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We have had 7.5 inches of rain in last week here in southern wisconsin. I had NOT been able to fish due to water clarity. It was about driving me crazy.

I went in search of clean water today........kinda clean was enough...
I found some right away.....is crazy how good water can be right under your nose and you drive over it daily.

I walked back to this old bridge ruins......
As I came up to the hole....a big fish scurried out of the shallow slow water back into the meat of the hole.......

I was mad.....thought that the water was too dirty for it to see me.....decided it was and it did it just on a lark.........

I casted exactly where I had seen the big wake stop.......

BANG

It was huge....It immediately started doing an ALLIGATOR roll..........
Off it went.........approxiamtely 25 inch male brown!

I was so mad.......

I got my stuff back together.......checked my panther martin.....checked my knot and casted in again.......


BANG


The fattest brown I ever had on.......hit right by shore....It wasn't the longest brown I have ever caught.....BUT.....was for sure the fattest!

She swallowed the panther martin way down in to her gills......I could NOT revive her.....

I will have her on the GRILL tomorrow!


I caught 15 other trout today in marginally clean water........

Tight Lines!
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[cool][#800000][size 2]Hey there spinner - Sounds like you had a fun day rain and all. Good looking fish and thanks for the pic. Always makes it more interesting to see what people are talking about. [/size][/#800000]
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Nice fish there spinner[cool]!! Thanks for sharing it with us!
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hey spinner, I have been catching your back wash... (rain wise) we got 7 inches of rain in the last two days...

I bailed out my boat one day only to find it compleatly full the next morning....

but like you said the rain has not slowed the fish down in the slitest... thanks for the report and by the way Great catch!!!
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Nice catch spinner. I'm glad to see that you got your lure back and dinner out of it to boot.[cool]
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So sorry to hear that you've had such a rough time with the water. I'm sure that river running down the streets has helped some. If you are getting sick of it, you could send some to pour on the twin cities but only Monday - Thursday so I can enjoy my weekends.

BTW, nice fish.
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