I caught my first 40# fish last night on BI. It was 45" and it weighed 40lbs and 4oz. It was a very fat fish with a big head. I read the the thread below about fish being on the Atkins diet, luckily this one was not. I do not have a digital camera, otherwise I would have included a photo.

Congrats Steve. Hard work finally paid off!!

:D :D AWSOME!!!!!!!

Outstanding!!!!

Great job! Whatcha catch her on? Artificial? Live or chunk?

:cool:

:btu: :btu:

Thanks guys. I caught it on an eel.

Saltheart,
I have put in my time and hard work and it did pay off.


I love the new moon in June!

Great job Steve, I hope to know that feeling soooooon!

congrat on the NICE fish!!!!!!!!

Congrats on your 40. I love hearing about fat fish again. I remember the old pound to inch days, i.e. 40 inches 40lbs., sounds like yours was about there :cool:
I hope to get my 40 someday, still stuck in the 30's....
Eels... gotta love them too.

Congratulations on your milestone Steve :btu:
That's a nice step on your way to a 50.
My first 40 last year had a big head too and was also as long as my first 30, same as yours = 45"

Nice Work Steve. Congrats. Hope your next one is a 50.
:btu:

:btu: Way ta go man!

Congrats steve.

sometimes good things happen to desterving people. here is a good example.

Nice fish Steve.....congrats!:D

Basstid...I was there last night...Got about 5, nothing big.
I saw some guy with mass plates go booking down a dirt road around 7:30 on the south side...was that you?

Great! I am still waiting :smash:

Thanks again.

The fish's stomach was completely empty.

Joe, I sent you a pm.

Nice fish Steve - congrats....

Hey Steve congrats on the fish....That was me you were talking to Sunday morning. I saw the pic at the shop. Bet you're glad you went to those eels. I was there 8 nights, ended up with 8 - 18 fish a night and into the am, biggest was 47inches and 36lbs. I had a good number of Bass in the 20-29lb range. All on snakes, didn't even throw a plug...Agian, Congrats!

Thanks CowHunter,

It was nice meeting you. I was expecting to run into you guys again. It sounds like you did very well and yes I am happy that I went to eels. The funny thing is that I went out Thursday night with only two eels because the shop did not have anymore. I started off throwing a needlefish and nothing. I switched to the eel and wham. Most of the fish I took during the week were between 15 and 20#s but there were not too many of them. I am used to getting a lot more fish there on plugs.

I sent you a pm.

Take care,
Steve

NICE FISH!

my buddy caught a 41"er last weekend - we weighed it and it only came to 25#. we only catch skinnies