03-02-2009, 10:00 AM
Went to the river today with the little man. We started out shallow with crank baits and had a little success. Caught a couple of fish in 8-15 foot range . So I decided to go deeper picked up a Texas rigged brush hog on a spinning rod with 8 pound test .On the 3 cast I got a bite .When I set the hook the fish must have woke up .The drag was ripping off the reel as fast as the trolling motor was moving .The fight went on and on and on for about 25 minutes and then we caught sight of the fish(I figured it was a big drum) I was wrong...... The fight went on 10 more minutes and the fish must have finally gave up. I could not weigh the fish my scale is a 50 pound berkley. It bottomed it out. Man that's a fight.................................. emoAngler