Good Jig Bite

[Fishinbluedog]

Fished Saturday 8:30-12:00 Baxter area and Indian creek arms. Got 10 in the boat and missed 3 fish. All came off of transition banks from large chunk rock/small bluffs to gravel in about 6-10' deep.

Fished my usual booya 5/16 jig with zoom little critter craw.

Had 1 smallie about 4lbs.

1 large mouth about the same.

7 would have kept total. On one of the missed bites I set the hook and thought omg I have the biggest bass on I have ever hooked, while I was scrambling for the net in the rod box,which I rarely use, the fish kept diving deeper.My best for table rock is 8 lbs 11 oz and this fish made that feel small.

A few seconds later the fish was off and I was so dissappointed as I reeled in my line. Pulled my jig up for inspection and there was a carp scale about the size of a fifty cent piece stuck on the hook. Guess when I set the hook on the bass bite the carp must have been close and got stuck.

All in all it made me feel better about maybe loosing the biggest bass I ever hooked.

Cant believe the water temp went up 10 dgrees from last week to this Sat. But dang it sure has been warm the last few days.

Can only get better form here!!!! Good luck to all

[John Smoot]

"Guess when I set the hook on the bass bite the carp must have been close and got stuck."

That's a good one. Next time I snag a big old carp, I'm using it...