Part5 Monster Fish　 　I'm going to talk today about an experience I had this past season while fishing Lake St.Clair for smallmouth bass. I was fishing with a customer from Michigan and we were on a small hump about 6 miles out from shore. This is�a small hump, mostly made of a soft bottom, but there are some hard rocks on the top of it. There is nothing but flat, featureless bottom all around it, so the fish stick on to this spot like a magnet. 　The day started with thick fog, and it took us a while to get to the spot, because even though we had a GPS unit, the fog was so thick, I was worried about hitting a freighter or another fishing boat. 　We eventually got there and I started out with a large size Fat Free Shad crankbait because the hump is about 14ft deep with 16 ft around it. 　On my first or second cast, I caught a 4 lb smallmouth with it. What a way to start the day! 　Then for the most part, I let my client do the catching. We had caught about 20 or so smallmouth by the time the sun came up and then fishing just unexpectedly died, so we decided to try a nearby spot similar to it and then come back to our 'sweet spot'. The second spot produced a few, but nothing special so after an hour or so, we decided to return to the good spot. ���After unsuccessfully throwing a variety of baits I rigged up a drop shot rig for him with a 4 " Zoom Finnesse Worm in green pumpkin colour. He started catching them again on that bait, and we did well with it for�a while. 　Then came a shocking occurrence. My customer hooked about a 2 lb smallmouth and when he set the hook, the fish started to come upwards. But then it just stopped, almost as if he was snagged on the bottom. But it wasn't snagged because he could slowly lift it up; it was very heavy, almost to the point of breaking his rod or line. After about 3 minutes, what we saw amazed us both; A 30lb musky had the bass sideways in it's jaw and it was almost lunchtime!!! Part6 KVD Interview 2004/05/20 I called up a long time friend of mine, Kevin Vandam for an interview with time. It seems like he likes Japanese bais like I do. Part1 Fishing on Lake St. Clair 2002/03/09 Hello. My name is Jon Bondy of Wondsor, Canada. I am a full time fishing guide on�Lake St.Clair, and today I start off my column on basswave.jp. 　 Part2 With Mickey Bruce 2002/06/13 I had a time to fish with Mickey Blues, a long time friend of mine and a famous Tour compeditor. We caught tons of bass and stripers. 　 Part3 Walleye, another great game-fish 2002/07/15 Walleye is one of the most popular types of game fish in North America, but they don't live in Japan. I thought I should introduce a walleye story a little bit. 　 Part4 Smallies! 2002/08/28 When you wish to fish smallmouths, I bet St. Clair is the best choise. Thanks God, I live near by. So, I tell you how fun to fish smallies here. 　 Part5 Monster Fish 2004/03/12 In Japan, I heard big long muskie lures are used to catch monster sized bass even though muskies don't exist over there. I will introduce how brual a real monster muskie can do. 　I see this happen a few times a season, but never expected to see what happened next. As we stared in amazement at how big of a bass this monster could eat, the musky unexpectedly stuck his head out of the water and shook it violently side to side like a big dog playing with a chew toy! �� He actually had the whole bass out of the water and was trying to rip it apart while we still had it on the hook! There was blood flying everywhere as the musky's deadly razor sharp teeth must have pierced�his insides. 　Suddenly, the musky let go of it. At this point the bass came unhooked from my client's line and tail walked for about 4 ft across the surface and before landing back in the water. Musky are sleek and built for speed and when that bass landed back in the water, the musky darted like a rocket for about 6 ft and dealt the bass one final blow. The monster slowly sank to the bottom like a German U-boat after completing a mission. �� We looked at each other in disbelief, because we had both caught musky before, none of us had seen an attack this violent. What a day! Take care, Japanese's fishers!