Thanks, Jack! I had an absolute blast the entire day

Oh, and every one of those bass I landed was caught using spinning gear in water less than 3 feet deep, in and around weeds and rocks. So landing them, especially the bigger two, was a huge challenge that had my heart racing.
I had the reel spooled with 15 lb. braid and a 10 lb. fluorocarbon leader. Both held up very well, but I thought I might die during both of those very long battles

My wife was actually on the phone with me when I landed the 4 3/4 lber. She got to hear the play by play as I tried my best to wrestle it from the weeds

Thankfully I didn't break off or lose a single fish during the entire day.