I came pretty close to a melt down last summer fishing the Ouchita River from my kayak. I hooked a big fish, thought it was a carp at first. I fought him to the side of my kayak and saw that it was a walleye, my biggest ever was 14.3 lbs. This one was close to the same size. When I reached to grab him he whirled away snapping my line. If I could have spoke I probably would have sworn like a sailer. I wanted to get the biggest one I caught mounted but couldn't see how I could have afforded to. My oldest daughter had just gotten out of the hospital after spending her first 26 days after birth in the NICU. So I wanted this one for the wall. Yup, almost in tears both times.

Chris