Just wanted to share this story with you. It happened two years ago on a local lake, we had been having alot of luck along the dam. Twins were supposed to have a baseball game that night. But due to weather, the game was cancelled. I looked at the boys, and said “Get your rods. We’re going fishing.”
When we get to the lake, we always start at the boat ramp. You will be really surprised how many fish we catch right where we put the boat in. So, we started throwing weightless stickbaits up in the brush. The water had come up a couple of feet from the last time we were there. We caught a couple, but just little fish. So, we deci
ded to fish along the dam. We were still just catching a couple of small fish. Just when we had reached the end of the dam, there is a little pocket with tree flooding in the back. The entries to the little pocket had stickup about 7 feet out from the bank. I started flipping creature baits to them. Nick threw up by a stickup, and hooked a good 2.5 pound bass. We got him in the boat. As I’m helping Nick unhook the bass, Kyle said, “Dad, I had one just then. It jumped and was a huge bass.” I was yelling at Nick to net the fish. He tried but the big bass was not having any of it. Finally, Nick got it in the boat. We all just looked at each other like “What just happened?” I just threw Nick’s 2.5 pound bass in the lake. Kyle’s fish weighted in at 6lbs. It is Kyle biggest bass on a public lake.