2009 BASStard Of The Month Archive.

2009 BASStard Of The Year

BASStard Fishing.com has now been around for about a year, and that means we have had one full year of members added to our "BASStard Of The Month" hall of fame and it is now time to announce the first ever "BASStard Of The Year!"

And the winner is..... Derek J. of Central Massachusetts. Derek won "BASStard Of The Month" back in August with this 23.25 inch 7.44 pound lunker. Derek landed this beauty on a 6 inch crank fished on light tackle, a feat that takes a great measure of angling savvy. Congratulations, Derek, on being the first ever "BASStard Of The Year" and we wish you the best of luck in the 2010 season. 

December 2009

December 2009 brings us another one of our forum members, "regularschmoe," with his monster trout, which he landed way back in 1992 in the Shadowcliffs Lakes located in California. This trophy weighed in at 10 pounds 1/4 ounces, the image quality isn't great, but you can still see the sheer size of the beast. Congrats regularschmoe, we look forward to hearing more from you on the forum, and enjoy your month on top!

November 2009

November 2009 brings us "Kaptain Kidd," from Central Massachusetts, one of our very first forum members. KK, as we call him on the forum landed this 22" long 15" girth brick on a Swamp Donkey fishing it across some heavy lily pad cover, it was his only catch of the day, but who could really complain. Nice catch KK and welcome to the BASStard of the Month hall of fame! 

Octover 2009

Well, its early October 2009 and the weather is cooling down, but the BASStards just keep coming! This months BASStard Of The Month, Zack C. landed a monster Mako shark 60 miles off the shore of Massachusetts last month. The shark weighed in just shy of 200 pounds and was caught trolling artificial squid bars with herring bait in the stinger squid. Nice catch Zack! and welcome to the hall of fame.

September 2009

September 2009 brings us far up north to Lynn Chmelnitsky in Ontario Canada, where she landed this beautiful 18" largemouth off a dock on the shoreline of Silver Lake. Lynn landed this monster on a buckshot and worm rig in a spot where she and her family have had some close calls with some lunker bass, one of which snapped her sons pole in half! Nice catch Lynn! and welcome to the BASStard Of The Month hall of fame! 

As a sidenote, Lynn also mentioned the fact that she outfishes her husband ;).

August 2009

I am proud to announce Derek J. of central Massachusetts as August 2009's BASStard Of The Month. Derek was out fishing for a few hours a couple of weeks ago with his girlfriend, throwing a 6 inch crank on light tackle when he hooked onto this 23.25 inch 7.44 pound monster. An epic battle ensued as this slab dove for heavy weed cover, but in the end Derek was triumphant and boated the sucker despite his use of light tackle. Nice catch! and welcome, Derek, to the BASStard Hall of Fame!

July 2009

Matt Gilbert from Western Massachusetts is our proud BASStard of the month for July 2009. Below is a picture of Matt on Barton's Cove (a section of the Connecticut River) on his kayak holding a 36 inch Northern Pike that he landed on a size 11 Firetiger Rapala. Nice catch Matt, you truly are a BASStard!

June 2009

June of 2009 brings us a new BASStard of the Month. Robert Reid of Western Massachusetts caught this impressive 17 inch rainbow trout as a child back in 1940. Reid caught this beauty at Keeler Pond, a privately owned body of water located in the Northern Kingdom of Vermont. Reid’s catch was, and still is, the largest fish captured from the pond—a record for the ages. Congratulations and welcome again to our BASStard Fishing Hall of Fame!

May 2009

May 2009's BASStard of the month is Peter Dionne of Massachusetts with his two lunker bass. The larger of the two (right) measuring 20 inches and the smaller 19 inches. Pete caught these two largemouth  bass back to back on a silver Original Floating Rapala Minnow. Nice catches you BASStard!

April 2009

This month's BASStard, Samuel Reid comes to us from Massachusetts with a beautiful rainbow caught in the Alagnak River, Alaska in July, 2008. Sam landed this beauty on an 8 wt. fly rod using a black leech pattern on a 10lb leader. Weighing in at approximately 5 pounds, this behemoth rainbow measured 24 inches long with a 13.5 inch girth. Nice catch Sam, and welcome the the BASStard Of The Month Club!

March 2009

I am proud to announce Chris Desautels as March 2009's BASStard Of The Month. Pictured below is Chris with his 19 inch, 3 pound 5 oz Largemouth bass he landed on Lake Rohunta in Athol, Massachusetts. Chris boated this beauty flipping a 7 inch YUM Dinger in heavy lily pad cover. Nice catch you BASStard! 

February 2009

This month's "BASStard Of The Month," Ben Hunt comes to us from Berkley, California. Pictured below is Ben and his 9'1" 110lb sailfish he landed in 40 miles off the coast of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Ben landed this monstrosity on live bait with 30lb test line, which lead to an epic 45 minute battle in which Ben was victorious. Nice catch Ben, and thank you for submitting your photo, you truly are a BASStard.

January 2009

I am proud to announce Kevin 0'Neil, of Greenfield, Massachusets as January '09's "Basstard Of The Month." Luckily for Kevin a professional photographer was walking down the beach just as he landing this behemoth striper measuring 32 1/2 inches and weighing 11 pounds. Nice catch Kevin, and thank you for entering in the Basstard of the Month.

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