Finally got a chance to make it out to the river last night with Gatto between all the rain we've been getting and it didn't let me down. The river was high and brown when we got there, so we motored straight downstream to a couple spots that have produced when the river is high. Threw the usual lures around for a while before I saw this guy come out of nowhere and devour my bucktail. The fish fought hard and was a chore getting into the boat because we forgot the net. I actually knocked my other pole into the water and lost it during the commotion of landing the fish
. Oh well, I'll trade a pole for a big fish any day. Fish measured a solid 36", thick with a big head. Had one other pike that was even bigger blow up on a bucktail burned close to the surface, but she missed and we didnt see her again after that.
