Thanks! It truley is a one in a thousand casts. I have been going to the river twice a week or more. I saw some nice ones this year floating the river. I knew if I just kept after them I’d hook one. This fish boiled at my plug three times on the same retrieve. Only on the 3rd time my lure wasn’t floating on the surface any longer. That’s when I set the hook. Only got one of the trebles stuck and it was only a single hook on that treble that was buried in the upper jaw. Really green when I got it to shore making it difficult to hold for the picture. I was by my self so having the camera out and mounted on the tri-pod before I started fishing helped. Also, having the hook remover pliers ready first was a good idea.
Definatley back in the river to fight again. Maybe next October it’ll be a 50″er. Ha ha!