to make a long boring story of missed fish and some small catches..
After fishing between 9am - 1pm attempting to catch fish at 3 places the 3 of us only caught a handfull of small bass.
At the last stop my buddy, after a few cast got smashed on top of the water close to the shore but could't get the hook in.
After about 20minutes I'm fishing in the same area my buddy lost his first fish. casting a yum dinger toward a down tree after about half way in I start twitching it under the surface, once I got close to the milky surface on shore SMASH. After a good fight (I was using a light action rod semi loose drag) I caught this guy.

The picture doesnt give this fish justice.