Re: Mystery Fish???
I'm going to agree with the rest and say it was a cat, too. They are very determined fighters and because they don't spend all their energy in quick runs and jumps and all the other nonsense trout and bass are prone to, they tire out very slowly. I got one a couple nights ago, maybe about 5 pounds that took a good twenty minutes to land on my six weight. He had taken a deer hair bug I was waking across a shallow cove. They are very active this time of year, and will definitely take a crankbait.
If it swims and eats, it'll eat a fly.