My First Real Fish Aboard My Boat

Have my new to me boat since February. I have been on It a plenty to catch...well you know bass. I've caught perch and pickeral, but my wife caught a largemouth, even my 6 year old son caught his pb smallmouth, and all this on the same lake... Wasn't a good look for me until this past Friday. Found this nice back water creek (actually I always knew it was there, but I never went back into it) off the main lake that had Bass Empire written all over it. Looked like heaven for frogging and punching. The average depth was 2 feet. With pads, weeds, and laydown galore. Water was clearer than in the main lake so visibility was great. We could see perch, suckers,  small bass, and bait fish swimming around. We even had the honor of cruising with a giant Tiger Musky, yeah they live there too. So started fishing this majestical creek.The frog didn't work and jig didn't work so I changed it up to my punch rig which consisted of pegged 1/8 oz VMC tungsten bullet weight, 3/0 VMC round bend off set worm hook, and a Texas rigged ZOOM Trick Worm in my my new favorite color Green Pumpkin Blue Flash. Started pitching it to points and breaks in the hydrilla and pads along the bank, and even punching it thru the lightly matted areas. The 1/8 oz weight was prefect for this task in the shallow weed beds. The trick worm slid in and out (so to speak) without getting caught up. Finally the magical waters bestowed upon me this creature:

Nice 3 lbs.

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