Started the day fishing the shallows with t-rigged plastics. Nailed rock bass all morning long, bite seemed to be a little slower than usual though. Switched to my jointed shad rap and boated the first smallie, about 1.5-2 lbs. Continued fishing until around noon when we moved to the weedlines just south of the boat launch. Started throwing a 5 inch watermelon and red flake senko for a final hail mary (still haunted by the largemouth I almost caught) and bam, hawg on. She ran me through the weeds and put up one heck of a fight! With the help of my buddy we got it in the boat and it weighed in at 4.5 lbs; 17 inches. Great day on the lake, wish I didn't have to work the rest of my July 4th weekend... I'll be back on the lake again Tuesday! Tight lines!

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