Last weekend Concordia Bass Club fished Lake Bruin, a 3,200 acre oxbow lake north of Vidalia. A cold front was forecast to pass through later that day resulting in perfect conditions for a great day of bass fishing.

Lake Bruin certainly did not let us down. Most bass clubs have a 5 bass limit. We weigh in our five largest caught during the tournament day and cull out all the smaller fish.

This was a day for culling. Many contestants reported catching three to five limits. I quit counting at 21 fish by 1 p.m. Most of the bass averaged about 2.0 to 3.5 pounds.

I was fishing from a small 15-foot aluminum boat so I let all the big rigs blast off to parts unknown and began fishing just across the lake from the boat ramp. I made my first cast with a big lure that had double treble hooks near a huge cypress tree. As I cranked the lure down, a nice bass hit.

The water on Bruin is extremely clear so I could see the 3-pound fish as I was reeling it up. Out of nowhere a bass that looked to weigh over 4 pounds hit the hooked fish I was reeling in trying to steal the fake meal.

Now I have this 4 pound bass on the rear hook and a solid 3 on the front hook. I went for the dip net and the 4 pounder pulled off. I landed the other fish. A double on the first cast is a great way to kick of an exciting day. In 35-plus years of bass fishing and hundreds of tournaments I have never hooked up with a double on my first cast.

It doesn’t stop there. So roll your pants legs up and read on. I left that area with a five-bass tournament limit searching for larger fish. On each stop the bass would hit a jig, a surface lure or a big 3/4 ounce Rat-L-Trap. Others contestants were doing the same thing, so I knew a fish more than four pounds would be the answer to winning this one.

The week before this event I fished with another club and won the big bass bucks with a little 4.36. I pulled up to the same manmade brush pile that produced the 4.36 the week before, pitched the jig to the brush pile in 10 to 12 feet of water and was greeted by a very hard strike. A 4.30 was in the well.

It was the same lure, same area and only .06 pounds difference in weight from the winning fish two weeks ago. That’s not that unusual but I’m not through fishing yet. I start the 4-to 5-mile run back to the ramp stopping along the way picking off a fish here and there.

We have to be off-plan and near the ramp by 3 p.m. At 2:50 I made my last cast. A fish hit and fought for a bit then all the sudden I had this really hard pull. I reeled up and there was another double.

A 4-pound plus fish was on one hook and a high 3 on the other hook. I played the two fish down and just before I could get the net under the two fish the larger one pulled off, again. It’s 2:55 now, and I’m three minutes from the ramp so it’s time to go.

The odds of hooking up with a double on the first cast of the day and the last cast and catching what was almost the twin to the 4.36 from the week before has to be one in a million. I won the event with 16.87 pounds and the 4.30 netted me the big bass money, again. What a day.

Eddie Roberts writes a weekly fishing column for The Democrat. He can be reached at fishingwitheddie@bellsouth.net.