Well our Texas Tornado boys were up again yesterday seeking the Toothy Critters that haunt cool early season waters of Rainy Lake. Last year both men CPR’d personal bests at 39.5 and 43 inches. Both of those fish are now proud replication mounts on their office walls.
Frankly it’s a tall task to attempt to top trophy caliber Catches year in and year out when you’ve got a singular 8 hour period to do so. Yesterday we landed an estimated 70 Pike!! Triples on multiple occassions with doubles nearly commonplace. While half of these fish were smaller Jacks……….”SLAP JACKS”; The other half of the catch nearly sent the Texas Team home with Rotary Cuff tears!!
37,39,41.5,41.75 and 42 inches slime up “Partner-N-Slime” in a mere 8 hour shift of “Hucking Baits”.
All trophy caliber fish effectively CPR’d with help of our Big Kahuna net, and the 50 inch livewell in our Skeeter WX2190. I like to throw fresh water on big fish to allow the fish to regain strength if needed for safe returns.
The fish simply were SMASHING baits, while we as mere mortal anglers were found fearing the next wrist snapping strike!! Our biggest fish for the day measuring 42 inches made a complete out of water Dolphin jump!! 3 Grown men screamed like a class of teenage school girls at the show!! 
It’s why we do what we do!! OVER AND OVER AGAIN!! 
Frankly I stretched the truth a bit. At 2PM…..5.5 hours into the trip the boys tapped out and said “Granrud this is the best fishing we’ve ever seen or heard of and we are flat out WORE DOWN!! We’re ready to call it a day!!”.
Sorry about the 8 hour stretching of the facts.
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