Well today the wind finally died down enough to throw a line. I tied on a texas rigged pearl fluke and had a couple strikes, but no hookup. I decided to try a different color which I think is oklahoma shad? Hooked into this sucker my second cast!

I wanted to throw him back so bad since the spot is a small Weir in a narrow canal and I never keep fish. But a man was there with his girlfriend and begged me for the fish saying he needed to eat and pointed to his truck saying he was kicked out of his house etc. So I handed it over. Thought id share.

The area left of the overhanging tree is where I got em in some rocks. 8lb test on my finesse rod/reel it was a great fight. (Now you can see how small the area is)

Hey, you did the right thing.  Good going and nice bass,too.

I can't argue with what you did. I would of done the same. Man that is a narrow canal wow, but one thing for sure there's obvious fish there. Way to go and you still using the extreme combo?

Pretty cool thing to do. Congrats on the catch.

That is a nice fat fish you got there  :)CONGRATULATIONS

Nice one, I bet you made that guys day, that was a cool thing to do.

Update on the story of the dude. I think he was BS'ing and just poaching fish. Came back the next day and here he comes rolling up with 3 dudes, no licenses. Pulling out fish after fish and keeping them small and large (a few too small). Its one thing to need the things. Its another to lie and not follow the rules for the hell of it. He said he wasn't worried since the fish and game guys cant search his car, and he wanted to BBQ later. I made a call to the office near where this canal is (the office is literally 200 ft from this spot). I told them what hes driving and what time he shows up. The fishing has suffered around here and this stuff ticks me off.