John R - defending my fish!!

John -

If that fish is 42 pounds, I can believe mine was 36. How long is the fish in the photo?

Also, a half-hour after I caught the 41-inch, 36-pounder, I caught another nice one. That fish was 38 inches and 18 pounds. I was amazed that a fish only 3 inches shorter could weigh only half as much, but the second fish had nowhere near the girth of the first one.

Should I e-mail the picture as a .jpg file? I just got a scanner at home, and I haven't used it yet.