Well just yesterday a buddy and I were fishing in a pond on an old golf course 4 blocks from my house. The pond is about 3 acres and filled with amazing cover (fallen trees, concrete chunks, weedbeds). It was early in the morning and we were using 5in yamanoto senkos, the bass there love them, we need a two packs for every trip. I cast out to one of the weed beds while standing on and old drain and feel a heavy tug on my line. I set the hook and soon see a monster bass (well atleast for a small pond in north jersey) I get it right up to where I am standing and the bass shoots onder the drain I am standing on, which was all rough concrete. My line frayedand I was shocked to watch the fish swim away. We leave a short while later and go to sports authority to restock. I also upgrade from my 8lb line to 12lb, overkill but still I didnt want any repeats fromthat day.
That night we go fishing again. And in the same spot I cast and feel another heavy tug. I set the hook and jumb to the bank from the pipe, not wanting the fish to dive under. I eel it in after about 4min and it wasa monster, tipping the scales at almost 7lbs and seetting the record bass on the pond. (only me and three friends have ever fished there, and we keep our own records) I grab it by the lip and in its mouth is another hook, with blue line about 2ft long trailing it. It was clearly mine because iam the only one who uses blue line, the other two like white. Finally "the one that got away" is captured, and safely realesed with a good memory.
