I spent the large majority of my childhood and adult life chasing that elusive double-digit bass. I worked like a dog to save money for new fishing lures and better fishing rods, but after a lot of trial and error, I realized it wasn’t necessarily about the gear or the money spent. It was about conservation.

Two recent catches have proved to me the effectiveness of catch-and-release bass fishing. We’ve always been told it works, but experiencing something like this has really put things into perspective for me. I’m not going to go into a whole bunch of details because I’ve chronicled the entire catch in this article. But I’ll give you the condensed version.

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