08-02-2009, 09:00 AM
Dan and Josh Griffith came over from Middle Tennessee to fish with me today. After some family vacations of my own, it&#39;s been so long since I fished, so I was sort of starting from scratch. <br /><br />It took some hunting and pecking, but we finally found some decent numbers of &quot;eating-sized&quot; fish. That was good because Dan wanted to take home some for the freezer. After we filled the cooler, we went in search of a big bite... and that turned into a 
story.<br /><br />We didn&#39;t find much, but after about three hours of perseverence one rod bounced and then bowed down. I was closest and reached for it... but before I could get it out of the holder, a BIG fish made a screaming run. Drag too tight... wouldn&#39;t slip... the fish actually twisted my rod holder around where the rod was pointed straight at the fish with NO flex and I heard a very song called &quot;Pop Goes the Leader.&quot; All that happened in about three seconds.<br /><br />I was sick! emoBang I&#39;ve seen a few BIG bites... and that was one REALLY BIG bite. But, we&#39;ll never know. emoBawl <br /><br />Still a great day on the water with a great father-son duo. We actually took time to do some &quot;stringer shots,&quot; and the stringer was darn near to heavy to heft. Which means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day.
story.<br /><br />We didn&#39;t find much, but after about three hours of perseverence one rod bounced and then bowed down. I was closest and reached for it... but before I could get it out of the holder, a BIG fish made a screaming run. Drag too tight... wouldn&#39;t slip... the fish actually twisted my rod holder around where the rod was pointed straight at the fish with NO flex and I heard a very song called &quot;Pop Goes the Leader.&quot; All that happened in about three seconds.<br /><br />I was sick! emoBang I&#39;ve seen a few BIG bites... and that was one REALLY BIG bite. But, we&#39;ll never know. emoBawl <br /><br />Still a great day on the water with a great father-son duo. We actually took time to do some &quot;stringer shots,&quot; and the stringer was darn near to heavy to heft. Which means life is good and gettin&#39; better every day.