My Personal Best

[Squibby17]

Nice fish. Quite a gut on her.
I' m trying to break 30 lbs this year too, I would love to break it the way you did

[Striper1]

Nice fish Van

my all time best is 36 you got me by 1/2 pound

that girth looks huge
It's amazing what a good diet of pogies will do for a fish.


I fished Friday night/ sat am with live ended up getting the best fish of the night 27 pounds on a fresh cut pogie head

[jmonte45]

nice fish....congrats on the new record. Good luck in the cup.

[Raider Ronnie]

Nice "Abba" fish there Van !

So much for the
"I've been netting and fishing since you were in diapers"
(pretty stupid since you're 47 and I'm 43 )
and
"Ive been fishing and learning on my own instead of teaming up with pros like you"

Hope you tipped Teddy well for putting you on that fish !!!

[Van]

Thanks guys.
It was quite a day, and we worked hard for what we caught.

I'm sure this seems strange, but what I think what helped was getting a reel with bad mojo off my rod.
Since I got rid of it, I found my digital camera (I thought was lost forever), got some sweet news at work ($$$$),
caught a nice fish, got good news from my daughter, and Got my boat back, and shes running smooth and strong..so its off to TOONA land for me.
Maybe I should play the lottery !!


And of course, thanks to a great guy and friend who took me out in his boat while mine was in the shop.

THATS WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR !!!!