I don't usually report a "Secret Lake" but a good fishing buddy took to a lake he would like to keep secret for a while. It is not really a secret lake - It has a WDFW access area.

Anyway, I had never caught a bass from this lake. We launched his bass boat and started fishing. He soon started pulling in one nice fish after another. Most of them in the 2 pound range. I was fishing a couple of my favorites - a bleeding shad size 11 floating Rapala Minnow on my spinning outfit and a black jig on my casting rig. I finally caught a little nine incher on my Rapala for a new personal lake record but by then my buddy had probably caught and released about 10 nice fish. He offered me one of the lures he was using but I was stubborn and thought I was fishing with some very good fish catchers.

Finally, I relented and let him tie one of his lures onto my spinning outfit. I begin to catch fish - not as many as my buddy but I did catch several up to 2 pounds. (a better personal lake record) Temps were in the low 80s, The sun was shining, the black birds were singing - It was a great day - and my first bass boat ride since I gave away my beloved Bass Tracker a few years ago.

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