Fish was 48" long with a 29" girth and went 44lbs. She fought like a champ and took a 6oz Butterfly jig.

SOOOOOOEEEEEEE

nice fish Roy.

Nice looking slob.

You are one amazing fisherman.:kewl:

6 ounce butterfly jig? :huh: is there anything you won't fish with?:hs:

excellant fish Roy, I assume the canal:wave::err:
44 pounds is an accomplishment to be proud of

Shes perty! Congrats Roy! Hey.....has she got a sister at home like her?:drool:

nice job....nice fattie...congrats!!!

Nice fish Roy :uhuh:
I've been getting a few also on the butterfly after we had enough of feeding the pogies to them !

Excellent fish RoyL!
theys definitely sum FATTY's

out there for this push,,,,,,,,
way to HOGG it UP, Canal style!!!

Roy...Nice fish

nice fish roy!

nice fish roy!

Congrats Roy, Very healthy looking fish.

Awesome fish!!

Sweeet Fish Roy

But confess, isn't she better than a shark?? Next time
do it on a Spongebob rod 'n reel. Congrats to a really
deserving guy.
:fishin:

How in the world do you fish a butterfly jig from shore??? I thought they were supposed to be worked up and down?

What a fat fish...congrats! :-)

it has the Neanderthal gene...

wow what a sturdy Fat fish,,,,

what a catch ...fantastic ROY :kewl:

beautiful fish

very nice Roy!

Nice Phatty Roy

Mmmmm....Uncle Crafty likes fat girls

Oh my, look at the ample proportions of that Reubenesque beauty...just stunning :hihi:

Whew!

Great fish Roy!

Congrats Roy, Very healthy looking fish.

looked dead to me :laughs:

awesome fish Roy

Great fish Roy L, what no SpongeBob?

Nice one, wish I was there:lurk:

nice fish man

great fish!

Now that is a one 'stout' fish! Excellent!

sa-weet

looks like you fed it a couch.

really awesome fish!

great fish!

Beautiful !!!!!!

dude! that thing is FAT!
congrats man!

Nice fatty !

nice job as usual Roy.congrats .
oh by the way haven't touched freshwater since i last saw you.

Roy thats awesome, nice fish man!

You da man!

Nice fish Roy!

Thanks guys....It's finally starting to set in after talking to many canal guys. I feel like an ass after acting like it's just another 40lber....I didn't realize that the canal had it's certain class of fish & a fish of this size in the canal equals a 50+lb fish from the surf to some, remeber im a 3 month newbie at the ditch. I have always fished the canal, but not like this year...living 5min away I had no choice but to suck it up & explore it and look already setting a trend...lol..I think everyone I saw today had a butterfly jig on..lol I am now greatfull to the fish gods for my fish and asking for a 50 out of the ditch...lol

dayumm, man! thats huge! wow

lol...good things come to people who try something new. Good job w/ the butterfly jig. I never would have thought something like that would work...must have looked like a giant crippled herring to the cow you caught ;-)