5/30 going to fish the mouth of the Housatonic river for what ever is out there. 7am hook up to a 20in. flounder,9:25 Al hooks up to something real big on his flounder line , Al fights for 10 min. 10ft from boat fish comes to surface and all we see is a big white belly, Next thing I see is Al on is butt. The dame fish straightend out the hook and got off .The fish had to be at least 45 plus inches.