"Hey Dad, GET THE NET"
I headed out real early today to one of the local lakes. After walking around and seeing a few fish up shallow but real spooky, I decided to call an audible and head to a friends private pond to see if any fish where up shallow. The fish in this pond almost always spawn LATE. Well not this year. 2 minutes after arriving I see a monster up shallow under a big log. I threw a jig in a few times and she hits. Ends up breaking me off on the log and I am pissed as this was a BIG fish probably over 7lbs. After few @%$##% and @%#$#%@ I decided to take a walk around the pond. I see 2 more bigguns up shallow and I do something I have NEVER done before. I left the fish alone. I walked back to my truck and called home and told Jr to GET DRESSED, I would be there in 10 minutes. He knew exactly why I was calling. I picked him up and we head back to the pond. We see the one that broke me off back in same spot but we skip her and head to the spot I saw the other 2. He had on his trusty bait and decided he would "go for the farther one, it looks bigger". He makes a few casts and the fish turned on his bait. 2 shakes later and he yells "Hey Dad, get the net this thing is BIG"....luckily I grabbed the net out of the garage when I went back home. He played this fish like a champ on 8lb test and after a few tense moments it was party time.
After a few picks and high 5's, we let her go and then at the same time we both said "we forgot to weigh it" I feel pretty confident saying it was over 9 for sure and 10 is a possibility BUT all I know is he is still talking about it 12 hours later. Oh yeah I caught the "other one" that was right by this one
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"Only" 5.3lbs
A great day with JR and a memory for lifetime
ps- I will be heading out in morning to get my jig back !!!!!!
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