SLow Day turns to new PB!!!

[jcw1503]

Went out to the lake saturday and it looked like a great fishing day. It was not too hot and it was calm. We get there at 7:30, a little late, but we get there and put in at our little local lake.

We stop at a cove right out to try to catch crappie and we usually catch 50 in a matter of minutes. But we had no bites. We couldn't even see any. So we hit a under water island for crappie and bass. We usuall get bites like crazy but there was no bites. After 2 hours we had two bream that we caught fishing for crappie. We decided to hit this bank that has a grass bed running beside it with a drop off after that. We got about half way down it and there was not bites.

It got cloudy so I threw out a spinnerbait and then on the first cast a 2 pounders killed it. I thought I figured out a pattern with the grass. I continue casting over, into, and near the grass but no bites. I then decided to work the drop off. I threw the 1/4 ounce spinnerbait along the drop off and let it fall all the way to the bottom. It let it sit for about 3 minutes and then I started to reel it. On the second reel I felt a "tick-tick" and I set the hook. It felt like I set a hook in a log like I have done before. THe rod bent over and there was no movement but then it slowly started to move side ways and then the line shot off. I had a medium-heavy rod, 30 pound braid, and a 7.1/1 reel with no drag and it was stripping my line. I finally get it to the top of the water to see it and it was no log. MY buddy netted it and I was pumped. Almost 8 pounds. 7 pounds 10 ouonces. We only had three bites all day, but it was worth it.