So i hit a local river yesterday, and fished a spot i've never hit before and had much success. On my first cast i caught a dink LMB, second cast a missed fish with a big bite. I saw a pretty big fish near the surface of the water about 30 feet out and casted over top of it and let the worm fall slowly. I twitched my wrist and i felt like i got stuck on  a log. Damnit. then the log started to swim and jump, and after about a 1 minute fight i had her in my hands.

i dont know what the weight was, maybe one of you might, but its the biggest small mouth i've caught so far. i was thinking maybe 1.5 lbs? i have no idea though. probably about 14-16 inches...?

Hey congrats man, that is a start. I went creek fishing the other day and had one in similar dimensions, and it went just a hair under 1.5lbs. Pretty colored fish I might add.  

Are you saying that is the first smallie you have ever caught , thus making it your personal best ?

Getyourself a tape measure and a scale and you will know for sure.

Please explain first PB ,I guess I'm too stupid to fully understand what you mean.

no its not my first smallie, just the first one with actually any size. i would be too embarrassed to say any of my other fish as a PB.

oh, and i caught it on a 5 inch berkley powerworm, pumpkinseed. weightless, wacky rigged

Well I hope you have many more PB before you're done fishing.

Good catch, nothing is better then setting a new PB