My buddy Tom and I hit Green Lk. around 10:30. My plan was to circle the entire lake and turn it inside out. After a few hours of no fish, Tom took off, Luckily I pressed on!

4 hours later I was up north fishing next to a guy bottom fishing. I cast my lure past the dock and crashed my lure into the dock legs then suspended it and repeated. A few casts in, I noticed A MONSTER slowly swimming behind my lure. It was toying w/ me so I gave it the ol' figure 8 two times then it got excited. I think it sawl me last second then vanished. I told the guy next to me... I just missed a beast (while I was trying to catch my breathe)!

I knocked my lure against the opposite side of the dock a few times then changed direction. Just as I began to reel... POW!! It looked like a good hookset so I horsed it onto the dock. That fish was powerful... Thank god I changed the hooks. The factory ones were bullocks. The guy next to me took the photo. Thanks Scott (I believe that was your name, ha). The fish was my new Personal Best by 15 ounces weighing in @ 3pounds 1 ounce!! I was stoked.

I immediatly ran to another spot I had a big follower the other day but couldn't get to bite. When I got there, 2 guys were already fishing and had a brown ready for dinner. I repeated the same method as I did w/ first fish. After the bait ran into the pileing, another brown hit w/ no hesitation!

I wish I would of fought this one and tried to ware it out. I again horsed this out of the water but my line snaped as I got it onto the dock. The trout was trashing like crazy. When I tried to grab it I felt the pain of a hook, barb deep in my thumb. It happened so fast, it ripped right out luckily!! I scaled the fish @ 1.12oz.

I got blood all over the fish so I went to wash it off before I got a pic. As soon as I got it close to water, it launched out of my hands like a missile! I didn't care after my PB Brown. All fish released.

It was a long day but the last 1/2 hour was a 5 star report. Can't wait for some bassin!! Tight lines.

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