Dave caught a very nice 18 inch red. I thought I saw him hook up with something at other times, but all he said he caught was the red. I ran into an area with a ton of ladyfish! Big ones! Had some pushing upper 20s giving me some leaping action. I hooked up on something big and the braid just screamed off the reel. Dave could hear it as well. Told him I had to chase it. I use 15 pound leader most of the time. Was hoping to keep on whatever it was. After about 5 minutes of chasing, the leader broke. Never saw it. Lost the lure. Lost a second lure about 15 minutes later. Felt a sharp tug immediately followed by limp line. Must have had some good teeth!
I managed to catch 6 trout (largest being 15 inches), at least 10 ladyfish, 3 catfish and one very nice red. It was 24.5 inches. Since Dave was keeping fish, we kept the 2 reds.
About 11:00 the sky all around started to look dark and rainy, so we called it a day. The one red made the 2 hour drive worthwhile for me.
