Well this half-poundish LM bass has a lot of firsts in it for me. It is my first bass on a casting setup. It is also my first bass on a crainkbait! Here's a picture of the place I caught it.

That's where I caught him. I was below the dam. Now for the fish.

(Ugly kid eh?)

That's a 1/2oz Rat-L-Trap in a bleeding firetiger. I got it on sale at Wal-Mart, and I've never seen that color again.

This pond has a ton of brushpiles/snags in it. I though to myself, "I really shouldn't be throwing a trebled lure bait." Well on my fourth or fifth cast; I thought I had got hung up. I was in the process of cussing myself for losing such a neat colored plug, when the snag started pulling line off. I'm thinking, ( :-? a stump shouldn't do that) Well I reeled him in and there you have him. I was using a MH/F Fenwick Eagle GT Triggerstik and a Lew's Laser casting reel with 12 lb. Big game on it. Now I'm ready for the 4-5lb fish!  ;D

Congrats!

Ugly kid?? No -a happy kid is a beautiful kid.

That's a neat looking place to fish! Congrats on the first catch with your baitcaster!

Nice pics and writeup!  Congrats on the catch.  Where in OK is this?  Looks beautiful

Heheheh...nice and congrats!

nice fish man,

the long distance pic is great too for some unexplainable reason........

really though, i dont know why.... but i like it..... its kinda saying "yes!!!, check this sucka out!, hey you up there.... take a picture already!"

Nice pics and writeup! Congrats on the catch. Where in OK is this? Looks beautiful

It's a small community near me called Hodgen. That dam used to be where all the surrounding area got it's water. That was before Wister Lake was formed.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=hodgen%20city%20dam&sa=N&source=hp&tab=wl&um=1

Right in there-abouts

really though, i dont know why.... but i like it..... its kinda saying "yes!!!, check this sucka out!, hey you up there.... take a picture already!"

That is sort of what I was thinking  ;D. My dad was up on the dam just messing around. I wanted him to hurry and take the picture so I could get the fish back in the water.