So exited! 2 nights ago, I got my Personal Best king weighing 30.68 Lbs.! It was a pretty slow night for me and my dad a couple nights ago. We didn't get fishing till about 7, but once we dropped our lines we got a couple rips on the dipseys. Then after a little action, it started to slow down and it was getting dark out. Finally, I looked over, saw the rigger pop, ran to the back of the boat and cranked down on it, lifted the rod out of the rigger and fought the fish. Took me for a long run, and eventually got it right close to the boat and took me for another good run! After about 15 minutes, I was just bringing it to the boat after the second run and it was staying down deep. Thank god it wasn't a hand balmer.... after a couple of minutes of the fish hanging deep boat side, it finally came up, I saw it and new it was a good fish! "NET IT DAD"! He went for it and missed it the first time... and went for a little run. Was scared it was going to come off. brought it back to the back of the boat and my dad net it. "WOOO!". I new it wasn't massive but I new it was a goo fish and maybe a good enough fish to weigh in for the derby. We weighed it, and the scale was bouncing between 30 and 31, so we put it in the cooler and fished for a bit longer. it was about 8:00, and was too late to weigh in that night, so we put it in the cooler over night with some ice and weighed it first thing in the morning. I was pretty exited cause it was my biggest fish to date, and my first fish to weigh in for the Derby! I set it on the scale, and it went to 30.68~! For the first day of the derby I was in 2nd place, but got bumped down to 5th place today.. Slowly getting bumped down, but hope to hang on before Friday night :)
Can't wait to get out in the morning in search for a derby winner king!
