only getting a few of them (smaller fish) over the past 2 weeks. I lost a big fish last Thursday on a boatside strike that took a day or two for the sting to wear off and the day before my client lost a bigger fish just before the net hit the water. It seems like each summer we hook big fish but just cannot keep them buttoned up. The 'nippers' are driving me crazy!
We moved 4 today and another shook off by noon with 1 of them being the largest I have seen this year. It was one of the top 10 I have ever seen on this river. She came in hot after picking up the my client's bait very late in the retrieve and nipped at it but did not eat it while going in the first and second turns. TJ collapsed his 8 too tight and the fish lost sight of it and peeled off. The head looked like a shovel. Ouch.
Hopefully, this little bit of weather moving through this week will keep them moving.