Scott Balch and I fished the morning of September 19th at Hat and Star.  Winds were calm and the temp started out in the mid 70's.  We fished from our kayaks.  Between 7:30 and 8:00 AM Scott hooked up.  I was just a few yards away and got to see all the excitement.  He fought the fish for several seconds before she broke the surface and that was when I saw he had hooked into a big fish.  When he finally landed her he weighed an 8 lb personal best!  We harvested 9 fish below 16" the rest of the morning that finished out a good day at the lake.  He caught the big girl on a Matrix Shad “Lemon Head” fished on a 1/4oz white jig head.  She was hooked in about 5 feet of water, but we think she followed the bait from about 18" to 2 feet of water.  All the rest of our fish were close to the bank.