What a beautiful night. Flat water and current hardly detectable...river must be down a bit.
My partner and I hit some of our favorite spots and at our second spot he hooked into a small ski that was professionally released as I continued to work the brushpile.
On the other side of the pile I just kept throwing in this spinner bait thinking for sure that I would get a big ole largemouth or smallie off the pile. Much to my surprise though... this is what I hooked into.

What a fight... a couple of shots and another professional release and she even hung around the boat for a bit getting a good look at us. What a nice nite on the river. She measured in at 48 inches. No scale on board and I am not even going to hazard a guess..... just look at me smiling. This is near that spot that I saw that big girl last year and for a split second... I thought... but hey I'll take this for sure. Ring up the points John. I havent' added any lately.