I got off work early today so decide to eat then load the boat and head to Lake Cassidy to see if I can extend my big bass streak. Arrived at the lake 5:30 pm and fished until dark. Got at the lake and clouds were threatening but looked like it wouldn't rain but was windy...headed down the shoreline to my favorite hot spots...

Tossed the top water minnow had a couple of bluegill hits but first hour no fish and no rolls...went into channel by boat dock saw some fish moving couple small rolls but no fish...might be a tough day...still windy on the lake so treked at full throttle to other side of the lake and work the shallows...still getting blown all over so sat in the pads and cast to openings bite, roll, tap, pop yep that's a crappie bite...next cast bam fish on whoa big crappie! Lippable Crappie 12" and very wide. There goes the skunk at about 6:40pm. Well, still windy so worked the pads sitting in them and casting to the reeds and openings in the back...roll, fish on, fish off...move down some more nice roll big hit set the hook fish on! Oh, this one's a leaper! 3ft jump and get him to the boat nice 11" feisty Bass. Had a couple more bites and lots of line issues today...put new line on my spinning reel and was Charlie Brown fishing...more line at the bottom of the boat then I like. Finally, had enough and decided to just use my buzzbait and bait cast reel...a wise decision...about 4th cast to the back and moving past last set of pads bam fish on!!!!!!!! BIG ONE!!! I didn't have much line out so had to play him a bit and he almost snapped me twice but got him turned and lipped him...get the photos selfie and just fish....ok tape measure...measure twice 18"!!! That ties my biggest buzzbait fish ever! And missed my last weeks record at Lake Cassidy by 1/2". Had one other hit on buzzbait but he missed it. Headed home hard day of fishing only landed 3. 18" by 5.5" wide bass, 11" bass and 12" Crappie. I did lose one other big bass in pads on top water minnow tried to horse him out and he got off.

Glad I stuck it out. And big bass streak continues last 3 times out at Lake Cassidy.

All fish caught photographed and released to fight again another day.

Good luck out there.

James