We were going to fish that morning but the wind was blowing 25 with gusts to 40. We ended giving them a try that evening as you can see by the waves the wind was still blowing about 20. I was luckily fishing with my heaviest rod and had it spooled with 30lbs spiderwire. I was just fishing around some brush on the dam of my family's irrigation lake with a 1/2oz chartruese and yellow spinnerbait with gold colorado blades. Then wam she took me down into the brush I was able to winch her out and caught a good side view of the fish. I was shocked. The fish size has been down in this lake for the last 2-3 years. We used to catch quite a few 6+ pounders but i haven't caught one that big out of here in 3 years. Hopefully there back.
Now thats a gorrilla! I am predicting that i never catch a fish that big, unless i travel to do it. I think the Illinios LM record is like 11lbs, maybe even 9.