Ryan did have a heck of a good day. I know of one of the best guides on the lake that had 11, another boat at the one stop said they had 12. I talked to another 8-10 boats and the best they had was 2 and several at the one stop that night only had a couple as well. All early and very few late in the day after the entire Southern Hemisphere moved north and we were in shorts, t shirts and suntan oil. I had 5 with one being a 4-12 my partner did not get a bite all day but he troopered thru it all day until dark trying his best. He did hook the biggest creature ever from my boat. All 5 of mine came before 8am so needless to say we were on POINT and then it happened. His bobber not only went down and he set the hook but the drag went SCREAMING up the bank away from him. He yells, Woody oh my gosh its a HOG, I am scrambling for the net as I see the 10 foot rod bent double and the drag is screaming then the bobber comes out of the water then it is a straight line to the top of the water from his rod tip to the waters edge but it is still moving down the bank, very strange, then I see the 4 foot tail that looks like a boat paddle and then the 40 pound BEAVER appears on the surface just slowly swimming down the bank. This Beaver has swam into his jig and hooked himself on the back, shoulder or somewhere but trust me the FNF rod with 6lb leader is doing nothing in turning him towards the boat. I am now scrambling for the camera to take video because I know nobody will believe this and out pops the jig. Rob gets it back in with a ball of beaver hair on the jig. He asked me what in the world would we have done if he got it to the boat and my answer was simple, I have braid cutters to cut the line before it even got close but if it did, I have a boat paddle and not afraid to do a little beatdown on "Bob the Beaver" if necessary. Pretty funny and I am still laughing as I type this thinking about it. By the way we did see a guy on a JET SKI today, yes a JET SKI, I had to do a double take and a triple take and still did not believe my eyes and had to get confirmtion from Rob that it was a JET SKI.
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