Took the kids fishing for panfish at a local farm pond south of Erie. My daughter used a large glo jig head with a crawler on. Her line went screaming and a mighty fish went airborne. Monstrous in size, she fought it for over a half an hour. Believe it or not, she was using a Zebco 202. Finally after exhausting the fish, we were able to drag it to the shoreline. Fish had to be up to 5 foot and 25+ pounds. I did not try to net the fish(did not have a net that size anyways) or try to harm the fish by taking it out of the water. Steep bank, had no chance lifting it anyways. Just bent down and cut the line when fish was in the water. water was stained and murky, went fishing right after the rain. Daughters rod broke in half after fighting the fish 30 minutes and hand lined exhausted fish to shore. Fish revived once unhooked, made a large splash and headed for deeper water. An amazing experience for all of us.
