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Very thoughtful of her!! The world is a better place because of attitudes like that! Tell her thanks!

I save a spot for ya!

Great info from you guys!

Nice Walleye, great looking fly

I seriously don't mean to be a smart Alec, but I've heard that about the pre spawning females my whole life, and if it's just a matter of depth why don't you just put on a 1/2 oz jig and fish deeper? I guess I'm not convinced that depth is the only reason no one is catching big pre spawn females. I just gotta believe there's more to it than that.

Johnny Morris's son is heavy into alligator hunting with bows.....I'm sure that's a factor

Well, it was still pretty convincing, at least it wasn't a KVD square bill this year! promise I won't spoil it next year

Bummer, thought you would've slammed em. Oh well, low and clear does not a great day make. Well, I guess Dave Murray got the last laugh

Nice pictures! Thanks so much for posting!

Bandits are sold...thanks

Well it's about time!!!!

In the summer, when you cover as many miles a day as you do, it more than makes up for the lack of fishing out every hole thoroughly with a small plastic bait on a jig. In the winter, as you well know, its almost the opposite because the fish are so concentrated. You've taught me a lot about summer fishing!

Yep, 4# is not in my arsenal, I was just curious about that...Lake Biwa must be snag free

When her cousin Billy Bob is the LEO

Great report Ham, I noticed the video with Japanese translation recommend 4-5 pound test and not 6..... Perhaps that bait is very sensitive to line diameter.

Ditto

This video has gone viral and was wondering what your thoughts were. I think they are both idiots. I do think she is partially to blame...she was going 10 under the speed limit and wouldn't get out of the fast lane. Claims she was making a left turn ahead, but actually sped up to him when he flipped her off. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/28/instant-karma-road-rage-video/7006667/

What's the water temp?

Awesome story, I know that fish and the story behind it will never be forgotten

Great story Al, your crank bait has become one of your trademarks!! I had a memorable fish last year, which turned out to be the heaviest Ozark stream fish I have ever taken. I was fishing with Lonnie, a good friend and fisherman. We were fishing the Meramec and caught fish on numerous things that morning. Around 1:00 we arrived at a hole that was one of my go to spots for big fish. The water had 6-7 visibility, and I was trying to stay a good ways away from the area we were casting to, which was practically on the "wrong" side of the river. Out of the corner of my eye I glanced down to see a huge smallmouth swimming with kind of a panicked behavior. I told Lonnie that I just saw a big smallmouth, and he didn't even respond!! I just thought ok, if he's not going to cast over there, I will. I threw my home made crawfish lure about 20 feet in front of the fish and she nailed it on the third hop! I had so much line out I had to set the hook so hard the line made a tingling sound. I pretty much horsed the fish in because I was using my flipping stick with heavy line. She was 20 3/4".

Great fish Paul!!

It seems to me Bank of America is the worst, I switched all my accounts away.

Nice boat!! Enjoy it! Great memories will be made!

FWIW, I'm very slowly and reluctantly switching to Windows 8, which I hate because to me it's GUI is so counter intuitive.