I caught him on a #10 treble hook and a chicken leg quarter. Leg quarter was held just out of the water by a cane pole. The other end was tied to a t post drove into the ground. Used 300lb line as the law prescribes. Dispatched with a 9mm.
I was able to retrieve the hook and I have it with the #6 Stainless hook I caught a 67 lb catfish while in college, the 1/0 hook that I used the day my Dad, Uncle, and I caught 300 crappie, and a 3/0 hook my Dad caught a 9-7 largemouth bass back in the 70s. I also have the #2 Stainless hook that I caught a large snapping turtle on when I was a kid.
I also have the hook that my cousin Harmon & I caught a 20lb grinnell and the hook that I caught a 100lb gar on. I’m not sure that I know where the last 2 are but I will find them.
As far as Im concerned, they are all family heirlooms!
PS As I said, I’ll take all of the prayers, thoughts, and concerns I can get.
Edited by coachblalock (07/07/21 07:50 PM)
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"Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.