I was fishing the other night with a Rico popper and catching 1 to 2.5lb bass every few casts. After it got dark I headed over to a laydown along the east shore of my lake and proceded to pull in a few more dinks along with a couple of sunnies and a crappy.

On one particular cast, near the end of my retrieve, I get a smashing hit that almost rips the rod out of my hands. I sweep the rod to bury the hooks while a few feet of line is stripped off by the fleeing fish. I get control and within a few cranks I'm holding a guppy.

This little 7" bass had all 3 of the rear treble hooks in his very small mouth and I was left shaking my head. My guess is, a much larger bass must have been following the little guy up to the surface and hit him at the same time the little guy hit my popper. Since the little guy had all 3 hooks in his mouth there was nothing to hook the big guy on except the front treble which he fell short of.

Either way it was a hell of a rush. Now I just have to figure out a way to make that happen again and hope I can get a hook or 2 into him.

I had something very similar happen to me only I caught the 5" sunfish that hit my bait and the 4 1/2 pound bass that hit the sunfish. I could see where that would be really confusing in the dark.

dang. did the dink look roughed up? that's unfortunate. you throw a follow-up at her?

dang. did the dink look roughed up? that's unfortunate. you throw a follow-up at her?

To tell you the truth, it took me more time then I wanted to get the hooks out of the dink and get him back it the water to look him over. All I had tied on was the Rico on one rod and a Skitter-Prop on another. I threw a handful of casts of each back at the spot but couldn't get bit.

I have a big 6" perch hard bodied swim-bait that I will take down there tonight or over the weekend. Hopefully I will have something good to post.

hopefully you find that fish and snap a photo or two.. good luck

If you do catch her make sure you give her something to drink, its been really hot up here!