It was in June in 2007, and I caught a laker that weighed in at 10 pounds on the button. Caught the fish in the depest spot on a soft rubber shad lure, on 6 pound line. It took 15 minutes to land him, and it felt like 2 hours. We had him for Christmas Eve dinner and he fed 20 people with leftovers. Seeing him belly-down, head on, on a huge platter freaked out some of the guests! He was a native too, all his fins intact. And he had some serious teeth. He's the biggest by far, and I've not exceeded 6 pounds since then.
