Can You Land This Bass? (You Make Every Call)

You’re in the boat. Seven calls stand between you and an 8 lb largemouth bass. Make each one before the countdown ends, keep score, and tell me your total in the comments.

It’s early summer, first light, glassy water, and there’s a giant in this lake that nobody has landed. You pick where to start, what to tie on, when to set the hook, where she goes when the sun gets up, how to fight her off the dock posts, what to do when she jumps, and how to hold her for the photo. Every answer comes with the reason, and the wrong options get a fair hearing too.

What you’ll pick up along the way: • Why bass move shallow at first light, and where they go once the sun is up • When a topwater popper beats a crankbait or a jig • Why you don’t set the hook on the splash • How to skip a weedless soft plastic worm under a dock • How to turn a big bass away from dock posts and cables • What to do with your rod when a bass jumps • How to hold a big bass for a photo and release her in good shape

Chapters 0:00 Cold open 0:29 First light 1:24 Choice 1: Where to start 2:29 Choice 2: What to tie on 3:25 Choice 3: The blow-up 5:02 Choice 4: Sun’s up 6:48 Choice 5: The dock posts 7:43 Choice 6: She jumps 9:03 Choice 7: The photo 10:14 Your score

How did you go? 7/7 means you landed her and let her go in good shape. Put your score in the comments, and tell me which fish we chase next.

The story is made up; the fishing isn’t. Every tip in it comes from fisheries agencies, angling magazines and pro anglers.

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