Who else has this problem. You have fished for hours, hardly catching a thing but try as you might you just can't quit. Well, I had another one of those moments last night but this one turned out a little better than normal. Now before you read, be aware that I'm in Indiana so you won't be seeing any Florida or California monsters in this post!

Went to my fathers 2 acre pond after work. It's come to the point that his pond needs culled of smaller bass as you can catch 1lbs or less all day long but 2 to 4lb'ers are few and far between. My neighbor has been wanting me to catch him some fish to fry all summer so today I was going to oblige him.

A storm front was coming in yesterday and as soon as I got in my truck after work it started to sprinkle. Rain is a minor nuisance so I continued on with my plan. After getting to my dads I quickly hooked a couple small bass using an *** trick stick in Pumpkinseed Chartail color and Black Blue Laminate (love these two colors). Not long after getting those two the rain picked up and a very strong wind came in and the fish quit biting. I roamed the banks for another hour not having much luck when the weather decided to get it a rest and the rain and wind quit.

I snagged another 3 smaller bass and decided that would have to be enough for my neighbor today. As I was putting my plastics away I noticed a neat colored 6" Duper Fluke had fallen out of one of my Armed Robbery bags. The color was Watermelon Clear Gold Laminate. I knew the wife probably wanted me home but I just couldn't go without giving this beautiful colored bait a try.

After a few short casts to see how it swam I gave it a big chuck across the pond and slowly began a twitching/pausing retrieve when all of a sudden my line got spongy. Now I have fished this pond for 25 years and have caught a few nice bass but nothing so far has compared to what I had on the end of my line.

Being that I only had one spinning rod and my plastics bag I didn't have a scale handy as it was in my big bag at home. I'm bad at guessing weight so I'll just let the picture speak for itself and hopefully catch and weigh it at another point in time.

Tight lines and good luck fishing this weekend!

Nice fish, nice pic, great story!

;D ;D ;D

Well done!

I usually say "Just one more cast" about 50 times before it sticks.

Nice Bass and a great story!  

I always say "one more cast" for about an hour.

Nice fish, man. Great story.

"one more cast"

How many fish have we all caught on, "one more cast", I lost count.

I think the my last words before I die might be, "one more cast".

BTW, Great Fish!

Awesome story. Thanks!

One more cast...sounds like a good theme for life. Great story and awesome fish. That's the great thing about fishing, every cast could be a new personal best.

NEVER GIVE UP!  ;D

nice fish!

Very nice fish!!  What a way to end the day.

Very nice fish!!  What a way to end the day.

x2

A nice fish indeed!

Thats a nice Hoosier Chunk. I would take that from an Indy pond any day.

Hoosier too

Rand

Nice fish!  Last one....ok, one more....heheheh.  Like I didn't hear that before.

did you cast once more after that???

I think any fishing nut will always say one more cast