SMfisher

welcome! looking forward to meeting you and everyone at the road trip.

way to go Don that is a real nice fish, did it put up a big fight or was it to cold?

sorry to hear about the loss of your fishing equipment. hope you recover every single item.

all fine looking fish, something those boys won't forget. great job suskyguide!

this could be one of the hardest thing you have to do. good luck!

welcome back! hope you reach your goals

congrats Gavin on your new personal best, bet that won't stand very long. CJ you are having the time of your life even if you are getting out fished.

great outing, good fishing story.

great story and nice fish, nothing like having outdoors fun with your kids.

nice fish!

nice fish!

yesterday wasn't that good, the water was up a little so today I thought I would get a few dozen shad and move around the river more hitting some of the swift deeper holes of water. In the first hour I caught 5 or 6 good size smallmouth, a lot of fun in the deeper- stronger current. I'll post a picture of one of them. I moved down river and out close to the middle, I made a cast up river in the edge of swift-deep water the bait settled on the bottom I started moving it along with little jerks when bam! something big and heavy hit, I set the hook, I could tell I was in for a big fight. The fight seemed to last 15 minutes going out river, down river, up river still hadn't seen what it was then it made a run across river past me Muskie (oh no) 6# yo zuri line- swift water, and rocks. I had the rest of the fight cut out for me. I took my time, seemed like another 10 minutes, at one pass the muskie looked like it rolled 2 times trying to bite the line but I was hooked in as good spot, corner of the mouth and got it in. I tried to take some good pictures but was hard to do out in the middle of the river by myself, I think it was the same muskie that swam past me last year and bumped my waders with its tail. I was tired after this fight and so was the fish, I released it and went back fishing, I caught 3 smallmouth 20 yards from where I caught the muskie. on my way out of the river I have to back the way I go across, 30 yards from where I released the muskie there it was resting next to the ledge I was wadding on.

I wade the new river at least 3 times a week at night. have caught some of my biggest bass at night. hardley ever see anyone else at night except a few bank fishermen.

what a great time you had, thats the times you will always remember.

congrats! great fish.

welcome! lot of good info here.

welcome!

nice rod, i like all black.

congrats! don't see how you can just go back to work after catching such a nice fish.

welcome!

welcome!

welcome!

i live 8 miles from the new river some of my friends live 3 to 4 hours away they only get to fish a couple weekends a month i tell them by the time they get back i'll be on a first name basess with some of the smallmouth. long story short i caught the same bass 5 times and the wife caught it one time last year but was in different places over a 3/4 mile stretch of the river, so far haven't caught it this year (yet).

good luck sounds like you got it all planned, looks like the bait monkey has been happy.

nice smallie Bassbum!