Tonight I managed to get out for a couple of hours to go fish the local
lake(Watchung). Very small, a few acres, but it's got some real nice fish.
As soon as the sun dropped they started hitting. First a dink about 10
inches or so. Then a long skinny about 2 lbs. followed quickly by one maybe
3 lbs.. Then I moved to the other side of a small cove and cast into a
rocky shoreline and slowly my line started to pull away from the edge. I
set the hook and it was on. Right away the drag started. I didn't want to
lose this one so I was patient but it had to take a solid 3 to 4 minutes to
land it. This fish was about 20 inches and fat, I would guess about 5+
maybe 6 lbs but I had no scale or camera, bummer. It was getting pretty
dark and I figured it couldn't get much better so I headed toward my truck.
Halfway there I run into a couple of local anglers and I stopped to B.S. and
cast a few times when suddenly, I hooked into another fatty. This time I
had company and one had a digital camera with him. He said he would e-mail
it to me tonight. The fish I think ran about 4 lbs. I think. Again, no
scale, I'll let you decide when I can post a picture. But the big one was a
lot bigger, longer and fatter. I'm sure it was my personal best, I wish I
had proof. I guess it's better to have the experience than not anyway.

Rich P