Hey guys. Just joined the forum, and decided to start off with a bang. Me and basskid264 went to Santee Lakes yesterday, and here's the report:

Stopped at Lakeside Bait and Tackle and picked up a dozen shiners apiece. Started at the island in lake 4 and Anthony got this on a shiner:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0335.jpg

Then I started fishing a Rat-L-Trap and had a HUGE bass, pushing 10 pounds. Swirl on the bait right at the shore, litterally 2 inches from it. Saw its whole side and everything. Threw a few small casts in the same area for nada. Next cast to some tules I hook up and land: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0336.jpg

Then Anthony hooked up on the bridge casting to where I had the big one swirl on my bait and got:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0338.jpg


Then he decided to pay me back from last week, and caught this on my pole/Rat-L-Trap:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0339.jpg

Moved to Lake 3 and I throw out some Powerbait for nada, and a shiner right next to the dock on 4 pound test. Shiner gets bit and I land:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0341.jpg

Then after a while of nothing, we head to lake 2 and Anthony hooks up on his Rat-L-Trap, and lands this guy right away:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0344.jpg

Then my line with a shiner on it takes off and I get:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0345.jpg

Then I move back up to lake three, and I throw out another shienr, and get this:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0346.jpg

Fish there for about an hour and decide that with the remaining half hour before our ride got there, we'd go to the other end of lake 3. Our ride is literally 20 feet away and I throw my Rat-L-Trap one last time along the shore and get nailed. Fish makes some huge runs. With the lipless cranks I usually horse them in, but the front hook on the lure was thrown right in front of me, so I let it take some line. When we landed her, she had one small hook in her top lip. My personal best bass. Didn't have a scale, but the fish looked close to 7 pounds. even though it doesnt look quite that big in the picture. Fish had a huge gut on it, almost as if a trout were curled up inside, and I could have fit both my fists in its mouth:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y68/JrBasser/100_0347.jpg

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