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Jon, that last fish looks like beast. What was her estimate weight?
Ok, here is the story of that last fish in the video. Started out as the kind of bite I like. Rod loads up and the clicker starts singing. Not the little peck, peck, peck bites that often turn out to be suckers. Lifted the rod and know right away this was a good fish. The real big ones just get bigger as they get up under the boat. Shortly after the hook up, that’s when the beast decides to come up and see who she was dealing with!! Cool to get that on camera. The cheers from the surrounding boats was appreciated. That confirmed I was now in a battle with a pretty big telephone pole. I did not want to come un-glued from this fish. I think the official time was in that 13-15 minute range. In the end and after 2 good bubble burps, she relented and came to the boat. The fish measured 62 inches. I did not get any other measurements and never weigh these fish. Back into the river as soon as possible. Had to be less than 2 minutes on deck.
Thanks again Matt for putting up the video. You and Terry are a blast to fish with.
-J.