It felt like a big Northern Pike. A subtle bite with nothing but a small boil on the surface. Then deadweight on the line. No drag-screaming runs. Just steady pressure like reeling in a log. Only an occasional thumping head-shake. Then nothing. Back to being a log. With an attitude.
When she was close enough to see the boat she made a run for it. The rod creaked and slammed against the gunnel. I backed the boat into the biting north wind. The sunlight hit her back just as the net hit her belly.
That bass looked like a carp. Heavy. Thick. Dark. With a mouth big enough to swallow my hand. Final specs: 21.5 inches, 7 lbs.
The pics are worth a thousand words. The video is worth ten million books. My second 7lb largemouth from this lake in the past few years.
Fish Porn
The Stretch
The Smile
The Gut
The Glory
Hunt Ducks Hook Fish 
Suuuuu-weeeee!
Nice damn fish. Good choice on tune for the vid too. Well played, bro.
Posted by fishingpoet | May 10, 2012, 1:18 pmThanks Matt. I was surprised to catch that monster so early in the season. We were looking for big northerns and a couple walleye. Instead we found that bucketmouth. Don’t get me wrong. No complaints from my boat.
Posted by Pete from HuntDucksHookFish.com | May 10, 2012, 3:11 pmThat’s a bass! Congratulations bud!
Posted by dbiceadventures | July 28, 2012, 8:34 pm