John Steinhagen if your out there!!

[duckbuster]

John: 1st off let me congratulate you on catching such a wonderful fish!!! Wow Is that a think of beauty.<BR>2nd, I would like to tip my hat to you for releasing the fish. You should be very proud of what you did. I don't think there are to many people that would have done what you did!!! ALL of our lakes need more people like you!!<BR>GREAT JOB ON THE CATCH & RELEASE OF SUCH A HUGE FISH!!!!!!!!!

[bturck]

Duck: Are you talking about the same reported 13#?? fish that jigglestick is referring to in his post? Man that is one HUGE fish, and the release of it evens says more about the angler himself. Bill

[bturck]

Thanks for the update. I don't get the Trib so I had not seen this story. I'll bet that was an adrenaline pumper eh. Bill

[LuckyFish]

Yeah he deserves a pat on the back! Wish the Trib had a picture of that beauty, I'd have liked to seen it!<P>------------------<BR>Good Luck & Good Fishing. Lucky

[duckbuster]

bturck: No, the one I'm referring to was on the inside of the star-tribune sunday issue. It was caught in morrison county but the lake was not mentioned. The fish was 33" long with a 19" girth. They believed the fished weighed 13.7 lbs. He was fishing crappies thru a 7" hole with 4lbs line. The fish was released and a graphite replica will be made.<BR>It says alot about him as a sportsman to release an ABSOLUTE fish of a life time!!!<BR>GOOD LUCK & GOOD FISHING