oh man that was a tough call! congrats though you've been putin' in some hard work! my boy had a chance on a late sunday night leaving Potholes in 92' or 93'. He caught a 11.9 or 11.11 after pullin' the boat out from the ramp. He heard a big splash zipped a jig out and got smashed! No park officials around and everything was closed. So he drove back to Auburn put the fish in the freezer and had it mounted a few months later. Ofcourse this was before replica's were any good. Man I used to walk down the street and look at that fish the night before goin' fishin' for months after that. Some toads out there! But yea I grew up in Auburn and fished North Lake,Tapps,American,Long,Silver,Desire,Spring,Sammamish,Pine,and Lake Washington ofcourse. I wish I had the trout swimbaits back then it would be pretty stupid!

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