[SNAPFisher]

Snuck out to Pigeon this morning to continue the hunt for whites. Got there a bit later than I wanted and got setup. Didn't see anything and didn't mark anything till just after 9 a.m. Had some marks but nothing quick that would show itself so I figured must be walleye. Around 9:20 I had something move off the bottom quick and looked down to see a big white just cruise by the hook. 5 minutes later, repeat but this one took a swipe before taking off. Didn't see anything for a while and by 15 to 10 I started thinking about packing up since I had other stuff to do. Another image shows on the bottom and quickly moves up. Look down and see a huge white come in and swipe and miss. Does a turn, out of view. and comes in and nails it. Fish on! I decided to let this one play itself out. Had some good long runs. Then I started reeling up the JawJacker as I didn't want to tangle. Thought I did all the way up. Got the fish closer and could see it was a tank! It circled and shortly after what to I see...my JJ hook go by...sigh. Shortly after the lines got entangled and messy. I free spooled the JJ reel and kept fighting. Finally there was no more I could do to reel since the lines were so tangled. Time to hand bomb it in... I'm amazed it stayed on as a tried to figure which line was which and then finally felt the real weight of this fish. Impressive! It took a huge run and all the line left my hand and then tightened up on the rod and the rod started heading for the hole. Grabbed it but now the line is still wrapped and super tight. Figured this was going to break off ....felt like it...but it didn't. Some great pulls later I finally get the fish in the hole and slowly get it up and dive in behind it and pull it out. Success!!!!

Lines were a total mess. lost about 20 feet on the main rod and about 30 yards on the JJ.

White weighed in at exactly 6 lbs and 25 inches in length. Close to personal best. I'm still amazing I got through all that to land it.

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So much fun, and luck!