The one that got away...

So I was supposed to work today, but that was cancelled. By buddy is using our LTs boat and we got out this morning. For the record, I've only caught 2 bass in my life time...

It's cloudy, foggy, and cooler than the past few days. We start shallow and my buddies pulling fish in like crazy. In 45 minutes he caught 3 keepers (2 2#ers and a 3#er) and a dink off a rat-l-trap in the shallows. In fact, we were throwing the same bait with a slight color variation and I didn't even get a bite. Well, the morning goes on, the sun comes out so we move to deeper water. We're in our spot for 20 minutes and he catches 2 more keepers (another 2#er and a 3.5#er) off a deep diving crankbait. I'm throwing the same crankbait and not so much as a bite! We move locations to deeper water and I throw my deep diving crankbait with no success and decide to throw a carolina rig. I shortened it to a 2 ft lead, a 1/2 oz weight with a large red flake watermelon brush hog. I reel in twice, feel tension and set the hook. At first there was nothing, so I thought I was snagged. Then the thing takes off! I'm reeling in, the fish is going the other way, and then it just stops. Yet my pole was doubled over. I get the fish 10 ft from the boat and my buddy drops his pole and states, "holy s&*t!" I couldn't see anything but the tail. Then I see it. The biggest LMB I've ever seen! I realize his tail is wrapped around my 10 lb test (the reason he quit fighting). I try to be ever so gentle while bringing him to the boat when he kicks his tail hard, snaps my line, and swims away. My buddy says he was at least 6 maybe 7#s. But I'll never know. I didn't get another bite and I didn't catch any fish. At least I got my "the one the got away" story.

Somewhere in Kentucky lake there is a huge LMB swimming with my brush hog and hook in the side of its mouth...