Well...I guess Bruce M. was right in his summary that less fishing pressure could produce some whoppers in Square lake over the next few years. I was there last night in my kayak and though I did catch a couple of the resident 6 to 8" bass, I also managed to boat a 5 1/2 pounder, by far the largest fish I've seen in this lake. I was casting my favorite 6" black trick worm around the beaver dam down the bank from the boat launch and had just caught an 8 incher. I cast over to the other side and got a couple more little bites that didn't result in a hook up. I cast in one more time and felt the tap and set the hook. It automatically felt like a better fish, but I didn't know how much better until she started stripping drag and making a run for the lilypads. My kayak was perpendicular to the fight and was getting pulled thru the lilypads sideways. I had to pull out my paddle and follow her thru the pads and ended up pulling in my line hand-over-hand to get myself up next to her as I was using only 8lb line on a spinning rig. I could still feel her on there and saw her back break the water a few times as I got close and got my thumb in her mouth. Very nice, fat, and healthy fish. She had a round shaped scar on her right gill cover about the size of a quarter, but other than that she was beautiful. I weighed her on my Boga Grip (5 and a little over a half pounds) and quickly released her to fight again. I had one other dink earlier on a Rapala Minnow too, but that was the excitement for the evening. Unfortunately, I left the camera at home so there's no proof, other than the scars on the PALM of my hand. That should say something in itself.

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