[Fishgeek]

Fullstringer & I hit the river Monday night & it wasn't shaping up to be a great evening. I never got a chance to get out and get bait. Andy had a hard time a his clutch spots so we launch the boat with only a couple dozen gills which always makes us nervous. So, we thought we would try to catch some bait on the river before we started the serious fishing. We boated a whole one gill in a little over an hour of fishing. I managed to fall half-way through a log jam, soaked one whole leg and found myself in an uncomfortable predicament straddling a log. Of course fullstringer is laughing his butt off the whole time. Then, to make matters worse the the river was dropping like the stock market...

BUT, we did manage to land 2 flatties. An 18 pound female AND my PB -- 37 lbs 7 oz. It was well worth the trip! Andy will hopefully have some video to view soon.

 

[typer181]

Nice flattie Matt! Congrats on a new PB, they don't happen every day.:Happy:

 

[Catpaw]

Matt all in all it sound's like you had a great nite lol New P.B a few laugh's and you was fishing, Can't get better than that.

 

[evilfud]

Nice fish man ! Grats!

Fud

 

[carp46755]

Way to go Matt. Nice fish.

 

[gdog bigcat]

Sweet fish, Matt! Way to go!

 

[metalman]

Beautiful fish, nice job...W

 

[drpepper]

Very nice... what a beast! did you look if it was male or female?

 

[Hemus Bocephus]

Great fish! I'd say a pb would turn a questionable trip around pretty quick! lol

 

[Hemus Bocephus]

Very nice... what a beast! did you look if it was male or female?

So how do you tell if its male or female besides a belly full eggs or all scarred up!

 

[bluejay]

Congrats Matt!! Thanks for the pic.

 

[shoot2thrill25]

Congrats brother!!

 

[Trapper-steve]

Congrats on a new PB

 

[Fishgeek]

Very nice... what a beast! did you look if it was male or female?

Female Bill...probably only a 25 lb fish without the eggs! She had a huge gut!

 

[Fishgeek]

So how do you tell if its male or female besides a belly full eggs or all scarred up!

Boys have one hole & girls have two. This time of the year its pretty easy to tell b/c the female genitalia is typically swollen...and they're packed full of eggs!

 

[fullstringer]

I wish you guys could have all been there to see him go through the log jam. I bout dropped my bait pole in the water and almost fell in after him laughing so hard. I wish I could have had my video camera on me. Here is a pic of my fish that night I know it pales in caparison but I am happy with it. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some video of our night posted on youtube. You guys will enjoy watching that fish whip his but in heavy current. Great job Matt and congrats on the new PB!

 

[Fishgeek]

I wish you guys could have all been there to see him go through the log jam. I bout dropped my bait pole in the water and almost fell in after him laughing so hard. I wish I could have had my video camera on me. Here is a pic of my fish that night I know it pales in caparison but I am happy with it. Hopefully tomorrow I can get some video of our night posted on youtube. You guys will enjoy watching that fish whip his but in heavy current. Great job Matt and congrats on the new PB!

Oh yeah...real funny! He had the whole thing planned guys. "Matt, step right there. That log runs right under that debris..." :laugh1:

Thanks for manning the net and camera at the same time Andy!

 

[afishpatrol]

way to go on the new pb, and the new avitar...

 

[skippi2use]

nice fish congrats

 

[nateD]

Good story and great fish! Congrats guys!