Nope, no monsters lately. The biggest ones I've caught since are a few "dinky" 4 pounders
One with a huge bite taken out of it's tail.
On that 7 pounder, I was using a small Strike King jig, with no trailer. The jig was orange and brown. I was fishing the bottom portion of a sharp drop off parallel to shore, just off shore. She was getting ready to come up onto her spawning bed. The water was still a little cold for spawning. The monster hunting is going to get tough now, but I'm going to work at it. I want a 5 lb smallie now.
-Zach