Big Bass Bragging Board

Post date: May 16, 2020 5:48:20 PM

Calling all Highland Lake Fisherman

The Highland Lake Association is announcing the first annual Highland Lake Big Bass Bragging Board hosted on our Community Facebook Page and Website. Think you caught a Lunker? See how it stacks up to the biggest largemouth and smallmouth bass caught this year on Highland Lake. Send us photos and details of your biggest bass and we'll keep a running list of the top bass caught in this year.

Reese Cole from Pond Villa with her 15” largemouth Bass, her very first fish! Yes, the fish was released without incident.

Not a bass, but Colleen from Vista Dr caught this pretty nice perch on Friday, 9/11.

Rules:

  1. All smallmouth and largemouth bass entered must be caught by a licensed angler (if 16 or older) from Highland Lake using legal fishing methods according to the Maine IF&W rules.

  2. Big Bass Bragging Board is open from May 1st, 2020 until September 30, 2020

  3. You agree that any pictures may be used in our publications

Entrants must fill out the following information

    1. Name of angler

    2. Species (largemouth or smallmouth)

  1. Length in inches of the fish on the tape measure or measuring board (see method to measure)

  2. Two pictures submitted with your entrance

    1. One of the measurement

    2. One of the angler holding the fish with the lake in the background

  3. Submit your entry to either or both of the following

    1. HLA@highlandlakemaine.org

    2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/highlandlake/

If you are going to release the bass, please be careful not to allow the bass to touch dry surfaces. To measure the bass, wet the surface you are going to lay the fish down on before measuring the fish. See instructions here.