Your lucky you got smokey Joe back. Sorry we couldn't hook up. Bill was afraid you would beat us to our junk. Lol. Our junk didn't play out well, but we tried.
Fin, with champ and I in the boat I am sure we will be slinging and if we get beat down we will hang our heads and drop. I got me an idear that might work. It did 10 years ago! Lol
Since this spring I have caught 5 or 6 smallmouth that were humpbacked. I have caught them in years past but this year seems a little extreme. I have read electo shock, parasites ect can cause this. Any thought on the matter? I had 1 that weighed 3 pounds and was around 14 inches. If I had whopped him in the spine with a hammer he would have been 17 inches.
I suspect if he followed me he would burn some gas without many fish. Had company down this weekend and had to play hospitality guy so didn't get to fish. Be out there tomorrow fishing the cold front. by the way its a black phoenix.