Local Lake Fishing

i went to my local lake which is regional lake in cerritos CA and mainly went there to dial in my new baitcaster and get the feel for it and hopefully catch a few fish in the process. The reel worked great very minimal backlashes only a few here and there, i was using a spinnerbait nothing so i switched to a weightless kinami and didnt get anything starting to think theres no fish in there hahha didnt see anyone catching any all day it was about 8:30 and i switched to a jointed floating rebel and cated got a backlash so i was clearing it and bam fish on set the hook the fish jumped and was probably about 2 pounds at least and i brought it up to the side and i came off pretty good day it was the biggest bass ive caught out of there, just wish i would of landed it i dont know if i did something wrong or if that just happens sometimes but all the other bass ive caught thats never happened to me