That sounds encouraging for the weekend!Hopefully i'll get some beginners luck and catch one of those 7-8lb. hawgs<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>. My friend caught a 6 or 7lber in long lake and i know of another one around the same size that goes under the same dock every year, but you dont hear of too many fish caught there but they usually are bigger. The trout in long lake tend to be the opposite of the bass, they all seem skinny and 11-12inches long.The biggest i caught there was 13.5inches, but i did hear that they used to get alot bigger a while back,could this be the bass taken alot of the food not allowing trout to grow very fast?