Tag: Giant
Giant
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Plain-language slang (not as colorful as hawg or bucketmouth).
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Often used for bass that weigh 7–8+ pounds, but the cutoff depends on the body of water:
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In Florida or Texas, “giant” might mean 10+ lbs.
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On small northern lakes, a 5-lb largemouth or 4-lb smallmouth could be a giant.
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The Whopper that almost got away!
I was fishing a lake one day when I hooked onto a whopper! I was working a grassy area, so I kept the line tight to keep the fish from diving into the weeds. He fought hard, and I could tell right away he was a hawg!. Then he surfaced — bucketmouth wide open —…