Great day for a newbie

[Twinsprtsfan]

Well, Sunday afternoon/evening was a great day for me, by far my best day fishing in my short career. Went to a local pond with a friend to fish for some bass. I previously had only been able to catch them with a Texas rigged worm, but today finally landed 2 with a Rapala (I guess it is called a swim bait or crank bait) so I was happy about that. I lost 1 with it though.

Started using my worm again and had real good luck with it, caught and landed 7 Bass, and lost 2 due to my line breaking on both times! I was using 10 LB test, so I do not know if I had a couple of big fish or if my line just had some weak spots?? Both fish looked pretty big as I was able to get them to the shore and almost out of the water, and both broke my line down near the reel, and not at the hook/tip of the rod.

Most of them were medium size bass. Anywhere from 1 to 3 LBs or so. But this is the biggest one I caught, it was 22 inches long and 4 1/2 LBs! I was stoked as this is the biggest bass I have ever caught.


I am really starting to feel comfortable and confident in that Texas rigged worm. And the worm color....junebug, it seems to always work.