Liberty Largemouth

Type: Nontidal
Region: Northern
Location: Liberty Reservoir

Visited Liberty Reservoir early Sunday morning and I was lucky enough to land this brute on ultralight tackle. Fishing a topwater in the shallows , I missed the first hook set entirely but she came back for more and took line 3 times before I could get her ashore. It was difficult to get a good shot on my camera phone that early in the AM by myself and I wanted to return her to the water ASAP so the pics don't do this beauty much justice. I didn't have my tape on me but I approximate this smallmouth was at least 20 inches (my reel in the picture measures 5") and probably weighted about 5 lbs or more. Personal best bass large or small!