I hear that..time for a quick story...{ -:

I was flipping cat tails with a neighbor during the spawn a few years ago..We caught quite a few..mostly small ones..I was in the front of the boat..had a tiny tap..missed it and said," OK Kevin, you can have that one." Kevin put his worm right where I had it..tiny hit..Kevin set the hook and lo and behold it was a GIANT BASS..She must have been a 10 pounder..we were only in 3 foot of water..The fight seemed to go on forever..the bass pulled the jon boat around and finally we saw her thick upper body and head above the water ..she was exhausted..Kevin's 6 " black worm with red tail was in her mouth and hook set perfectly.She was about 8 feet away and stuck in the pads..I stretched the net out as far as I could ..only lacking about 10 inches..we watched her sandpaper like teeth going back and forth against Kevin's 10 pound trilene mono..and then the line went limp...and in slow motion the fish goes backwards..Kevin's mouth is open wide saying NO !! NO !! NO!! my fish MY FISH!!! I said., "Kevin .if it was me.I would have gone in the lake for that one."


By the way...this is Kevin my neighbor..Here he is with a 4 pounder..he's mad at me a little right now because I took Matt fishing Friday instead of him.BUT hey blood is thicker than water..{-: