10.2 at Ivie on a Buzzbait

Dang Killer, that's a beautiful bass!

My best was 8.66 on a spook at Fork in Birch about 20 minutes before dark. Cast it out, was pulling out a small backlash, and it sounded like a carp had sucked something off the surface. I looked up and saw the bait was gone. Too bad we didn't have GoPro or cell phones back then. Very cool.

Not sure how much this weighed but I’ve caught several 7.x pounders and this one was next level. I was alone at Ray Roberts and the sun wasn’t up yet. I was alone and trying to take a decent picture was a challenge.

It was early December and there had been 3 or 4 warmer days in a row (hmmmm….sound familiar?). When I got to the lake, there was a hatch or swarming of some sort of flying insect. Little fish were popping all over so I decided to try a Yellow Magic. When the bass hit, it was like a toilet flushed and the YM was sucked down. It’s the only bass I’ve ever caught that I couldn’t hold with one hand because it would slide out of my grip.