I was fishing silver lake's dock hadn't caught anything (or even had a bite) in the four hours i had been there so i was riggin' my 3.5 ft micro lite pole up to catch a little bluegill i had seen right by the boat launch just so i wouldn't get skunked. Well my girl was walking back from the car and yelled "there's big fish (holding her arms about 2 ft. wide) what kind is it?". Well, I figured it had to be a bass or carp. So i put about 2" inches of worm on my hook and brought my 4lb. test rig over by the launch. I'd never seen a bass that big before in my life and here i was holding a rig that makes a 6" rainbow feel like a salmon. Not wanting to take the time rig up something bigger i threw my crawler out and started twitching it along the bottom (I was standing on the dock looking down in about 3ft of water. Threw at him about 10 times, on the last cast i was gonna make to him, he swam over and swallow my rig. As soon as i set the hook he just exploded, my drag was singin' and he took towards a boat the was tied up along side the dock. My 4lb test was starting to drag along stern of the boat and knowin' that any extra pressure would pop the line, i jumped in. Now i standing up to my waist in the water fighting this fish and he started under the dock so i walked after and spooked him away, i fought him for about five minutes in the water with everybody watching and pokin' fun at me for jumpin' in, before i got him in the net. After being helped up outta the water i got my picture taken with'em and turned him back. That fish was the only one i caught all weekend, but i tell you what i'll never forget my first big bass.

last week i hit my first big one too off of a bed... she was about 4lbs! Good Job man!!! that 4 lb musthave been a biatch!

Tyler

That's a great story, man. I used to be a 'trout or nothing' fisherman growing up, but I started expanding my horizons a little bit. I lived in Wa. for 28 years before moving to Oklahoma a few years back, and it was here that I was able to really learn how to fish for bass and other species. In my experience, there is nothing like hooking into a big 'ol hog and hearing that drag scream. A few weeks ago my brother from Tacoma came down to visit (and i was up there too) and standing 10 feet apart, we hooked 2.5 and 4 lbers...I had just enough time to set free the 4 lber that I hooked and he had taken a picture of, that he landed his beauty. 10 minutes later I lost my only Jitter-Bug (top-water) to a monster that made my 4 lber feel like a pumpkinseed! There is nothing like a big bass taking your offering while throwing top-water, especially if you're in a float-tube or it's night time. Talk about fillin' your drawers! Fish on fellas, fish on.

Im glad to see you let the big bass go. Im about to leave for Potholes tomorrow. Im gonna have fun, especially if there isnt any wind. I got a 9 foot boat so Im heading to the dunes. Have fun guys.