so boys...i have a story. i was out yesterday (monday) off the pink apartments/ambleside. i noticed not many guys out there. most of them at the river. i was there around 2pm. flood. we were in about 30'. pretty much bouncing off the bottom. did a turn to head east and boom. i let him go for a little dance first. now, keep in mind, i am a rookie. this would have been my second fish in 12 years! thats right. would have been! about half way through i realized this was no tiny pink. it felt massive! i have video tape to prove it! i'll get a pic up soon. when it came up to the surface, you can hear my bro and i say "what the hell is that?" i thought it was way to big to be a spring. not for me. i have no luck at all! then he kind of tilted and showed me his enormous belly. i got my brother to grab the net. he slowly got it in the water...and i probably rushed it here. rookie. i grabbed the rod, line and all, thinking it was a done deal. he was a foot away swimming right into our net. then bam.he snapped my 25lb line. i was in shock for a full minute. SO close to bagging a HUGE fish. i had a friend look at the video and he said 40lbs. my shoulders are sore. my arms ache. the rush was incredable. espaecially when he came up to the surface. huge boys.
so i feel bad. but somewhere out there, there is a massive spring with a green flasher and an army truck hoochie with the silver skirt out there. i plan to go get him on saturday. wow. i'll get a picture from the vid as soon as i can. big fish!
