well i turn 30 this year and iv been bass fishing since i was a toddler and iv caught alot of bass lets say with my biggest only being about 7 pounds. today was different i decided to bass fish the banks on the mississippi in the alton area i hooked up the biggest largemouth iv ever seen had to be 11+ no joke. problem is i lost the fish after about a 1 minute battle fish jumped like 10 times got caught around a laydown tightened the drag horsed him out problem is i forgot to loosen the drag back up after i got him out of the branches when i got him close i horsed him in 2 hard and pulled the hook....sad sad day biggest bass ever ahhhhhh and i blew it...now how am i gonna sleep tonight....there's big ole' bass in the mighty mississippi holy cow tie up your kreature baits and find some slack water people hes still in there!!!