Check these whales o’ the week:

@dannyrago gave himself an eclipse with this 11-lb “rat eater” I assume somewhere in CA:

Not a DD but a PB — @chadsmithfishing smacked this’n on Chickamauga, TN:

Here’s what too many trips to McDonald’s can do to ya — gettin’ supersized with @mikelongoutdoors, and props to him for having his tat on a bass (lol):

Just one of many insanely thick smallies Mille Lacs, MN guide @jeremiahjohnsonfishing catches up there, so far north it looks like spring/summer/fall at the same time:

…and make multiple casts to the same spot with different baits — from a scientific study on the basses de large:

Not sure whether “similar-looking” means shape or color or both, and guess we gotta bear in mind Steve Kennedy fished a whole season with a white jig and did pretty dang well.

Sorta — they’re #54 on the list of the 100 worst invasive species worldwide.

Truly don’t understand. Have to figure that whoever makes that list doesn’t know how to flip or fish a frog….

Here’s a few foreign names for our fave fish:
> achigan [sounds like Michigan?]
> bas dehanbozorg [sounds like a type of cheese]
> bass wielkgebowy [I think Zona said that exact phrase to me on a boat once]
> biban cu gura mare [si!]
> bolsherotnyi amerikanskii tscherny okun [dang those Amerikanskiis]
> buraku basu [God bless you]
> fekete sügér [totally love pairing the word “sugar” with bass]
> green bass [makes a whole lot more sense than “black bass”]
> großmäuliger Schwarzbarsch [might have had that on a hot dog?]
> isobassi [that’s the ward some of us are admitted to]
> lobina negra [sing it: “livin’ lobina negra”]
> Öringsaborre [orangutan for “bass” I guess?]
> ostracka [we always “ostracka” time when we’re a-bassin’…lol]
> perche noire [sounds like fancy cookin’]
> perche truite [sounds like a fancy dessert, maybe Cliff Pirch’s personal recipe]
> tam suy lo ue [no idea what language that is but I’ll have some pork fried rice with that!]
> zwarte baars [I don’t often go to bars, but when I do, I zwarte baars]

Yee-haw littel dawgy, heeeeeeere we go:

6″ tadpole swimbait by @marlingbaits:

Russ Lane says he ain’t colorblind but check this Dirty Jigs Swim Jig/Big Bite Tour Toad color combo:

Jewel Pee Wee Football Jig — $$$ name:

That’s right, a swimbait with no fins — @tackletour with the Wild Lures Japan Wild Beat glide bait…which is on Tackle Warehouse…for $180:

Japanese bass-heads ain’t a-feared to be a-puttin’ big and long trailers on jigs — here’s just one example from @backlash_official:

…with your host Brandon Palaniuk:

He listed several benefits:
1. Keeps your skin looking young/better than collagen.
2. Crunchier than granola and higher in protein.
3. Stays fresh in the beard for later snax.
4. Keeps strangers at a distance.