We fished the nursery for our bait and headed out 
AmWatson sticks his personal best at 30 pounds
Way to go Wats 
As always, we had a blast in the boat together. I am starting to believe IDA stands for…IDA rather be fishing flatheads 
As you can tell she is wounded from the spawn. Man thats got to hurt 
Good luck fishing people 
Wats…you got your eyes closed because shes heavy or just excited 
HOLY SHNIKIES WATS 
That’s an Awesome FISH……Way to go Bud
Congrate Mr Watson!
What was your personal best before? She’s a real beauty!
His personal best is the rest of the story Brian. I did good this time 
Nice fish wats .
With a fish that big there should be a smile as wide as the screen. WOW!!! Way to go Bud. Thats a trophy!!! 
Thanks for sharing the pics. VERY nice fish!!!
Thanks, Bill
Way to go Wats…
AM…you must have to have been watching Bret pretty close! He normally files the points off of his partners hooks. 
Damn nice fish Wats. Way to go!!!
When you can beat your personal best is a turly nice fish. Great job. You didn’t take the bite out if its back did ya.
Awesome fish Wats…way to go!
Nice fish Wats. Way to Go!
Nice Piggie Wats!
Now you just need to shoot “dat Tirty Point Buk”
Nice fish Wats. U done good!
dave
wow wats nice fish
WOW What a Kitty Wats!!! Great Job! 
Thanks for all the replies
First I need to thank Bret for taking me out and putting me on that awesome fish. We started off by soaking a worm and catching a few gills to use as bait. That in itself was different for me. We actually threw gills back because they were too BIG I never thought I would ever say that After we had enough bait, Bret made sure I was set up with the necessary hardware to chase these monster sized fish. To me, the gear looked like we were going deep sea fishing for sharks 
Right before dark we were set up on one of Bret’s favorite holes. Sitting there watching the light fade to darkness was so relaxing. There is something magical about being on the water at night. The temps were perfect with no wind. The river looked like glass. While we were waiting for the fish to show up, there was just a little bit of anticipation waiting to hear the clicker take off. Around 10 or so Bret says we got one going I had no clue since I didn’t hear a clicker. This fish was on his spinning rod. After giving the fish plenty of time and making sure it had the bait, the hook was drove home!!! At first I didn’t think it was going to be too hard to get the fish in It felt kind of small but Bret says, “She doesn’t know she is hooked yet”. About that time it came up to the surface, make a huge splash, and then the game was ON. That fish dictated every move. There was no horsing, just keeping the line tight and waiting for the next move. About halfway through the fight, my forearms were burning, and the anticipation was growing. Bret says we have a high 20 fish, by then I was beleiving him Finally, the fish came to the boat and with the expert netman, she was in the boat 
I couldn’t beleive how big this fish really was. It was awesome and a feeling I will never forget.
This was my personal best, shattering my old best by 29# This was my first time going out at night fishing for flats. That is an experience that everyone should get to try. Needless to say I am hooked, and I owe it all to Bret
I do shamefully have to say, next time I am using a glove My thumb took a beating from the teeth and looks pretty nasty right now. It is all puffed up and infected and hurts like heck. But, I would do it all again without a problem.
Cool post Wats. Thanks for making me relive last night We will get out again!
I have one nasty look’n thumb to Made me think of that girl all day at work
I told you, I have a glove if you want to wear it
Absolutly NOTHING like seeing your first big cat come out of the water kicking and screaming!
I was waiting to hear the story AM! Not so sure about that glove thing thou….
One thing for sure…if she scratched you good…you won’t need a flu shot this year! 
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One thing for sure…if she scratched you good…you won’t need a flu shot this year!
Hey, so i can save some money on that this year? 
I love the Cat Scratch fever
….And it’s cure!
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