Hyatt lands then releases bass of a lifetime 

By: Glynn Harris

I’m not a technologically- adept person. That’s why I called my friend and computer expert, Rex Moncrief last week to come help me set up my new phone. 

Rex came, got my phone up and running and as he left, he mentioned he was headed home to Bossier City, pick up his boat and meet his friend, Eddie Hyatt, Sr. The duo was scheduled to fish a tournament Thursday night on Cross Lake and he wanted them to do some pre-fishing to try and locate some fish for the tourney. Something magical happened that night and later, Rex called to tell me about it. 

“I met Eddie at the lake at 4:00 and things were going on real well. We hooked and shook off several bass in the four to five pound range. It was about time to leave and at 7:40, Eddie said he wanted to try one more spot. He cast a big ribbon tail plastic worm to the base of a tree and I heard him grunt and realized he’d hooked a really big fish,” Moncrief explained.