I love this thread. Night fishing yellow bellies is one of my favorite things in the world. I've caught only 1 over 20". I've lost a couple that were bigger, and saw one once on the upper satsop while snorkeling that nearly made me mess my shorts. It keeps me going back summer after summer. The next one I get I'm going to have mounted, they are so beautiful and much cheaper to do than a steelhead. A friend of mine has a 24" 3-4 pound yellow belly mounted he got a few years ago in my local haunts. They're there still, just much harder to come by. I wish I was born 50 years ago when 25" we're common in the " still waters".