Well the much anticipated trip 2 Mardon/Potholes was just what we needed! We arrived Saturday {BassFanatic, Magnificent1 and myself} about 10 AM and we really didn't fish till Sunday Early AM. Hit the water at 4:30 AM,..BF and I in my Trihull,..Magnificent1, Todd and Chris in his 12' Aluminum. We split up from the "Greenhorns" and headed 2 "Goose Island" for some serious Bassin. Water was 72 degrees, cloudy and shallow,..sun was just starting 2 come up. I started out with top water as did BF,..but he changed his lure in right away and tied on his Crankbait,..perfect choice,..I stayed with my Strike-King-Shad-Rap and kept bangin away at the shoreline. I would toss, the BF would, we continued doing this 2 stir things up a bit and it worked. My lure was much heavier than BF's so it made a lot of noise,..this must have pissed the Bucketmouths off cause BF had a real nice boil,......BAM,..Fish~On,..he knew it was a good size Bass and so did I so I grabbed the net 2 help out,..the Bass took him around 2 the port side where I netted him,..Nice Fish!,..went 4.5 LBS 19.5",..BF's PB for LMB. Now it was my turn. This took about 10 minutes of working the shoreline,..just as we were getting ready 2 hit another spot and weigh anchor,..I toss 1 more time,..slow retrieve,..WHAM,..Fish~On,..another nice 1,..Bass went 4 LBS 19",..not bad. We stayed for a little longer and landed 2 more LMB under 4 LBS then continued to catch only some Bronzie Dinks,..even the little Bronzies put up a heck-of-a fight,..caught about 6 more between us then bailed back 2 the Fam~Bam. We didn't really catch much on Monday due 2 conditions but we had 2 pack up and check out anyways. The trip was a success as we had hoped,..especially since BF landed his PB Bucketmouth! Great job nephew,..we'll be back same time next year 2 hit it again!

BB

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