Thanks BP. Susan has worked hard these past few years, heck we even let her handle a rod every now and then.
It was kinda funny as we had just boated a 44 lb'er and Bob and myself were admiring it and getting ready to ice it and prepare the boat for the run to PJ. Susan had been on mackeral jigging duty when she noticed there were no rods in the water so she grabbed a mackeral, bit it in half (Bobby showed her that trick) and tossed it out. Well about 5 minutes later she asked if someone could give her a hand or just cut the line so we could get going. We laughed a bit and gave her some encouragement until finally the fish turned and showed her head. No more laughing but she had the fish beat at that point. We slid it into the net and it weighed 46 lbs., 46". The other fish was 44 lb, 46" also. I won't even get into the one that got away about a half hour earlier. At least she rolled a couple of times to give me a glimpse before she gave me my shiny new hook back! I have no doubt it was a 50+. I guess that's why I'm heading out again tonight after spending 24 hours on the water this weekend! Maybe I'll see you about 1 mile southeast of.......Mike knows.
PS I just confirmed that they will be giving away a 200HP Merc at the Monahans tourney in Aug. Sharpen your hooks!