My good friend, Bassmaster Elite Pro, Rick Morris, stopped by on his way home from his last event in Iowa after previously finishing 5th at KY Lake. We decided to put a couple leisure hours on local waters so that Rick could unwind. I took him to Nolin where he had never been. We started midday on Sunday when all the boat traffic was peaking. I wanted to show Rick our topwater bite, but we immediately realized we were too late for the topwater bite. We decided to do some deep cranking with DD22's on Rick's RPM custom cranking rod. At 12:01 I hooked into a 7 pounder with boats watching. Rick scooped up my Nolin giant as we got an applause from local boats after we both did a mocking Ike scream because... It's a giant! It's a giant!! But this really was a giant, not a 2 pounder.
The water was murky and about 2 foot above summer pool.
The 7 pounder was a post spawn bass caught off a point. If you guys haven't put one of these rods in your hands yet, you will be amazed at the casting distance of his cranking series.