I arrived at the lake at about 4:20PM today. It was a cold evening with a slight northerly breeze. There was still a half hour before sunset, but I decided to start with the 9 inch Slammer anyway. After about ten minutes I made a nice long cast parallel to a steep muddy bank. I retrieved the lure at a fairly fast retrieve below the surface and half way in POP my line went totally slack. I cranked up the slack and set the hook to a big thumping weight. The fish felt very heavy but didn't fight particularly hard and I had it on the bank in about a minute. The fish was long and had an absolutely massive belly. It weighed 14.6 pounds, my new personal best! I ended up fishing the rest of the evening pretty hard until around 11PM but never got another bite. I threw the slammer on the dam and across a ton of shoreline, then slowed down with a jig and spinnerbait. I didn't expect them to be biting tonight and they really weren't. All it takes is one bite to make me happy, though :)

Nico

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14.6 lbs

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Off she goes! You can really see the incredible girth on this fish from the top down shot. Just a massive belly.