[Bottomfeeder]

Got out of work early and was psyched for some bonus fishing time! Head down below Farrington Lake and set up right under the dam, get ready to play with the Husky Jerk, which I feel I'm on the verge of mastering and I'm feeling great. First cast, go to reel it in, SNAGGED! It's stuck good. Not gonna lose that lure, Im in too good a mood. So I ditch my shoes and socks and start heading in there. After creeping in up to my waist I see my lure caught on a big branch! Its pretty deep though and pretty close to that dam So I grab the line and give it a good yank, and snap the line!

Now for the amateur part.
Keep fishing with a bunch of different soft plastic stuff and Im getting lots of hits, but nothing taking it. Trying different things and different spots for about an hour, same thing lots swinging and missing. Just want to catch a fish switch to live worms I had with me. Every cast came back without a worm or a fish! My bonus time has dwindled down to about 30 minutes. Go to another spot, tie on a cheap rubber frog and cast it along the bank under a tree and boom! Something starts swimming out and down and around and even breaks the surface then starts ripping drag! I've only been fishing for 6 months and have yet to really catch a real good size fish, but this is it. So Im doing my thing and its doing its thing and I'm pumped and then I see it and it is pretty big, not huge, but big by my standards! This one Id actually post a pic of on here. So I pause and dig around for my phone and turn the camera. Fish still on. Think to myself, I shoukd get my pliers because I've never dealt with a fish this big. Back up about twenty yards to where my stuff is and get the pliers. Camera and pliers ready, time to land this beast! Boom! Line goes limp! And there goes my monster swimming away!! Guess she got tired of waiting while I was putzing around like an AMATEUR!
Live and learn, next time I'm taking the hook out with my hand and no pictures!