Fishing For Bass

My hubby and I live on one of the premier walleye fishing lakes in the state of Minnesota.  We moved here about five years ago and have loved every minute of it.  We have always enjoyed walleye fishing.  I was shocked when my hubby began to take an interest in bass fishing. There are many articles in the sporting mags about fishing for large mouth bass, but we had never fished for them.  My man recounted we had enough walleye in the fridge and could catch more any time, but he would have liked to engage in the sport of fishing for large mouth bass. 

I enjoy being out in the boat and getting a tan, so I didn't actually care what my man was fishing for.  Then one day we were out on the lake and he caught a large bass casting into shallow water.  I was dazzled at the appearance of this gorgeous fish jumping out of the water, shaking his head making an attempt to shed the hook in his mouth.  I had been laying in the sun reading a book when the fun started.  My husband instructed me to get the net.  I stood with the net and observed the massive bass leap out of the lake again.  After the jump my husband's's fishing rod almost bent double as the fish bore down into the lake.  This battle went on for roughly five minutes before we finally had the large mouth bass in the boat.  We took pictures and then released this superb fighter. 

After witnessing the fun my husband had in hooking the giant bass I said I would have liked to give it a try.  After only 3 casts I felt pull on the line and then a strong pulling.  I have been fishing for a number of years and could not believe the power of that bass.  He swam under the boat in an effort to get rid of the hook.  He then made an air borne jump from the water.  The leap in the air dislodged the hook from his mouth.  It was actually the most exciting fish I ever lost!  I knew why my partner had switched to fishing for large mouth bass. 

Fishing for bass requires the utilization of synthetic lures.  There's a large selection of lures in varied shapes and sizes.  During the past I haven't taken notice when my partner is picking out lures, but with bass fishing I have started my personal tackle box.  What a wonderfully fun fish to catch.  I do not take a book along in the boat when we are fishing for large mouth bass.