the danish philosopher sören kierkegaard stated that purity of heart is to will one thing. i believe the above perch, that i caught while preaching at the blba youth camp, was pretty pure in its desire to eat. it is my belief that you have to be a pretty focused fish to attack a lure that is 90% of your own body mass.
just so you know that i can actually catch bigger fish i’ll post this photo of another fish that i caught at lake bird. this one is an 18” largemouth.
Phew! I was worried about your angling skills, with that first one. You restored your luster with that second beauty!Are all little perch that aggressive? That is amazing that he would "pick on somebody his own size!"
It looks to me like he was playing "follow the leader" and got to close and you gigged him.
you did an awesome job at the camp this past week. i learned a lot from you.
Maybe he just wanted to play?
ha ha – I know why you posted the “bigger fish” photo too 😉