Drove over from Spokane on Thursday to see the M's game Friday night & do a little fishing in between. Arrived at Waughop at 6 am just as the gates were being unlocked. I started flipping jigs & plastics & within 10 min had a nice largemouth on but I didn't get a good hook set because it was so thick where I was. So after getting a good look at her she shook the jig. I was pretty dissapointed cause she looked like a solid 5 lber. So I just started walking the loop hitting all the holes cut in the brush. Caught and released 4 Largemouth, all smaller ones. After almost completing the loop I hooked into a monster Largemouth that was under a overhanging tree. It only took a few seconds until she got me hung up in some branches. After watching her wallow around on the surface pinned to the branch I decided all I could do was go swimming for her or give her some slack & hope she swam back out of the limbs... I chose the 2nd option -Wrong move- she left my hook & 8" Zoom lizard stuck to the branch just above the waterline. So after that I was really, really pissed off & decided to call it quits for the morning. But all in all Waughop seems to be a great little pond with some surprising trophy Bass potential if it doesn't get over harvested & is managed properly. I almost didn't post this report cause I'm a little embarrassed I did so poorly (due to angler error)when everyone & their brothers are pulling out 5 pounders left & right, but here it is. I know there's nothing worse than a guy telling you he "almost" caught a big one but that's how it went this time around. That last Bass I honestly estimate over 7 pounds, which would've been cool cause my personal best is an 8 lber & I've caught many 6 lbers but have yet to stick me a 7 lber. **But the Mariner's game was awesome- King Felix threw a complete game shutout & Cruz & Lomo both went deep so it was a good trip overall. I highly reccomend hip waders to anyone who has them, it would've made a world of difference for me in both fish landed & sooo many more spots you could cast to being a few feet away from shore

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