Unusual happening yesterday....

I was bass fishing on a 5 acre private lake with a retired gentleman yesterday. We were in his trolling motor powered death trap called a boat, when something very unusual happened to me. We were coming past a place at the corner of his dam that had been built to launch boats, i.e. a dirt ramp. I thought to myself, wow, with a 4 wheel drive I could launch my Champion 181 and fish in comfort and safety. As we crossed the "dirt ramp" I decided to check it's depth. All I had to check with was the 6'6" spinning rod in my hand. I reeled up the shakey head jig with watermelon/red worm on it to the end of my spinning rod and stuck it down in the water to see how far the bottom was down there. The rod tip hit the bottom and I quickly drew it back out. When the rod tip cleared the water, there was an 8 inch bass hooked on that shakey head jig. We both saw it happen!

I don't even know what to say.....But, It happened!

See ya, HatfieldHog

That's pretty much how I normally fish.