I've been working in Northern Michigan lately and decided to fish the West Grand Traverse Bay at the mouth of the Boardman River. 

 

First smallie caught was 3.94, which sad to say for some, beat my previous smallie PB. Yay, right?! Well roughly 10 brown fish later, I catch a 4.04! Awesome, right?!

 

At this point, I can't not catch one. It's almost silly!

 

I ended the night, roughly 16 bass later, on a 6lb 22" CHUNK!

 

So I beat my smallmouth PB twice, and 6lbs beats my overall bass PB.

Congratulations on your new personal best smallmouth bass. 

Sweet! Congrats!

memories of Those kind of days not only keep you plugging away when it's tough going, but get you through those extended periods when you can't go fishing.  Congrats

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

 

It was an exciting evening. I was using a white underspin with 3" Keitech paddletail. After a while, I got that snagged up and lost it. Since I travel for work, I only have a few Plano sleeves I carry around in a bucket (with some soft plastics and my scale). So I tried literally everything else I had, and nothing. Digging around in my bucket after putting the X Rap away, I found another underspin. But at this point, I was also out of the 3" Keitechs. So I grabbed the next smallest paddletail I had (which I believe was an old Havoc Grass Pig) and trimmed er' down to fit. 

 

First cast back, and feeling rejuvenated, Bam! The 6lber. Then I went back to the hotel and drank beer!!

CONGRATS!! three pb's in one day, that will make you want to never go back to work nice day.

congrats! beastly smallie

Congrats! Not too many big smallies out here in SoCal. Those would have all been my PBs!

6 hours ago, ANieves said:

Congrats! Not too many big smallies out here in SoCal. Those would have all been my PBs!

Haha but your largemouth make up for it!!

Beautiful Brown Bass

Congrats on the new Personal Best

A-Jay

Congrats! That's a really nice fish.

Welcome to the six pound club. 

16 hours ago, Dwight Hottle said:

Welcome to the six pound club. 

Why thank you, thank you! Good to finally be here! ?