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EricM, Chick, More HOF blue cats -79 POUND MONSTER, 4-13-09 - FishNews - 04-14-2009 I was alone on the river!!!! Not one single boat ventured within sight of where I was fishing. I went to cardiac rehab this morning, and when I got home the wind forecast wasn't as bad as it had been and they were running water through the Chick dam at a rate that excited me! Off to the river wearing my vest the whole time. Whitecaps were rolling but the wind was out of the south +/- so the area I wanted to fish was reasonably protected. Of course, getting there and back was a bit of an adventure, but no particular danger. Lots of pounding and spray, but it was sure worth it!<br /><br />The cats were on the opposite side of the river from the last time I went. They were not stacked up, but were scattered within maybe a 50 yard stretch. Skipjack was the bait, and there weren't any small fish there that I could tell. I caught 2 under 10lbs, 6 of them 12-17lbs, a 30, a 48+, and the 79.<br /><br />I could handle the smaller fish, but I just couldn't get the big fish up for a typical EricM picture emoBig . I knew it was close to another line class record for me, so I took it to shore and hung the scale from a tree, waddled over to it with the cat in the net, and finally got it hung on the scale. TWO POUNDS SHORT! If I had shoved a couple of skipjack down it's throat it would have made it, but that's just not right and I KNOW I'll catch one big enough one of these days. So close!!!!! emoDoh emoDoh I was and still remain absolutely thrilled with the fish - missing the record by so little simply gives me more hope! emoDance <br /><br />I admit that I called Spurhunter on the way home just to hurt him emoBig emoBig and he did sound rather pained on the phone!! emoBadLanguage <br /><br />Here are a handful of pics of today's haul!!