My fiance if she reads this, but then like a typical woman she will say, "what, are you calling me fat!?!??" Damn you doubled-edged swords!
In all seriousness though, i seem to let a buddy take the rod when its "the one", dont like getting that drinking wrist sore i guess.. Cost me the ND whopper club once on a fall ND walleye beaut and ill just keep carrying on that tradition now, 2 jumbo's back in the day at 1'15" weighed in at the baitshop. Ill take my 8 lbers, stories, and memories and fold my hand to the whopper gods as my luck in that is about the same as my sport's teams year after year :;:huh
Really only fish devils, but appreciate nothing more than hooking into that 8-10 lb pike, partners would probably throw me overboard if they read this, but the anticipation and fight no matter if you think/know it's a pike fuels my fire every time! (Absolutely cannnnot beat a leisurely 3-man, 5 walleye, 5 pike tourney in my mind for fun well had!!)