The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA:

Tips for hooking the indiscriminate largemouth bass
By Gary Lewis Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Largemouth bass don't get as much respect in the state of Oregon as certain of their finny brethren. Trout purists scoff at bass gear and tactics, but I think the great thing about largemouth bass is you can throw them something that resembles nothing they've ever seen before and they'll eat it. At least once.
One evening when I was 14 and supposed to be hard at my homework, I went down to the pond and tried what looked like a yellow rubber octopus on a leadhead jig. On the first cast I caught the biggest bass I'd ever hooked, and for the next 30 minutes I landed one fish after another.