Fishing Report 8.13.14

[Scott McKee]

When we pulled out of the canal, I called Jojo to see if he needed any help on the islands.  He didn't answer, but he text me back saying he didn't, which worked out pretty well in my favor.

As I was trolling upstream with Mike Fortunate in front of Frenchman's Creek this early evening, I didn't notice the wind had picked up a bit from the northwest.  After jerking my sucker colored Mr. Toothy as it approached a hump, something smacked it really hard.  I'm sure I said something like, "here we go" or "there it is."  As I stood to put the kicker in neutral and turned to fight the fish I noticed the annoying chop had turned into annoying capping waves.  Oh, goody.  I knew it was a big fish when I had trouble moving her off the bottom.  She stayed down until I got her next to the boat and then she freaked out.  She was only hooked by one point of the rear treble.  The wind was pushing my boat upstream and we were bouncing pretty good and she didn't like my net at all.  After a few well thought out and kinds words of encouragement from me, Mike netted her.  After a quick picture, we taped her on my new bump board which was already wet with the spray we were taking.  He thought she might be 50", but she missed by an inch. Fine by me, she fought like a champ and swam away as soon as she hit the drink.  Do you think this is the fish Carl caught?  It was caught in same spot.

We quit early as "The Facilities" had to use the facilities.  Also fine by me.  It was a great few hours bouncing around!

50 Back...

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[Brett Cournoyea]

Great fish Scott, well deserved

[Jay Nannen]

Congratulations on a fantastic fish!  Nice to see all your hard work and dedication pay off.

[Scott McKee]

Thanks, guys.  I appreciate it.