Awesome fish Swamp. A good friend of mine is in the pond management business. If you want to grow big bass he is your guy. Despite the urge to keep that big girl for mounting you did the right thing - those big mommas are the Queens of the pond and essential for the long-term productivity of the bass population.

Peter and I went listening at the "new to me" club I recently joined. Peter heard 7 gobblers from where I put him and I heard two more elsewhere. Perfect morning today, warm, sunny and still. Unfortunately we have thunderstorms rolling through here tonight with the possibility of them still hanging around at flydown time, then the rest of the morning should be pretty good.

It all starts tomorrow. Game on.