[Maddog3355]

 

[Ewibob]

Nice fish, doesn't look close to 7 lbs. to me. For his sake I hope I'm wrong, don't intend for my reply to sound too critical.

 

[20']

giant MO smallie!

 

[Black Legend Gauge]

I don’t see 7 even with how far out he is holding it.

 

[Maddog3355]

How does officially weighing a fish work when the season isn’t open? Take a picture of your scales with the fish on it and then verify your scales?

 

[20']

that thing looks super fat, and non spawn times a 1/4 lb translates to 1", bass wise....as a good estimate...so 7lbs during spawn......

 

[Refuze2falo]

Eater size

 

[DonJuan]

Every bit of 7

 

[callaojoe]

Looks like a good time for a shore lunch! Congrats to the lucky angler!

 

[BackyardBandit]

Looks like a good time for a shore lunch! Congrats to the lucky angler!

He's not lucky, he's a badass river bass guy

 

[Muleskinner]

Jeff knows how to catch fish! Pretty good cat fisherman too! I

He's not lucky, he's a badass river bass guy

 

[Maddog3355]

There are some good river bass fishermen on this forum also. I think Jeff fishes more in one week than I do in a year.

 

[Pulleye16]

very cool and good for him. It's impossible to judge by a photo so, congrats!

 

[lopester59]

I don’t see 7 even with how far out he is holding it.

Don't understand why people insist on taking pictures that way.

 

[Black Legend Gauge]

Don't understand why people insist on taking pictures that way.

To make their hands look bigger 😂

 

[20']

Likely because nobody wants to the hunter or fisherman

 

[Maddog3355]

Don't understand why people insist on taking pictures that way.

Makes my belly and head look smaller.

 

[seth_turner_04]

All I can say is it takes one heck of a fish for Jeff to get excited and this one had him excited. There is nobody better at catching big river smallies than this guy. He caught a 6.3 pounder the previous winter on the Meramec during an Upper Meramec tournament. It was weighed on set of tournament scales in front of a bunch of people. That one was 22.5" long. If this one was 23.5" like he said then I'd guarantee it was every bit of 7 pounds. Not a state record but probably one of the biggest caught in the state in a LOOONG time. Even if it had been a record, it wouldn't have mattered because of it being catch and release season. He is one of the few guys that I believe without question when he says he caught a giant fish.

6.3 pounder.

The dude is a stick on the lake too. He took 3rd in the 2019 Fall Big Bass Bash and has won plenty of money in the bigger tournament trails like Anglers in Action.

I believe he is retiring from teaching this year so those of us that fish against him are pretty well screwed because he'll have even more time to fish and keep them figured out.