Last week I had one of times you will remember for a long time. Everything lined up perfect and I was in the right place at the right time with the right bait. It was about to pour rain and the wind was blowing 20 mph plus so it was perfect for throwing a big swimbait. I get to a spot I haven't fished since last fall and first cast with a swimbait I feel a thump but not much fight on my 40lb line. I keep reeling thinking the fish is just swimming at me to fast for me to catch up. Bait gets almost to the boat and I have a big shellcracker on a swimbait. It somehow even got almost the whole big treble in its mouth.  I have people tell me all the time that a bass will not eat a bait that big but if a big shellcracker will try to eat it you know a big bass will. Next cast I get a bass around six pounds. Then it gets fun and I get ten fish on around fifteen casts and every one is between five and six pounds. Well, I am tired of catching little fish  and want one that is ten plus and the conditions seem right so I tie on a big ten inch swimbait as fast as I can and line up so that my first cast will be perfect right where the big one should strike. First cast with the big bait the rod loads up and I have a monster on. I grab the net and the fish goes right into the net perfect right as the rain starts pouring down. I weigh the fish and its a twelve pounder, my boat has drifted over the spot the fish are coming from , and its pouring rain. So I put on my rain suit and wait for the rain to let up so I can get a few photos. After the rain stops I take the photos, change shirts since mine is soaked from the cold rain and go back to make a few more casts but its over and I can't get any more fish. So I decide to go ahead and leave so I can beat the traffic through Atlanta. Not a bad day for the middle of July.

Here is the big one.

Here is the first bass I caught off the spot.

Well, I am tired of catching little fish and want one that is ten plus

Fish Chris Jr.?  ;D

Wow, I would love to be able to consider a 5-6 lb. bass a small one.  

Hey Randall, I was just wondering what your PB was? Is it the one in your avatar?

Nice job Randall.

P.s.

what type of swim bait is that?

Man, Randall...

For most of us that would be "The day of a lifetime."  

Great story, great fish.

8-)

Makin me want to leave Burley behind and head down for another outing and get another one like the one in my avatar or bigger.

Nice fish, great day.

Great fish as always, your makin' it look easy.  

Hey Randall, I was just wondering what your PB was? Is it the one in your avatar?

Its the one in my avatar. 15lbs 12oz and over 31 inches long on a Mattlures Bluegill. It was already pretty much spawned out and would have weighed more had I caught it a few days earlier when I saw it going on a bed.

Nice job Randall.

P.s.

what type of swim bait is that?

Thanks. Its an ABT Gladiator.

Too cool Randall! A 40lb day is a rare thing, and alot of fun!!!!

LOL @ the shell cracker, my buddy caught a 5" bluegill on a 5" Mattlures Bluegill one time, funniest crap I have ever seen

Too cool Randall! A 40lb day is a rare thing, and alot of fun!!!!

LOL @ the shell cracker, my buddy caught a 5" bluegill on a 5" Mattlures Bluegill one time, funniest crap I have ever seen

That was either a very hungry or very horny fish.   ;D

Too cool Randall! A 40lb day is a rare thing, and alot of fun!!!!

LOL @ the shell cracker, my buddy caught a 5" bluegill on a 5" Mattlures Bluegill one time, funniest crap I have ever seen

That was either a very hungry or very horny fish. ;D

Thats what I was thinking. I once had a salamander holding onto the back of a plastic lizard I was fishing. It held on all the way out of the water and wouldn't turn lose.  ;D I had to pull it off.

as long as you had to pull and not jerk..... you're probably ok ;D

Nice bunch of fish!

Thats what I was thinking. I once had a salamander holding onto the back of a plastic lizard I was fishing. It held on all the way out of the water and wouldn't turn lose.   I had to pull it off.

I get that all the time around here fishing soft plactics.