[Eric & Ray - Fish story]
I once had a fish try to kill me. Ray, this is a true story so don't laugh. As a teenager I fished a farm pond almost daily. Now keep in mind the fish I caught weren't weighed but I would say 15 to 25 pounds maybe even 30 lb. large mouths were caught regularly. World records they were. You know, the kind of pond w/ cattails in the shallow end and the other very deep. My brother once caught a 3 foot long albino catfish about 6 inches form the bank on bologna soaked in beer. Threw that one back in never to be seen again. Beautiful fish it was, a real keeper. One day I decided to go fishing because I couldn't find anyone else. So I arrived about dusk, climbed the bank, put on a rapala minnow & began to cast. After about 10 minutes it was starting to get dark & I was about to give up when boom, the water broke. This fish, Id say about a 30 lb. largemouth came out of the water, back down on my lure & straight to the bottom. Of course I've got the line so tight I thought it would snap. Again, this monster breaks water completely, turns its head, shakes it's body & throws this lure past my head so fast that if it had hit me it would have killed me. The lure actually tipped my ear. Really, this @#$ fish tried to kill me. My heart was pounding as I reeled the rapala back up & cast again. Flip-flop rolls this rapala across the water. I'm thinking the line is tangled around the treble hooks. Ray, this fish had actually busted the balsa wood & bent the steel shaft inside double. I haven't fished much since then.
Regards,
Dug
P.S.
You would have had to been there. |
