Wind from the south west..but MTHands says that's the best and the east is least...so I stayed {-;

Iboated 11 bass..we won't talk about the one that got away..The one in the picture is a tad under 5..I mostly pitched and flipped my black worm..A nice time. I saved the limit of 3 for a friend. They were happy.They will be smoked. Below is a good ten foot gator. We left each other alone.

Nice bass. I haven't had a feed of them for a long time. None of them around here.

No kidding..no bass in Canada? You have your fun with the salmon {-;

Around here, it's trout, pike, walleye, sturgeon and various other species, but no bass. A 100# sturgeon will keep you busy for a few minutes. lol

good deal buddy, thats a pretty good size lizard

Yes sir...and the folks loved the smoked bass..now I have a reason to fish.lol ..These are very intelligent people.He used to race..and build race cars..He has hogs on his property and I am the only one allowed to hunt them..if I want..I'll post a pic of the man's wife on a hog I killed last year..

He knows firearms in and out and teaches me alot about that subject..He's in his 70s but looks in his early 50s..very healthy. He is Jewish. I helped build a small arms range in his back yd..he has 8 acres of land..

I plan to fish alot more..I ended up getting 11 bass..in the afternoon they shut down so I chucked out a DD14 Bill Norman and boated number 11 a fat 17 incher..I was digging the dirt up slow when she attacked.

Gangly wanted to know more specifics..he texted me,,[-;

All fish were caught pitching..there is very little structure this time of the year {Shoreline veggies } when I found a grass mat..that is where the big bertha's were ..I hooked in to 3 decent fish..2 came unbuttoned ..1 I got..and it was wrapped around a branceh..I was very fortunate..

After it slowed down..I chose to chuck DD14 at the very first place I took you. I was in the middle of the flat section and casted toward the cat tails...making it dive deep and then up the more shallower part..climbing up the shallower part is where I got slammed..this was my 3rd I needed for the cooler..my battery was nearly dead so I stopped fishing..The bait was a Chrome black back DD14..

Pitching i used 10pound Trilene..Flipping I used a worm on 20 pound Power Pro..Reason I missed fish..been a while..I forgot you can't have line in your left hand and think you got enough forearm strengh the set the hook one handed..Once I started winding down and using 2 hands..I caught more fish LOL

Man, thats awesome Chuck! Getting to fish while also knowing your helping others out. Its a win win any way you look at it. I should have know you were pitching that black worm, you and that black worm know how to get it done. I just started using cranks last year and still have a lot to learn, but the Norman series have been good producers. Congrats on the great fishing!

Good looking hog too. Just about the perfect size to quarter out and smoke.

Thanks Aaron..yes the Norman's get er done..I've got a box full..My favorite is the DD14 Black back Chrome followed by the Tenn.Shad.