I forgot to mention in my earlier post, that I saw a 24" Brown that caught above Ferris Creek Bridge back in the summer. It was still alive when the fisher from Fayetteville (that is all I know about him) took his canoe out there.
This fish was a 'hog' in the true sense of the word. It was still alive when I saw it but unfortunately it was going in the man's freezer.
He told me he caught it with a Beatle Spin minus the spin. Of course I rushed to Wal-Mart and bought $20 worth. I have only caught one small trout on that system below the Tim's Ford dam despite trying them several times.