Success!
 

My first 30 lb fish on one of my own.

45" and 35lbs, the fish was released.

forgot the pic

congrats
 

nice fish:D

Great work!

It feels good don't it!? :bl:

Nice job Dave!!!!

You can give me the details tomorrow at work....

Great job

Great fish
 

Way to go D J.:bl:

awesome!

Hmm, now where have I seen those rocks before ;)

Just kidding.

Nice fish, Dave.

Nice work!:claps: :claps:

Way to go!!!!:happy: :happy: :happy:

Nice, that's what we are all shooting for

Congratulations and credit to you for setting the bar nice and high. The rest of us have got some work to do.

Thanks guys, that fish was a complete suprise. I was just lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time. I've been fishing ridiculous hours for the past 2 weeks. 2 hrs sleep last night... I had jigged 4 + hours of the west thru dawn for a pair of 20" fish, and slack came and went with no topwater action at all. I'd started jigging the east without any luck at all and as the current really picked up steam some nice back eddies were forming coming off some rock piles. It looked very fishy so I took a break from the jigging and was just casting blind and working it very slowly through the eddies. The fish simply came up from under it and inhaled it.

excellent
 

whats your next goal Dave?

great catch and sweet plug

:jump: :jump:
WOW
Congrats on that fish Dave, you earned it.
great to see you get a big fish on one of your own plugs :btu:
determination goes a long way:uhuh:
I'm happy for you :)

Hours of effort, refusing to quit, paying attention, trying something different, trusting your own wood......doesn't sound like luck was much of a factor. Not at all. :kewl:

Nice fish Diggin and nice plug!
 

I do know those rocks :angel: rough area on the feet :err:

Nice Job DJ!:D

PatrickD

Congrats DJ, doesn't get much betta than that. :btu: