Went out today to fish for Crappie. My best friend said he would only go with me if I fished for bass with him. I thought it would be a waste of time but fishing and not catching fish is better than NOT fishing and not catching fish.

I was fishing a 1/4 blue and black King Sling jig from Dave's Tournament Tackle With a blue Baby Paca Craw trailer. Great jigs, built like TANKS!!! You can drag them through rocks, brush, logs and nothing, not even the eyes will fall off.

I was dragging the jig across a border line between rip rap and a tiny creek bed, near some deep water. I felt a couple of taps and I could not believe it. Had I really just hooked my first Winter bass????

Nice fish, We just posted the same exact post a couple seconds from each other. haha thats wild . Thats a chunk tho good job

Nice fish man!

Looks like the tail fin is a little torn up, but a lot bass seem to live through those types of injuries.

You never know what's going to happen until you  try. Nice bass.

Awesome looking fish. Congrats on your day.

Thanks guys,

Yes. This fish was completely tore up. He had a sore on the side of his body. The tail as you can see was missing a chunk at the bottom, the one side of his jaw had a chunk missing and his mouth was so red and bloody looking.

Poor guy was a warrior lol

Nice bass,Congrat's