The secret to keeping them out of the trees is to dance around like a monkey in the boat :9

I'd much rather use heavy tackle to get a big fish, but fish aren't getting any easier to catch these days. That fish was real shy and was in shallow water, so finesse just seemed the right thing to do. It could have broken me off easily if it swam the wrong direction. Next year if someone hooks that fish on light tackle, it probably will swim into cover and break off.

In touranments, people talk about junk fishing... well this year has been my junk fishing year. I'm fishing a bunch of different lakes and using different stuff than I ever have before. So far it has worked out pretty good, but who knows what next year or even next month will bring :)