Something seems to bring big bass to boat during the full moon phase when it falls in late August, which was August 23rd, 2002. Have you heard of any big bass on the August full moon in your area? I've heard of a number, ranging from New York to Florida to California and spots in between.

Here's one, ten pounds (at least) landed and released on film by Team Yamamoto's "Ranger Dave" Masterson, host of the Outdoor Chronicles TV show brought to you by Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.

Dave and his guest Allen Spruiell began the evening with a few solid bass on a 6-inch 9L Senko (021 black w/blue), then switched to 8-inch 8-Series Yamamoto worms in the same color. In less than 2 hours off a deep water hump, they landed 18 bass to 5 pounds. By 9 o'clock they had plenty of film footage to make a great show but being the die-hard that he is, David suggested they stay a few more minutes and key in on the deeper side of the hump.

David said he made a long cast and let the worm settle to the bottom when he felt the ol' tap-tap on his worm.

"I was using a 7' 6'' Falcon Cara rod spooled with 14 lb test Sugoi fluorocarbon, a 3/8-ounce Florida rig screw-in weight, a Mustad 3/0 flipping hook and the Yamamoto 8-inch 8-Series worm.... When the fish picked it up I set the hook hard and knew it was a good fish but I thought she might only go 7 pounds or so until she jumped at the boat and we realized she was a monster! Best of all, was knowing that the film was rolling!  I managed to wrestle her to the side and lipped this trophy bass!"

"I have caught 18 bass over ten pounds with my largest being 12.80," says Ranger Dave, "but this one is definitely my biggest bass ever to land while film was rolling! Without a scale, we wanted to immediately release her, and estimated she was (at least) between 11 and 12 pounds...without a doubt." says Dave proudly.

You can catch this exciting show episode about night fishing...and many other fishing adventures coming your way starting January 1, 2003 on the Outdoor Channel. Be sure to watch the Outdoor Chronicles brought to you by Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.