Rule of 50

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Since we bought the river house, I fish a lot.  I mean a lot - pretty much every day in the weekend.  Sometimes its 15 minutes on the dock, but more often it is about 2 hours in the morning from the kayak/

I have come to formulate a theory - the rule of 50.

For every 50 smaller fish, you will catch a big fish.  For every 50 big fish, you catch a very large fish.

Does it work?  Well, I have been catching a dozen or more small fish each outing.  It seems every four outings I get something larger.

Case in point, last weekend I finally hooked into some decent smallmouth.   The one on the right is 10 inches and about 2/3 or a pound.  The one on the left is 14 inches and about 2 pounds.

I figure I have a few more weekends before I see another 2+ pound fish...