Had to work for a couple hours this morning so it was 9am when we got on the lake. We fished hard, ate lunch on a sraight troll. about 6pm I started counting fish I thought we had 28 but didn't want to chance it. So I fished them out of the live well turned into ice bin and strung them up. The count was 28! My wife and I could make 30 easy, we thought. As we were coming down the best part of the pass, wife ask, "Why is that outside line so slack" ?

Long story short, 4 out of our 5 lines were co-mingled with each other tighter than the crowds at Woodstock in the mud. I looked back knowing I wasn't up to respooling line on 80% of our rods with dusk approaching.

It was a mess...and then some. I told her just hand line the mess in and get our bandits back then cut everything and we'll call it a day.

A few minutes later she throws over a crappie in the boat. Surprised I take it off the hooks cut the bandit off the gordian knott of mono. I slide the fish in to measure and it is legal. Number 29 ! About a minute later shes has another one to the boat. It measures a sqoosh under 11" at the V in the tale. So close.

If someone would kindly tell me how to post pics to THIS thread I have some pretty awesome fish pics. Two of the fish wouldn't even start to go in the measurer. ds