Ended the year with my year's best

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Ended the year with my year's best

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DaveR, Uncle Tommy and I headed out early in search of sea monsters. Of course, we went to the magical and mystical Cow Creek. It was a multi species trip with snook, redfish, lady fish, remora, jack, large mouth bass, tilapia and gar caught among the 3 of us.

I only caught one fish on the trip (well, two if you count the remora stuck on it) and it was my best snook in years at 41 inches.

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I have to thank Dave for the assist. The snook went straight for some deadfall and wrapped the line. I was fighting with the line straight up and down not knowing where the fish was. Dave was trying to figure our the wrap when, after much back and forth, she finally got tired and her tail came up alongside. Landed her by the tail with the line still wrapped around a log.

The Gods of Cow Creek gave me a going away gift.

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Thanks for a good trip guys. Great way to end the year.
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Beautiful snook Rik.
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Very nice!! Congrats!
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Awesome winter time snook Rik. They do get way up in the rivers this time of year.
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BFF. Big F'n Fish!
Great job Rik. Quite a commercial for Power Pro. The cigar Tommy gifted you brought ya luck! Helluva year ender!
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Hey Rik...
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Nice Rik ..........especially being with good Friends.....
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Is that lat shot a cow patty from Cow creek?
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Sweeeet linesider! Image
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Congrats on beauty snook.
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Awesome fish! My buddy caught a remora on a gold spoon yesterday.
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Very nice! Congratulations Rik!!!
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Very nice Rik, mad cojones for wading the river like that :)
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Wow, that’s the best fish I have ever seen posted on here!!
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Beautiful. For the record I mean the one without the cigar!
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