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Spent the afternoon with my dad and brother on my favorite river. Within 20 minutes i hooked what will probably be the biggest bronze in my life. Chunky and just under 6# on the scale :D. Picked through many smaller fish for the remainder of the day. Hooked a monster carp on a tiny crawfish jig that gave me a drag screaming run that was short lived; looked down at my spool and saw a birds nest then SNAP...:mad:. Still happy to the day with a nice mixed bag of smallies and rock bass
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Re: South Branch Monster 9/21
 

Nice pig...lotsa bigguns downstream from there also:D

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ATSA MONSTAH :eek:

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Wow thats a real river monster, very nice man !

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Very impressive!!!! Well done ...what she eat??

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Bit envious not going to lie because thats a SOUTH BRANCH SLOB! Congrats what a pig!

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Wow!

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BEAST ALERT! Congrats on landing that river monster! HOLY COW! GREAT CATCH! Some real bruisers in the local cricks, LOL!:D

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Did you release it?

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Nice

What did you catch it on?

Thats the railroad bridge there right?

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thats a beautiful smallie buddy, nice job........my only question is where is the lighter and tape in the pic?!! LOL you'd be leading the smallie contest with that one possibly, the thing is fat as a football and makes it look shorter than it is, but its gotta be 20+ all day long........regardless congrats man

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Very nice!

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:eek: !!

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I was going to take a pic of it hanging from my scale and measurements but he was outta water for too long from my brother and dad taking a million pics lol. Still was released unharmed to fight another day :) It wasnt a digital scale but the needle was a tad below the 6lb mark and had to be at least 22". Took a 3" texas rigged senko lip hooked perfectly. Undisclosed location i'll leave it at that haha.

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Yea man that fish is for sure 22+ All day , one of the biggest smb ive seen pictured on NJF! And good to hear you put the fish's health first vs an online fishing competition. Fish has to be 15 years old or older, gotta respect the old bruisers.

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Excellent! Really nice fish.

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Nice Southy!

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thanks fer the release and the secrets:):)muchh apptrecia;)ted

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Congratulations, that is one big beautiful smallie!