I have only caught 1 large mouth at the lake. I was walking out to the boat to go fishing and saw a bass in very shallow, no more than 2 foot of water. She was sitting on a bed between 2 docks and just for kicks I tied on a Berkly Power Bait Crawfish with no weight. No sooner did it hit the water the bass attacked the bait. I put her right back in the same spot.
I have always tried catch and release, I'm not to crazy about eating fish. They eat worms, yuck!
Take a picture and you can carry it with for evidence when you tell the story of the big one you caught.