I went home to spend some time with my parents this week and luck would have it there is a mountain lake about seven miles from my parents house. I had done some fishing there in the past, and saw several big fish before, but my biggest was a 6 or 7 I caught a few years back. Its a tough place to fish from shore due to there being tons of wood, most of it sunk in very deep water. I threw the rat some and got a group of followers with three over 10#. Not bites that day, but I went back yesterday and threw a Hudd now that i knew where they were.

About 30 min into fishing I saw a big momma holding to a tree. I did a real awkward flip cast over close to her and about half way into the retrieve I got a big bite. Got her in did my weighing and picture taking and let her free. I was amazed to then see that the big fish i assumed I had just caught... was still there! This place has a BIG population of BIG bass.

She went 11.2 on my new digital scale.

NGaHB

...you are now converting your skills from the honey hole to additional lakes. You sir are becoming a swim machine. Man that is just flat out awesome. Your confidence must be through the roof! You have caught some serious monsters this year.

Awesome fish.Congrat's!

I'm convinced where and how do i start?

Yea Shimmy, its been cool to put some confidence to work elsewhere. The other big bass this year wernt coming from confidence, but now ive got it all feelin good.

Zip Pow- I've got a box of big baits that are callin to be thrown, but I keep coming back to the hudd. I really like the 6" weedless for fish even down to 1 or 2#! I fish the weedless baits like a jig, let them sink and bounce a few times then swim it back. A 6" hudd can be thrown on a flippin stick really comfortably. The 8" really needs a swimbait rod, tho I have seen them lobbed on a flippin stick. I swim them slow, real slow, and just target the big ones. You'll have some really long dry spells, but I think its worth it in the end.

NGaHB

Very nice! WTG...

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Awesome i'll get some and start chunking

Great fish! Keep up the good work with those swimbaits

heck of of honey hole it sounds like. and that's a great fish for sure. what other swimbaits do you throw besides the hudd?

heck of of honey hole it sounds like. and that's a great fish for sure. what other swimbaits do you throw besides the hudd?

I've now got 4 lakes Im throwing swimbaits in with high levels of success. This one came from the newest addition, tho its a lake Ive fished all my life. I put some time in with real prey swimbaits and morgan custom lures. I also use some of my own making. Now that its warmer the hard bait bite should be turning on. Alot of times I will throw a hard bait, expecially a wake bait, and find the fish via followers, then come back later that day or the next and catch the followers with a Hudd.

NGaHB

Nice bass man wtg!