to christen the boat was caught this morning. I went out about 6am with Brendall and we came in about 1100. This fat 3 pounder was caught on a silver/black Smithwick Rattlin Rogue. He barely tapped it and I thought I lost him.... then he came FLYING up outta the water, shakin' that big ol' bucket mouth. It was a pretty sight!

Brendall took the photo with his Blackberry, and it came out kinda blurry. I was gonna yell at him, but he's a lot bigger than me!

Anyways, we went out last week and did pretty good with the Crappie bite, but this is the first bass on board.... 'twas a good one!

The boat is now officially a bass boat. What kind did you end up getting?

Which one?

That's a nice bass! Whenever I'm fighting a bass I'm like "this sucker is like 6 pounds"...and it turns out to be less than 2, lol. Fun stuff.

Did you eat him?

what did you do pull him over in your police cruiser,and hit him w your baton????

#2 - Bass Tracker Pro 17 with a 90 hp Johnson

#4 - It wasn't until he jumped that I realized he was decent sized. When I got him to the boat, he started peeling off more drag. He didn't have the lure in his mouth.... I think it was just a reaction strike, the front treble hook caught him on the lip and the middle one got under his chin. I thought I was gonna lose him.

Did I eat him? Much to my wife's displeasure..... negative.

Ya see..... when I fish, I fish for keeps. It puts food on my table and I really enjoy eating fresh fish. I only keep what we can eat. I throw everything else back. But this bass..... being the first one ever caught on the boat..... I figured I'd release him, hopefully to appease the bass boating gods. What I didn't appease, however, was my wife. She was PISSED! Like really.... PISSED! I couldn't believe it. Me and Brendall are going back out tomorrow, so hopefully we'll have a little better luck. This is the only fish we caught today.

#5 - LOL. I might have to try that tomorrow!

I swear you look different in every pic I see of you. Not a bad thing, just an observation. Maybe I'm going blind

^ I topped some other photos for ya..... ya blind FOG LOL

THAT was your first big mouth on the boat? Haven't let the wife on the boat yet, huh?

I keed, I keed.

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#6...........Bass pretty much taste like **** anyhow.

I foul-hook bass all the time in my pond. They swim up to strike and end up getting hooked in a funny place when they veer.

It makes them harder to reel in since you can not pressure them properly.

I once foul-hooked a 70# tuna........he crashed the lure and got hung up on his belly.

It felt like the fish was 200#.......because I could not "turn him".

One time a friend of mine spent ten minutes on a ten pound foul hooked bonita.

^also...........if you are going to fish, toss those ugly shades and get some amber lensed Costa Del Mars........you will be amazed at the way you can see fish under the water.

^ I've got the Oakley golf array lenses and some polarized blue lenses.... I just grabbed these on the way out, Mr Fashion Police.

^amber lenses will be best for that water. I use amber for fresh and inshore. Grey for offshore.

I foul hooked a sea gull once who was chasing our baits ... Hooked him right thru the nostil . . .

^ I have landed both a seagull AND a pelican.

A friend caught a bat night fishing.

And I prefer vermillion lens when I can find em. Great for fishing and golf (reading greens).