, but the bass were biting.
Who says Grandma’s can’t catch big old bass? Here’s Sharon Dekker’s big bass caught flipping on Bear Lake.
Larry with a decent Gull Lake largie that smacked a spinnerbait during a good fall outing.
Here’s a pretty Grand R. Lansing canal largemouth flipped off a seawall. Photo by Bigfish
‘Archive’ file of Dan Launstein with a decent Grand River Lansing bayou largemouth.
My wife Angie with a chunky largemouth from a Saginaw Bay canal.
My 2nd time using Sluggos in 1989 made me a big fan. Speaking of big, here’s one of the brutes I caught that day.
While I was federation environmental director, I took then MDNR director David Hales downtown on the Grand. This was our catch of the day.
Derek tries to land a huge Lake Ovid jig & pig largemouth.
Mark with 2 toads from an evening where we really slammed them on jigs.
Larry’s big largemouth caught on our ‘secret’ spring lure – a red blade spinnerbait.
This sturdy largemouth broke Angie’s rod tip on the way in (an early date).
Larry here with a nice brush bass that’s been feeding very well.
Derek lips a solid largemouth that ate a Texas-rigged power worm.
‘Little’ Nic with a L. Ovid largemouth caught twitching a Rapala.
Larry dragged this fat 4+ largemouth out of the background brush - some of the best fun you can have on a lake.
Derek was pretty happy catching & landing this nice quality Gull Lake largemouth.
This is a solid Saginaw Bay backwater swamp bass I caught a few years back in practice.
Here, Derek is unhooking a big L. Ovid largemouth.
Derek prepares to hoist out a quality Saginaw Bay bass yanked out from the cattails.
David Simmons, of FLW Outdoors , with another trophy - a 6 ½ pound Table Rock Lake largemouth.
Jon Bondy with a huge Texas winter 2006 largemouth.
Jon Bondy with 2 more hog largemouths from Texas – winter 2006 – Beauties!
Lake Ovid is a big largemouth factory - another big one I caught in June 06 flipping a Zoom Super Hog.
Angler Ed Schweifler with a huge 8 lbs 8 oz largemouth from Michigan's Grand Traverse County. Released in 2005.
