5/30/11 Late Make Up with Pictures
Posted: June 4th, 2011, 9:17 pm
I sort of piggy backed on Atticus's report from 5/28/11 that my wife and I had made a Sunday afternoon trip heading out of the Econfina on 5/30/11. I briefly indicated that we really didn't do all that much...with the exception that my Wife caught a nice 25 and 1/2 inch red and it got real skinny coming back in around 7:30 pm. Well, 2 or 3 days into the week, my Wife ask me if I had posted anything relating to Her fish 
because She hadn't seen any report. I did have a camera and I did take a couple of pictures but since there were still 20 or so unexposed pictures on the roll (yeah...I still use a 35mm SLR) I used the unacceptable response that I wanted to get a few more pictures before I had them developed. NOTE TO SELF... If there is ONE picture of a fish caught by my Wife, it's worth every cent spent to develop the entire unused roll of film!
To continue...my Wife did a tremendous job of staying connected to the red. It went around the boat. It went under the boat. It took off towards the motor and purely by luck and the feeble action of the other party in the boat to raise the motor just as the monster went streaking by gave Her the opportunity to bring the giant to net using the only light spinning rig we had on the boat. So, with arms still trembling from the fight, She managed to lift the Behemoth up long enough for me to take a picture. I should also point out that since it was Her fish, I gave her the option of releasing it to the water or the cooler. Without heasitation, She said put it back and I hope it grows another inch and 5/8ths before anybody else catches it
... and with out further ado here are the pictures to document the event. GOOD JOB MY DEAR 
because She hadn't seen any report. I did have a camera and I did take a couple of pictures but since there were still 20 or so unexposed pictures on the roll (yeah...I still use a 35mm SLR) I used the unacceptable response that I wanted to get a few more pictures before I had them developed. NOTE TO SELF... If there is ONE picture of a fish caught by my Wife, it's worth every cent spent to develop the entire unused roll of film!To continue...my Wife did a tremendous job of staying connected to the red. It went around the boat. It went under the boat. It took off towards the motor and purely by luck and the feeble action of the other party in the boat to raise the motor just as the monster went streaking by gave Her the opportunity to bring the giant to net using the only light spinning rig we had on the boat. So, with arms still trembling from the fight, She managed to lift the Behemoth up long enough for me to take a picture. I should also point out that since it was Her fish, I gave her the option of releasing it to the water or the cooler. Without heasitation, She said put it back and I hope it grows another inch and 5/8ths before anybody else catches it
... and with out further ado here are the pictures to document the event. GOOD JOB MY DEAR 
Nice red 
