Let me tell you about one particular bass I caught on a 3/4 oz Trap...

Lake El Salto, July 2005... My dad and I are spanking some nice fish back in the back of a cove. I'm throwing a 3/4 oz trap and he's throwing a big swimbait. The Trap is outcatching the swimbait 5 to 1 but my old man won't switch up. I stick a 4 pounder. As I'm bringing her toward the boat, she makes a big pull and comes off. I swing my bait in to the boat and see that the fish ripped the front hook off my bait. I take a big, sharp hook off of a crankbait and put it on the front of my Trap and keep fishing.

We drift out of the cove and I'm fan casting like mad. I make a cast into the middle of the cove and slow roll it a little bit deeper. I get hammered and stick a good one. She jumps and shakes her head and I can't believe it. When the guide puts the net on this bass I know it's the biggest fish I've ever caught. My scales read 11.2. After photographs and my heart rate goes back down I successfully make the release.

Here's the kicker... The big hook on the front of the bait was not in her mouth at all. I brought that fish into the net with the small hook on the tail of the bait (it was the original hook. I never changed it out for a better, sharper hook...). What are the odds???