Originally Posted by Pat Williamson
This is so true, hard to wait but sometimes it’s instant

Whenever I missed one where the bass created a very large swirl, I was sure I had missed a 6-7# bass (which is a monster in Kansas).

Now that I am older, and perhaps slightly wiser, I am pretty sure a 1.5# bass could also make a pretty big swirl as it turns to rush a lure! But as a kid, I was kicking myself for missing a lunker.