My largest bass was a fat 9 pounds. I caught him a year ago on Neva Lake, on San Juan Island. It is in a private resort, Lakedale Resort, and is extremely weedy and shallow. Besides from tons of trout, it has loose schools of huge (7 pounds +) bass that cruise the shallows. I caught mine when I saw three huge shadows behind my cabin in the little channel. The only rod rigged was a 5-weight fly rod with a tiny little woolly bugger, but I managed to catch him with it, and actually land it. However, it fought like a log, so that was probably why I landed it.