Was on Tapps about 7:30. Had a good day...Well, kind of. Caught 25 smallies, 5 of them close to or over 3 lbs. But I lost one smallmouth next to the boat the was over 4. To make matters worse, fished down the finger to the left of Snag Island Cove. Because it was super shallow I picked up a new rod rigged with a weightless Stik-O. The first dock on the left I made a cast to the right of it next to a log and my line started moving off to the left. I set the hook and all I heard was the sound of drag. The reel's drag was far too loose, and I didn't get a solid hook set. Surprisingly, the fish was still on, so I grabbed the line and set the hook again. Anyway it turned out to be a Chinese firedrill. I saw the fish as he simply spit out the offering. It was an easy 5 lber if not bigger. After 40 years of bass fishing how I made such a stupid mistake is unforgivable. And what was salt in the wound was after three years of fishing Tapps, that was my first largemouth, and I handled it like a clown. Embarrassing!