Two years ago I caught "Betsy," my largest female at 4 3/4 pounds in the Northeast Ohio area. I marked her and caught her 4 more times over the next 2 years and noted her weight dropping each time. Finally she perished on the last go round at about a full pound less to 3 3/4 pound. One fish story doesn't make a pattern but this "thread thought" was going through my mind each time
I caught 'ol Betsy. May she R.I.P.
