Don P.,

Your Quote:"If you fish Rogers with BIG crank baits, BIG topwaters, BIG live baits you should get into 7#-10#+ largemouth without too much trouble."

While I admire your enthusiasm, Your statement is not supported by any tangible evidence. There is no such thing as an easy 7 pound plus largemouth in CT. I have caught one that big in 30 plus years of fishing CT, and I get my share of "big" bass.

While Roger's produces some nice bass, I don't recall anything close to 10 pounds being caught there. My top six picks for large bass in CT are:

Long Pond, Amos Lake, Billings, Beach Pond, Lake Quassapaug and Taunton Lake. Moodus has dropped off considerably in recent years, but produced dozens of trophies in the 70's and 80's.

Remember, a 6 lb. largemouth is a TROPHY in CT, and 10 pound bass are very seldom caught in CT.

Huskybass

Don,

I was on Rogers yesterday, I know it fairly well, it is not in the same league as the six lakes I mentioned above. I'm sure that there are plenty of 3 to 6 pound bass in there, but 7-10 is a whole different category. Between Jighead and I we have caught 2 or 3 largemouth over 7 pounds in our entire lives. Even a 5 pound largemouth looks huge, and is often reported as a 7 or 8 pound bass. Look at Jighead's post from last week, he posted a photo of a 5 pound bass and asked for guesses as to weight, he got many responses that said 7 to 9 pounds.

As far as Gardner goes, it was great while you were in FLA, I'm hitting it again on Weds afternoon, if its good still we will schedule a trip ASAP. Lets get a few that look like this:

Mike

I agree with huskybass. 7# to 10#+ LM are just not as common as we would all like to think. Although they are out there and i have no dought that many Conn. lakes and rivers hole a record breaker, to even assume that any one body of water in NE holds a large enough population that you "should be into them with no problem" is just not realistic. Besides if there are that many large bass in one lake it stands to reason that a reacord would have come from there, or there would be reports of near record Bass being caught. Remember the fishing Grapevine is fast and furious.

Seeforellen.....I'm done trying to convince these guys. You too? More 7-10# LMB for us I guess!

Don P.,

Worry about your quest for a 50” striper, before you take on something more challenging -- like a 7-lb. largemouth bass. Even if you employed your usual simpleton tactics – dunking bait – a 7-lber. is out of your league. And your casual talk of 10-pounders is just blasphemy.

I’m upping the ante. If you catch a 7-lb. largemouth this year (again, on a certified scale) I’ll send you a cold, crisp fifty dollar bill. Deal?