this catch didnt involve a rod or hook at all. was up north near 2 harbors before opener a few years ago and had caught some nice perch, with opener only being a couple hours away<brought boat in about 7> i figured id leave the perch on stringer and clean what i caught the next day all at once. well saturday morning rolls around and i mosey down to the boat to get out for the morning. i pull up the stringer and instead of the 4 perch i had friday i had 3 perch and a 5 pound northern, from 8 inches of water. that critter just didnt want to let go and died with the perch in its mouth and stayed on the stringer.
