I dunno, largemouth bass are just about as boring as pike and walleye. A carp 1/4 their size would drag them all to death, tied tail to tail. And carp are way smarter too.
The whole culture of largemouth bass fishing is despicable; grown men making a living running around in metal-flake boats, grinning buffoons hoisting up their hawgs for the money shot.
Non-anglers now naturally assume all anglers are inbred, tobacco-chawin' southerners, bent on limiting out when we're not guzzling Budweisers and beating our wives.
Fishing needs to graduate from that image.
It was good fun back in the day, but it's time to move on.