Had the same feelings as Skip.
Gary....we know his top secret techniques. That was a well used Spot. Short hit possible.. notice lack of scales under the tiggerific paint..not the dye. It was hit, (that Spot pooped itself) on a Circle hook that may have been too deep and too far back. It happened about 2 1/2 hours before he applied the paint to it. This happened in the northern Bay probably early July, small Spot 6-7" (using the dye bottle as scale). It was either a small Rock that yakked the bait, or it was Phil trying to catch his first 30" er LL'ing..got over excited and tried to set the hook. I believe the latter happened as Phil was out of school, and I know of no other rookies fishing with Mark in July last year.
Jim