October 17th 2008 any early birthday present for me

This was so much fun and got my heart pounding. That fish made me realize real quick what I was dealing with. When I got him about 20 feet from shore I noticed that he was going sraight for this little red booie. He did and right away I knew I had a problem. I kept my pole high and felt him while I was taking off my boots and everything else I had in my pockets I didnt want wet was tossed to shore. I had to go in and untangle him off the chain that was on the booie. well as you can see I manage to kick his ass and here he is.