9lb-7oz Lake Robinson GIANT Largemouth!!! Bass Fishing in Hartsville, SC

I caught a giant bass Lake Robinson in Hartsville, SC! (Skip to 1:59) I still can’t believe it and I am truly fortunate and grateful to have been able to land one of these rare monster bass in public lake! The struggle is real and if you keep on the grind, the bass gods eventually reward you hopefully with a catch of a lifetime.

August 26, 2018 – My wife Crystal and I drove out to Lake Darpo from Florence to arrive there at sunrise only to see it gated off. We stayed a few minutes hoping that the groundskeeper would come out at sunup and open the gates. No luck there, so we decided to drive half hour away to Lake Robison, and take the jon boat there for its first trip.

We got on the water at Lake Robinson at 7:45 am and the bites were extremely tough with water temps between 87 and 90 degrees. Crystal caught a bass within the first hour and I missed a blowup on a swimbait burning it by lily pads. A few hours later, we both decided to turn around and head back to the launch.

We fished as we headed back, and on the way noticed a log with a turtle jumping off it, I told my wife make a cast there and she did. I made a cast as well opposite hers and further behind structure. A few seconds later, I felt a bite, reeled in slack and asked her is that line running? I set the hook and it was fish on!

We photographed, measured, and released the giant bass safely back into the lake. It measured at 9.44 lbs at 25.5 inches with an 18 inch girth.

Caught on a Texas rigged Zoom Bait Company 6″ Lizard (Black), pegged with a 3/8ths oz. Tungsten weight. Used my Dobyns Rods Fury FR735C mag-heavy rod paired to a Shimano Curado 200e7 reel spooled with 14 pound test Stren monofilament line.