Hello,
I appreciate seeing these photos! Garry is a friend and after seeing the photos last night, I took time today to visit him at his office. I just had to shake his hand and hear the "story".
I was astounded to see the tiny fly (barbless no less) he used to catch that monster.
Garry tells me it all happened real fast. Not a huge fight as I would have assumed. It circled the boat, nearly found the trolling motor, then was in the boat! He's still pinching himself.
Interesting, Seth's suggestion that the fish was full of eggs was right on the mark (according to Garry). He said it was CHUCK full of eggs...in fact they were coming/leaking out of the fish once landed.
A wonderful fish.
Bob