I was on the oars when this happened to Stew on the Wilson yesterday. I've seen this happen a lot of times - where a fish takes the bait with forward momentum and slacks the line. I was backrowing Stew's Hot N Tot with eggs rig right in close along overhanging small branches. When it realized something was pulling on him he came jumping 4 ft. into the air right beside the boat. It almost ran the line over a branch, which I've seen before also. Nice 10 or 11 lb. mint bright brat. We got into several grey 'nooks too - not worth keeping. ...

One time I was anchored in tidewater eating my lunch while my bobber and eggs sat in the slack hole. My rod was in the holder and I didn't see the boober go under, then the rod tip buries in the water. Threw my sandwich down and started fighting the chrome 'nook and it starts jumping right by the boat and my buddy netted it on the next jump - to the applause of a bunch of fishermen there. The length of time from taking a bite out of my sandwich to thrashing king in the bottom of the boat was about 45 seconds! Nice way to interupt lunch.