Took a mental health day yesterday and went fishing. I left my kayak at home, pull my baits out of kayak box and loaded them up into a canvas bag. Awkward but effective enough. I stepped onto a bass boat.  Let’s do this!  My friends boat.  On the California Delta. 
 

we barely got out of the marina when we saw the first weed mat.  Frog city.  It was on. I don’t own a frog set up, so I was missing bites. Could have been me. But eventually a few bass really committed to killing my white Booyah Pad crasher and ended up held by the lip. I GOT MY FIRST FEW ADDICTIVE frog fish.   We hit another flat and threw out choppers.  Big long bombing cast got 4 lbs bass pretty consistently.  But only by my friend. I was fun to watch. 
 

I kept thinking. Man a Wacky would be very effective.   By 9am I was invested in the wacky. I was catching smaller fish till….WHAM. a big fish sucked it in. It felt like a snag. Until my line was slicing thru the moss coming towards me.   I was searching the moss to catch a glimpse. My buddy yells “it’s a giant”. I was looking at the wrong place. My line was hooked on something and the fish was elsewhere. It got scary. Spinning setup, med light rod, light leader.   I could barely move it. My buddy obscures my view when he tried to net the fish. I felt my hook pop off. I lost it!!  I hear my friend yell. “We got it!”  He turns and hand me the net.  What a bass!  My hook popped of just as the fish entered the net.  Close call.  Quick pic/weigh and I let the leviathan go.   
 

it was a good day.   Frog cherry, new PB, and a big numbers summer day. We boated a lot of fish. 
 

1 oz shy of seven pounds on my friends scale. My new PB. 

That’s a big fish! Nice job!

Great Job!!

 

 

 

 

Mike

Nicely Done ~

Congrats on the new personal Best !

The Big Bass after glow always feels so good.

A-Jay

Congrats on the new PB. Don't forget to upgrade your profile since you moved up.

Congrats. Hope you get to feeling better. 

5 hours ago, gunsinger said:

Congrats. Hope you get to feeling better. 

Thanks bud. I think my fever broke.  Cough cough. 

That's a nice bass, congrats on the new PB!

Woo-hoo !  The part about the hook popping out was intense! Congrats on an awesome day. 

Congrats! That’s a beast 

On 7/3/2021 at 9:21 AM, roadwarrior said:

X2! Nice bass. 

On 7/3/2021 at 8:07 PM, Darth-Baiter said:

Thanks bud. I think my fever broke.  Cough cough. 

Your immune system must be stronger than mine as it usually takes a week for me to recover from BFF(BassFishinFever). Funny I never get the cough but my thumb gets really raw.? Great fish.