Put in at CFP about 5:00 for another evening outing. First stop the tubers, jet skies and destroyers ran me off with nothing caught. Next stop couldn't find any concentration of fish. Moved up river and hit a channel edge with adjacent flat about 20' deep. The flat was covered up with bait fish so I knew there had to be some bass there somewhere. At first they were holding on the channel edge but then mostly moved out on the flat. There was even a little top water action, but you had to be quick as they hit and ran.<br /><br />I had caught a couple nice bass on the dropshot when I felt like I was snagged. I was jiggling the bait trying to get it lose when it started to swim off. I finally realized that it was a fish so I gave it a good hookset and it exploded. Took off across the flat just burning the drag. I was hanging on and fumbling around trying to get the trolling motor in gear to follow the fish before it spooled me. With that run I figured it might be a striper as was way too heavy for a bass. I couldn't slow it down at all. Well all of a sudden it comes up and jumps about 20' from the boat. BIG ASS BASS, easily the largest I have ever seen in the water. My only reference is the 2 11# mounted fish at Soddy Tackle and this fish looked at least that big and maybe larger. I know it happens quickly and they always look bigger. We will never know as she threw the hook on the jump emoBang. That is my fish tale, hated that I couldn't get it to the boat to weigh and photograph. But it sure got the heart pumping, great fun.<br /><br />Posting a couple of screen shots showing the bass and bait. Action was hot and heavy for about an hour. Headed in about 8:30. That is my story and I am sticking to it. Ended up with 9 keeper LM and 1 dink and 1 monster lost. Mostly gulp minnow on 20' flat and a couple jigging spoon on the edge of the dropoff in about 27'. Seem to be doing better in the evening right now.<br /><br />Time to head for bed as picking up Drumking early tomorrow to see if I remember how to catch some crappie.<br /><br />Regards, Labman