megalomaniac
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Fished from 530 till 1030. Caught a few flounder and specks for supper at daylight, then headed way back into the marsh to chase reds.
Hung into a slob, I thought it was an alligator gar, had to tighten down on the drag a couple times to keep from getting spooled. He finally turned and came up... realized it was a huge bull red. Fought him for another 15 minutes till we were both about slap wore out. Buddy got him netted and I had to help him get the net into the boat. Snapped a few pics real quick, took a couple minutes to get him completely revived, but he was kicking strong and took off fast when I released him, so I feel good he survived.
No tape this long on the boat, but he was easily a foot longer than my 28in ruler, so I'm guessing between 40 and 42in. No scale, but pretty sure he is 30 to 35lbs. My buddy thinks he is 44in and just under 40lbs. But blows away my prior PB of 36in. Not sure what he was doing way back in the marsh bayous 3 miles from out front, but he made the trip!
No longarm pics... he is too heavy for me to hold out. His body is braced against my stomach. His head is bigger than mine... between volleyball and basketball sized
THEN, pulled the boat home 80 miles and was dropping my friend off. Backing into his driveway... holy crap the trailer wheel is about to fall off. No noise, no drag on the ride home. Bearings completely failed, disintegrated, and spindle scored and ruined. Plenty of grease and no water in the melted hub, so I'm assuming the trailer place that redid my trailing arms, bearings, and hubs 6 months ago over tightened the hubs on the spindles or I got defective bearings. We will see what they say Monday. But it's stuck in my buddy's driveway on a jackstand and we can't get the trailing arm off the axle.
Hung into a slob, I thought it was an alligator gar, had to tighten down on the drag a couple times to keep from getting spooled. He finally turned and came up... realized it was a huge bull red. Fought him for another 15 minutes till we were both about slap wore out. Buddy got him netted and I had to help him get the net into the boat. Snapped a few pics real quick, took a couple minutes to get him completely revived, but he was kicking strong and took off fast when I released him, so I feel good he survived.
No tape this long on the boat, but he was easily a foot longer than my 28in ruler, so I'm guessing between 40 and 42in. No scale, but pretty sure he is 30 to 35lbs. My buddy thinks he is 44in and just under 40lbs. But blows away my prior PB of 36in. Not sure what he was doing way back in the marsh bayous 3 miles from out front, but he made the trip!
No longarm pics... he is too heavy for me to hold out. His body is braced against my stomach. His head is bigger than mine... between volleyball and basketball sized
THEN, pulled the boat home 80 miles and was dropping my friend off. Backing into his driveway... holy crap the trailer wheel is about to fall off. No noise, no drag on the ride home. Bearings completely failed, disintegrated, and spindle scored and ruined. Plenty of grease and no water in the melted hub, so I'm assuming the trailer place that redid my trailing arms, bearings, and hubs 6 months ago over tightened the hubs on the spindles or I got defective bearings. We will see what they say Monday. But it's stuck in my buddy's driveway on a jackstand and we can't get the trailing arm off the axle.
