I haven't been on the forum in a while so I figured I might as well post about my best trip so far this summer. It was my first trip being a high school graduate and me and a couple buddys decided to head east to one of our favorite lakes. My one goal was to catch a 35lb bag so I could top my good friends who had a 34lb bag a few days before. We got to our first spot at about 6:45am and it took us about 30 minutes to figure them out and when we did, it was lights out. We boated several 4-5 pound fish in about 15 minutes and I dumped off 2 fish over 8 pounds that decided to throw my jig which really ignited a fire in me knowing that I would be really close to my goal had we got those fish in the boat. But then things turned around. We had a 6.37 and 8.24 double up and 2 casts later I boated another 6.32! We continued to catch fish after fish and they were nothing but quality. Every fish but 3 that I caught absolutely crushed a 3/4oz Santone Football Jig in my favorite color, Falcon craw. 2 of the 3 took a Tennessee Shad 10XD, one of which was a donkey that weighed 7 and change. I was throwing the football jig on Dobyns Champion Extreme HP 746 with 20lb flourocarbon strung onto a 7.5:1 Lews Tournament MB which is my go to set up for big football jigs or Texas rigs in deep water. We ended the day with a monster bag totaling up to 35.31lbs and 50+ total fish. I boated 24 fish and all but 5 were over 5lbs. It was such a great feeling knowing I caught one of the biggest bags of my life but the cherry on top was beating my friends! It was definitely a trip for the books and a memory that will be with me till I die! What is the biggest bag y'all have caught this summer? And 2 of the pictures won't post for some reason. One is the picture of the monster double up and the other is a 6.70 so if somebody could help me out, that would be great!

Awesome I'd love to have a day like that congrats!

Great trip and report. I think a few spots look very familiar. Hoping you left a few for the rest of us.

Awesome! Where at?

Man that'd make for a FUN day!! Congrats!

It's sad when i look at a bass and get excited likes i'm looking at a woman .....oh well. Nice bag man!

Wow outstanding day!

Nice. What depth were they holding at?

anywhere from 12-27ft

RIP Monticello...

this was 2 months ago. It's already been hit hard

It doesn't get much better than that. Saver that day. There want be many like that you your life time.

Awesome sack. Congrats.

Nice fish. Good job.

A rare day indeed....will be hard to beat for the rest of your life....awesome! Lake Monticello in month of May or June....right?