12.6 Pound Bass Caught On Orange Lake

Thanks to my friend Tony Russ... Would have never landed this bass without him

[@MaxEberle]

Beautiful fish! Great job catching it. Holding it like that by the lip for so long is not good for such a heavy bass. They are not designed to hang like that. Would like to see bass anglers handle these beauties with more reverence. She may not have survived. First put it in a big livewell while you prepare the proper scale and then do what needs to be done fast is the way to go, or just be more ready and faster I think. Doug Hannon the legend bass angler does a great job handling bass. Gotta be ready to handle a big bass. If not then at least hold it sideways and give it some water so it can breathe. I hope it was ok.

[@dzoldnuts]

Notice in the video you will see there are several breaks in the video where the bass is put in the live well and hanging from the lip strait is accessible handling practices and hand under the belly for a side view is what I do. I suggest you look on www.trophycatchflorida.com for best handling procedures. I’ve have caught probably hundreds of trophies in my lifetime and all swam away alive and healthy and never lost one.

[@dzoldnuts]

You are not the guru you pretend to be. Sorry for that comment but trying to make me look bad on my tread I feel it warranted

[@PHFishingBiking]

👍 What a BEAUTY!

[@ThatShinerGuy]

Holy crap Tommy!!! You really had to work for that giant!!! Nice teamwork!!

[@GeorgiaBassmaster]

Thats a GIANT!

[@barrywylie7291]

What a beast !! Congratulations!! 👍👍

[@toddbaker9863]

That's not Orange Lake.. .It's little Orange Lake about 15 miles north of Orange. Nice fish though.

[@dzoldnuts]

Shhhhhhh

[@nickleback3695]

That's a beauty.

[@Vabasseroutdoors1]

Awesome!!

[@zacharyself8441]

Was that the McIntosh side of the lake or the creek side? I caught an 8 this summer near McIntosh

[@dzoldnuts]

Don’t know the lake so I don’t know which side

[@rickshipley7232]

Nice fish

[@bigfishbrau]

geez i hope that wasnt out of the water as long as it seemed! giant fish though!!

[@therodfather2266]

OMFG the loch ness 👹

[@MegaHahndo]

Nice!!

[@benonem]

dzoldnuts LOL nice fish

[@joeculler1600]

You 2 should be forced to surrender your fishing licenses.

[@dzoldnuts]

I was going to delete your comment because it sounds so stupid. I’ll bite. WHY!!!

[@joeculler1600]

@@dzoldnuts Mr Old Nuts. Great catch. Letting a fish hold a shiner for 10 minutes limits it’s chances of survival

[@dzoldnuts]

@@joeculler1600 well if your referring to getting her unstuck from the Lillie’s. She was wrapped. If your talking about keeping her out of the water every cut in the video she went in the live well. I’m a member of trophy catch and submitted over 30-40 trophies a year along with measurements and videos and it seems your the only one that has a problem with it. Let me ask you something what makes you such a professional to make such a rude comment

[@joeculler1600]

Mr Old Nuts. The fish first eats the bait at 47 seconds. Then the hook set happens approximately 1:51. I understand it’s wrapped. But it’s wrapped intentionally freespooling a shiner through pads. It may have been “snarky “ but my comment was due more to that style of fishing being very VERY bad for the fish and some what likely to kill it.

[@joeculler1600]

It’s possible you’ve killed a lot of your big catches. Possible