This one swallowed a nice size bluegill I had hooked up with on my 5’9” 3wt. flyrod .
Took a little while to get her in .
A few years back , while fishing a local water reservoir with a fishing buddy . He hooked a bluegill on a beetle spin and saw a nice bass come up and grab it . I told him to let it run so it would swallow the bluegill, but before I could get it out , he set the hook . He pulled the beetle spin out of the bluegill’s mouth and hooked the bass in the roof of the mouth .
After a battle on four pound Silver Thread , he was able to land the bass that we estimate the weight at around six to seven pounds .
A week later in the same area , I had caught a nice crappie on my float and fly rig and had a bass grab it . As soon as I felt a tug , I opened my bail and let her run long enough to swallow the crappie .
With a 6’6” UL rod and four pound P-line I fought that bass for several minutes . It came out of the water twice and we could see the size of it clearly .
After what seemed like an eternity I finally worked the bass up to the side of the boat and she looked exhausted. As I reached to land her , she dove under the boat toward the rear of the boat and broke off on my motor .
My buddy and I just started at each other in disbelief. Then he said , “that bass was twice the size of mine “ . I said yep, I know .
I had the bass of a lifetime on an ultralight spinning outfit and almost landed her .
I’ve seen a lot of bass and this one had to be in the teens . Double digits for sure .
And I had a witness .