SPEEDBEAD.

Looks a little light.

Jimmy Carter. I've met him once, at a rest stop in Virginia when I was just a small kid. The Secret Service snatched my mom's camera when she tried to take a picture of him on the sidewalk. She started to cry and Carter's wife admonished the agent right there in front of everyone. I was allowed to pose with both Jimmy and his wife for pics after that. Pretty cool childhood memory. He also frequented a certain stream in PA, not sure if he still does or not. He was/is an avid flyfisherman.

Good job Carl. Glad to see you're on them.

Don't limit the Hardgill solely to edges. The SS bait is very slow falling and easily worked over brush piles, emergent weeds, laydowns, etc. I typically use a fast-creep-rip over visible cover. End of the cast, I'll crank fast to get it going up to the cover, slow down and creep over the top of the cover and then when approaching the outside edge give it a rip and kill it. If it doesn't get crushed at that point, I'll start the creep again paying attention to any followers that may have started tracking the bait. Followers are a whole other story. You're on your own there. LOL

LOL, ain't gonna lie, I thought it might be a little bigger. I'm just happy to have broken 8 finally. Kinda glad it pushed so far past 8 too. Gives me even more motivation to up it. I've been on a pretty good run the last few years, hooking and landing a PB in each. I know there are fish in a couple places I fish that are bigger but now I gotta find them.

Good luck on the river after all this rain. That could get dangerous.

Save your money. Swimbaits don't work.

It's lake Nunya, located in the Wooly Swamp.

LOL, who wants to catch an easy 3lb fish, especially the SAME one? Fish the first break and catch what you DONT see (trust me, you're missing out).

If that were your only source of income, you'd probably have to fish for dinner.

Very impressed. Great job guys and gals.

I see I was not notified of the trip to Erie. Thanks.

Thanks fellas. I can assure you that the girls in this lake love a good meal.

In PA, you have to declare where it was caught for it to be recognized. There is already controversy around the current state record and where it was caught (can't be a private pond). If I was going all-out for a record, I wouldn't want there to be any doubt surrounding it. You also more than likely have to kill the fish to have it certified. That's a big obstacle for me. Again, that being said, I would post the fish along with VALID photos that leave no question as to the weight of the fish. I don't care that the state recognizes it or not. If accepted as valid by my peers while keeping my location protected, that's all I'd really care about.

LOL, keep that stuff to yourself. They'll come out of the woodwork.

Shhh, keep my secrets off the board please! And....it was 4"

If you ask me, not nearly enough. If you ask the wife, entirely too much.

I told a few of my buddies that I wanted to break 8 this year in PA and yesterday it happened for me. 8.64 (8-10) on the digi scale. Swimbaits don't work.

My turn 8.64 (8-10) with a state record of 11.1875 (11-3) for a 77.22% fish. Get some!

That's a scary sentiment given the events in this thread. Hopefully, those "cards" don't fall on someone and kill them.

Totally different stressors on the rod in those two situations. Don't think about it like that. Apples to oranges.

They're like Falcon Lake sized baby lobsters. Pretty crazy looking LOL

LOL, that's a baby. Check out the Dead Horse Lonestar. You're welcome.

1.5 and 5 was my thought.

A couple 17's and a motivated "DREAMER" will put your lake out there pretty quick.