Thanks so much to yall that gave me the tips, you are truly classy and what this world needs.
I had a blast today at the isle, paddled way too much im gonna be sore, i was in the boat for 7 hours, im about to calculate the distance on google earth, but it was a lot, i caught plenty of trash fish and a few rat reds, and one big nice hog. she was 26 inches and weighed 7.6 pounds after being on ice for 4 hours.
she pulled me all around the little pond where i found her.
will be going back soon
thanks again for the help
oh and she tasted amazing, took all the tips yall put on here for reds and combined them. AMAZING