got out for a little bit to the farm pond today with my sister and her boyfriend.

i had my new rapala DT-FAT 03 tied on my new crankbait combo. this is one deadly setup. st. croix avid 6'6 MM and shimano citica 100DSV and a rapala. nothing better

anyway, we were only there a few minutes when i was crankin in my DT and a small bass crushed it right at my feet. i landed it. it was about 13" long (didnt measure). my sister thought it was huge and insisted on taking a picture:

the very next cast in the very same spot another, larger, bass crushed this lure. well it was right at my feet and caught me by suprise so i couldnt get a good hook set in it. it was fighting pretty good and loaded my rod pretty good and then one head shake later my DT went flying about 10 feet above my head and my sister freaked! i thought it was funny.

i walked around the pond and was cranking my DT when i saw a real tiny bass (about 8" or 9") take a swipe at it in about 4 inches of water. i made a few 10 foot casts in the imediate area to try and nab this sucker. three casts later he took it. i lifted him out of the water by the line and he shook the hook out and flopped on the ground and into the water. oh well  :

about an hour of no more bites and i tied on a river2sea v-joint wake bait and went to the other farm pond. a few casts later and i caught another bass a little bit larger than the first one. my sister had the camera and she was playing horseshoes with her boyfriend so i didnt get a pic of this one.

it wasnt a great day but i was just glad to at least fight 4 fish, even if i only landed 2. much better than staying home .

Nice dink bro.  Dink is better than no dink.    Did you borrow those glasses from Avid?   LOL, just bustin on ya pardner.

You are too addicted to those Rapela DT's. Got anything else in the box?\

dinks better then no fish though!

nah my shades are so much cooler than avids  

and yes, i am sooooo addicted to DT's. they are my absolute favorite crankbait. i have gotten to the point where i feel uncomfortable throwing anything that rapala didnt produce! :-[

DTs are heavenly man I got the same problem.

and yes, i am sooooo addicted to DT's. they are my absolute favorite crankbait. i have gotten to the point where i feel uncomfortable throwing anything that rapala didnt produce!  

Love Rapalas my confidence cranks