I <3 Fat Girls: 5/24; 5/26 (2nd Maryland LM Citation in a month) & 5/31

[Berto]

5/24
Saturday after looking at the weather I figure fishing will be a little hard because of the wind. So my plan was to anchor myself from spot to spot or use the cove for cover. It work! I ended up catching 8 LM. Six was between 12-15" and two of the biggest was a 20" and 20.5". I caught most of my fish on a 10" ribbon tail worm (Red Shad) with a draggin' head hook but I caught the two 20's" on jig & craw (Alabama). I caught them around 8-10ft deep around a point.

20.5"



20"




5/26
Monday I got on the water by 8 something a little later than I wanted too because I knew a lot of people was going to be in the water enjoying their Memorial Day Holiday. Boy was it crowded! I fish until around 2 without getting a bite. I was just about to call it quite because it was just a lot on the commotion in the water from boaters & kayakers. Also the wind kept blowing me around. On my way back to the ramp I was eyeing on a point by a cove and noticed there wasn't people near it. I figured I hit this spot before calling it a day. It was kind of hard to fish that area because of the wind. So I anchored myself and started working the point. That's when I caught this 22.25". My 2nd citation LM in a month. I caught her on a jig & craw (Alabama) in about 8-10ft of deep.






5/31
Saturday, May 31st I didn't have a lot of time to fish and the wind was blowing like crazy. So my plan was to anchor myself around the point and see if I can get anything to bite. I end up catching 6 LM. The 17" & 18.5" was the biggest of the day. I caught them on finesse worm (pumpkin) , and ribbon tail worm (red shad).

[HearadonCatch]

EPIC!!! Way to go dude!!!

[dtandrade]

Wow Berto you are crushing them!. Will you be at the HOW event on saturday?

[Berto]

EPIC!!! Way to go dude!!!

Thanks man!

Wow Berto you are crushing them!. Will you be at the HOW event on saturday?

Thanks! Yes I'll be down Sat. for HOW event.

[kevinmark]

That's awesome man!! Congrats!!! Been doing pretty good myself hitting the LMB.

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[sparky1423]

You da Man, Berto!!

[J.A. Veil]

Nice work on the big bass.

[Cowpokey]

Make sure fish are measured correctly. Mouth should be closed and tail compressed. Not trying to rain on your parade, that's a great LMB...but not 22.25".

5/26
Monday I got on the water by 8 something a little later than I wanted too because I knew a lot of people was going to be in the water enjoying their Memorial Day Holiday. Boy was it crowded! I fish until around 2 without getting a bite. I was just about to call it quite because it was just a lot on the commotion in the water from boaters & kayakers. Also the wind kept blowing me around. On my way back to the ramp I was eyeing on a point by a cove and noticed there wasn't people near it. I figured I hit this spot before calling it a day. It was kind of hard to fish that area because of the wind. So I anchored myself and started working the point. That's when I caught this 22.25". My 2nd citation LM in a month. I caught her on a jig & craw (Alabama) in about 8-10ft of deep.

[Berto]

That's awesome man!! Congrats!!! Been doing pretty good myself hitting the LMB.

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Thank You!

You da Man, Berto!!

Thanks Man!

[Berto]

Thank You!

Nice work on the big bass.

[Turtle135]

Make sure fish are measured correctly. Mouth should be closed and tail compressed. Not trying to rain on your parade, that's a great LMB...but not 22.25".

If you note the "Kayak for a Cure" Identifier in that photo. The tournament organizer for that particular online "catch/photo/release" charity tournament opted to go "open mouth" for that month long event. Pretty sure Berto's two big bass (22.50" and 22.25") will come in first place for that tournament (waiting for final scoring right now).

Heck of a May for big largemouth Berto! Well done!

[Berto]

Heck of a May for big largemouth Berto! Well done!

Thanks Dave!

[Cowpokey]

If you note the "Kayak for a Cure" Identifier in that photo. The tournament organizer for that particular online "catch/photo/release" charity tournament opted to go "open mouth" for that month long event. Pretty sure Berto's two big bass (22.50" and 22.25") will come in first place for that tournament (waiting for final scoring right now).

Heck of a May for big largemouth Berto! Well done!

I'm not in the contest, as long as everyone uses the same standard; all is good.

Every legal regulation measurement I've been accustomed to; was mouth closed. That's been the "standard" for a long time.

Now the standard is changing? That's fine...but it sound's like it's relaxing the standard. Everyone needs a trophy...what limit is there to stretching them out? Can we pull the bottom jaw to the point of dislocation?

Just wondering.

[Cowpokey]

I'm not in the contest, as long as everyone uses the same standard; all is good.

Every legal regulation measurement I've been accustomed to; was mouth closed. That's been the "standard" for a long time.

Now the standard is changing? That's fine...but it sound's like it's relaxing the standard. Everyone needs a trophy...what limit is there to stretching them out? Can we pull the bottom jaw to the point of dislocation?

Just wondering.

BTW, I wasn't implying that Berto did anything wrong in the pics...just that the rules of mouth open will be taken wrong by some people. Like the glitter boys, that think they are on TV, and exaggerate everything.

[DanMarino]

Berto, those are great bass. They are big and sloppy no matter if they have an open or closed mouth. For some reason I can't catch any bass on ribbon tail worms this year. I'll keep at it. Nice job being patient. Yes, Memorial Day had way too many people out on the water.