Been a while since I posted a report, but I'm still getting out on the water as often as I can.
Was happy to drive a couple of hours north in the fog on Saturday morning to spend a day fishing on one of my favorite bodies of water. I had heard that there were some decent pike in there, and we got into a few smaller specimens along with some really nice (although unfortunately OOS) smallies throughout the day. As we killed the last few minutes of our outing, I was rewarded with this fatty that hit a drop-shotted minnow in 21fow. After a 15 minute battle with some really blistering runs I iced her and after a few quick pics and measurements, back down the hole she went. I revived her with my hand in the water for 3 or 4 minutes, and with a quick flick of the tale...gone! Taped out at 42.5" with a 20.5"girth, and was fat all the way down her body.
Thanks for looking, see you on the water...
Darcy