Frank Fish,

The spinnerbait you are describing sounds like a Stan Sloan Short Arm Aggravator. I believe bass pro shops sells them.

BigBill,

I would love to believe that there are many 10 plus largemouth in CT. It seems that every year, I hear about 1 or 2 being caught. I was given 25 years of DEP trophy records ranging from 1965 to 1989. The vast majority of trophy largemouth bass registered with the DEP are 6 pounds. There are a fair amount of 7 pound bass on the list. Bass over 8 pounds are relatively scarce, and 9's, 10's and 11's are present but very few and far between. I once saw an 11-4 largemouth that was mounted. It was caught in the Moodus reservoir in 1974, a truly impressive fish. I wish you well in your quest for trophy bass. I would love to see photos of any that you catch.

Good fishing,

Huskybass