Tell some personal pond fishing stories!

[nutwagonfromhell]

I`ll start. Mynieghborhood pond i have fished since i was 8 years old. 9 years ago my dad tought me bass fishing, now I`m fascinated with them. anyways I tried busch wild life during this time to catch a big bass at least 4 lbs. My dad told me and my bro that if we cuaght a big bass he would hang it on the wall for us. so a few years went by and no luck because busch wildlife is way to pressured. thats were every body fishes and every lure know to man has been used there. I never knew or thought there could be bass in the nieghborhood pond, so one day afterschool i had the bug so bad it was mid september and i had just bought some walmart flw plastic crawdads for texas rigs. I walked 5 blocks to my pond and pitched it in. I was at the edge were the levy was by a spillway. and second cast to me left and kapow I hooked what i swore up and down was a cat fish cause the way it fought it stayed under water and was circling around and around. I get it by my feet in the weeds and saw that white bucket mouth sticking out of the surface and i almost had a heart attack I was so stoked up there was bass in that pond close to home. I reach down and pull out this 4 pound bass with the smallest mouth for it size i ever seen. I was so shocked and happy I took him home to show my dad once he came home from work, and he was as surprised as i was. After dinner me and my dad ran up there at very late evening towrds twilight, walked a few feet down the levy towards the drain pipe. this was the other end of the levy. tossed the plastic crawdad next to the pipe and something big moved over to where my lure was. I bumped a rock and thought it was nibble from a bluegill. I had dropped my line down and it started moving and twitching, I set the hook as hard as i could and my 20 dollar zebco baitcaster`s rod tip bent almost to the reel. fearing it was going to snap my line i ran towards it and saw 2- 3 foot boils in the water. next thing i know my line made a gunshot sounding snap and my rod snapped straight and my heart almost stopped. I was hootin and hollering for 5 minutes non stop about it. Since then I been hooked on that lake. I`m guessing it was possibly a state record I lost. I`ll never know. But i search everyday for that very fish I lost those years ago and I`ll never stop fishing there. If it wasnt a 13 plus bass it was atleast 10 lbs. I have many more recent stories too but I`ll let you guys tell me some stories. It`s the little ponds and lake stories that are the coolest to hear.