I caught this big-head/little body LMB today (Dec.22, 2005) on our 17-acre pond. Yes, we have plenty of BG on which the bass all eat, but this is the second time I have landed this particular bass--no fish tale.

I first caught this same fish around Thanksgiving, around a month ago. How do I know? Look at it, how can you forget its shape. Also, I place my fish on a stringer and this fish had a gap exactly where I pinned it the first time.
(Don't worry, I find it hard to believe myself and would have shrugged it off if my wife didn't agree that it was the same fish.)

The other bass we catch this time of year are all proportionally "normal."

The LMB in our pond primarily eat BG, which are very plentiful and are fed in the warmer months with commercial fish food from the feed store.

If this fish had a body to go with its head, it would weigh at least 8-10 pounds. We measured it to be almost 24 inches long.

We landed this fish on the north end of the pond which is very low at this time of the year due to the drought. I would estimate that it is only about 12-16 inches deep with lots of vegetation about 9 inches under the surface. Again, we caught it on a 7" plastic lizard.

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R. Chandler

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