25 lb Largemouth Caught in San Diego

[McCarter]

that fish doesnt impress me.  I know a girl who caught a smallmouth that size in Lake Michigan.  First cast too.  True story.

PoorBoy himself

[djkimmel]

Hooter Girl Crushes World Smallmouth Record on First Cast in Lake Michigan!!!

It was a sunny, calm day on the Big Lake we call Michigan when little Annie Smooter, a well-known Novi Hooter girl, made a fateful first cast into the icy depths. Annie hooked into a big fish by most people's standards although it didn't impress Ms. Smooter much. She eventually landed and immediately released a 25 pound smallmouth buffalo. When told it might be a record, all Annie had to say was, "I've seen bigger..."

[djkimmel]

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[McCarter]

25 lb Smallmouth Buffalo



Thats funny right dar!

PoorBoy himself

[Cheetam]

Is there a buffalo population in Michigan?  Anyone ever catch one?

Buffalo Smallmouth



Colloquial names: blue pancake, brown buffalo, suckermouth buffalo, rooter, razorback, quillback buffalo, carp, humpedback buffalo, liner, roachback

Scientific name: Ictiobus - Greek bubalus - Greek

Size: Smallest of the buffalofish, but can grow up to 15 pounds. It is usually considered superior in flavor to the other species.

[djkimmel]

We do have them on the Michigan record book - native 'carp.' I believe they've all come from the Lake Michigan basin and connected waters.

[McCarter]

It all makes sense now.

PoorBoy himself

[blakstr1]

I like the buffalo shrimp from Hooters    maybe thats not the same thing  

[djkimmel]

Ewww! I hope not...