What a fishing day I had on Silver Lake today. Last night I went out with Jocelyn for an hour or so in the late afternoon. She caught a perch, but I didn't catch anything. I did however break off on fish two times, so I knew there were some nice fish around. I went out fishing with Mr. Baker this morning from 7:30-11:30. The fishing started out really slow. By 10:00 we had only caught a couple of decent bass. So we left our usual go to spots (flower garden and east side weed hole) and started searching for fish. We found a few fish about halfway up the lake on the western shore, just before the country club. There we caught several decent fish each in about forty-five minutes. That's where Mr. Baker caught the fish in the picture. We decided we would call it a day after making a few casts right in front of his house (east side halfway up the lake). Anyway, on my second cast in front of his house I caught the monster in the pictures. It was 22" (measured) and would go about five and a half pounds (estimated by Baker). Probably the biggest bass I have ever caught. I almost kept it for mounting, but decided to let it go and breed. We ended up catching several more fish in the next few minutes before calling it a day. Overall, it was a great day: many big bluegills, several nice perch, about fifteen good bass, and a monster largemouth. All fish came on texas rigged live worms. I broke off five times on good fish in the last two days. I definitely will re-spool with eight pound test before heading out again, but the big fish are biting.
Get out there and catch some!