Some Hawg River Smallies! (New Pb)

This weekend my dad reunited with one of his old buddies at his camp on the upper allegheny river in tidiuote, PA. At first we were aiming to get into some big walleye after george (dad's friend) had caught a 14 lb walleye 2 years ago. After no walleye we quickly started to target the smallmouth. We caught 8 in 2 days of canoe fishing. about 8 hours fishing total. They were caught on rattle traps, blue fox spinners, tubes, and nightcrawlers. My dad and i both hooked into some HAWGS (atleast for us haha). we estimated 3.5-4lb on the 19 inchers. They were FAT. I had mine on a light action rod and 4lb test. we were anchored in the middle of the river. When i set the hook he started swimming towards me, i didnt think it was a big fish. He swam up around the top around the anchor, the line was caught on my dads chest! i thought for sure i didn't have a chance but after 5 minutes i got him to the boat were the hook fell out of his mouth! it was a great weekend hope i can get up there more!