I just gotta tell this story...When my son was about 13, we were going out to a trolling motor only lake by Dulles airport. Got up at the crack, put the boat in the water and I tied on a black buzzbait for him. When we left he had loaded one of my old unused baitcasters (a Mitchell) with line that was probably 2 years old. Bird nest #1, bird nest #2, bird nest #3, I asked him if he wanted another rod....nope, he was bound a determined to get the baitcaster to work. FINALLY he got a cast out of it and brought the buzz back to the boat like a 225 merc. I told him to s-l-o-w down and make the blades plop, plop, plop on the water. Cast #2, puts it way back in the weeds....I say good job, now bring it out slow. All this time I'm tryin to rig up and just as I look at his buzz coming to the boat, the water swirls like somebody pulled the plug outta the lake. He lays the wood to her and after 10 minutes of under the boat, around the trolling motor, out of water acrobatics and just about everything else that will cause you to lose a fish it comes alongside and I do the old overhand snatch.....all 4 of my fingers fit in its mouth!! Weighed in at 8.9. He shook for the rest of the day!! And I will never forget it as long as I live!!
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