full moon bridge fishing 9/1/12

Usually i dont like fishing the bridges on the full moons because the tides rip through very hard.
but the tide wasnt too fast tonight. i was solo for the beginning of the trip, but later that night my friend riley showed up. things started to look promising after riley lost a nice lemon after getting burned under the bridge. we fished hard all night without much luck. but as soon as the crowds of people fishing for catfish left i got a solid run. let it eat, engaged my reel and set up. pulled good line but most the fight was chasing him up and down the bridge, and turning him in a different direction than under the bridge.





8'8"



riley with the release. later that night riley got a nice blacktip, but the hooks pulled when we had it straight up and down so no pics.

early that morning i woke up and realized my lip was swollen to the size of a golfball. probably a spider or something