About an hour later we finally went down to the big river. There was huge Bass jumping outta the water. I got my pole out of the truck took the hook off the eyes of the pole, and grabbed a big night crawler. It smelled horrible as it wiggled in my hand. I put it on the hook and grabbed a sinker so that the fish could see it underwater.
After that I finally was ready to cast out so I flipped the bell and cast. I started to reel my line very slow to make the fish look like my bait was alive. I finally felt a bite after reeling in and out slow. Something started to nibble on the big nightcrawler so I let it, take it and then I jerked back the pole and hooked it. I started to reel and I could tell it was big, it put up a fight reeling it in.
Then finally I started to see the fish and, it was huge I couldn’t believe how big it was. I pulled it out of the water and laid the pole on the muddy ground and took it off the hook. I asked dad to get the scale to weight it and I stuck the hook of the weightier in its mouth and let go of the fish and sure enough it was 6 pounds. I grabbed it and put it in the water so it didn’t die and asked dad if he would take my picture. He ran to truck …show more content…
I was so happy I had caught a fish that big, I wanted to keep fishing so we stayed for a little bit longer. I put on another slimy wiggly nightcrawler and cast back out into the big river, and waited for a while until finally I felt a little tug and the fish started to run away with the bait so I pulled back and hooked it. I started to reel and reel then I started to see the fish and it was about 4 pounds but still was a nice small mouth. I pulled it out of the water and as I went to pull it off the hook it had a rough texture. I finally got the hook out of its scratchy mouth and threw it back because I didn’t want it to