I was at Hidden Lake and there was a guy there with a Modified Vee Bass boat fishing. He claimed to be a tourney guy just practicing. He asked from out in front of me if I had a spinner to sell him. He came into the shore and I gifted him an old mepps which he proceeded to catch Stockies on. But while he was ashore he handed a rod to sample and it was a sweetheart. The smallest bait he had on him was an articulated bait of 10" and he had them up to 14". They were sweet. Are there really Bass big enough to eat baits that big. Then he claimed some of them retail for 1000$ but that Daiwa being his sponsor awards him with them as he succeeds in his fishing. Now I have now Idea who he was, seemed like a braggart, but there was no denying that he had nice gear.