"Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers" wrote in message
I put a lip-lock on the fish and greatfully swung her over the side. She
measured 19.75 inches and weighed just shy of 5.5 pounds.


Gorgeous fish Steve, and a nice story that serves as an object lesson. I
took the sissy way out :-) and stayed off the water when that cold front
moved through MI.

Our current temp is in the 40s. Think I'll grab the gear and hit the lake.