I first looked at this thread title and said, Damn another spammer got in with a viagra ad, gotta delete that one!

What surfwalker said. It's all good, and was a great read, felt like I was reading an excerpt from the old Field and Stream magazines I use to devour as a kid.

If I'm fishin with someone who's new to the sport, I go for quantity. I know they won't be happy getting skunked even if I said we're loookin for bigger fish. So I go for the low hanging fruit off the tree, the fish that are abundant in the usual freshwater or saltwater places.

By myself, I want the challenge of a bigger fish. I learned a lot in the last few yearsfrom guys who target them, so that's what I'd rather catch.

7lb6oz largemouth is a beautiful fish for the northern states,paumanok, I think my biggest was around 6.