river serpent

[Chrisper4694]

large shovel heads haven't been giving me much love so i pulled a page out of jdtuna's book and went on a quick serpent hunt. the water was surprisingly cool to the touch and i knew i had a good chance.

first cast gets hammered and whoops forgot to set the drag haha set the hook with no resistance and the fish never gets hooked...wondering why i'm so stupid, i tighten it up and flip it back out. luckily the fish was hungrier than I was stupid cause it came right back and this time got a hook buried in its' cheek.

It went berserk and we did a quick but violent battle in the trenches as i was standing in the water with it. he really fought hard but I had him over powered as i didn't want a long fight (although the water in that area was much cooler than i anticipated). it put a few scrapes on my hand as I hand too close too soon and tail smacked me in the balls once but ended up in my photo book anyway!

This thick and healthy guy was close to 35" and was missing pretty much all of it's tail could've been close to 37 with a full pinched tail. It swam off like a boss, almost like it was trying to save face cause it knew i beat it



tried a few other spots with no signs of life. One fish, but all you need when it's a serpent!