01-01-2012, 08:13 PM
40 or so yrs. ago I was fishing the old "berry" about a quarter mile out from Charlies Trout Creek camp and hooked a line. I told the neighbopr kid fishing with me that there was a fish on it & he laughed, thought I was nuts. I pulled it in & there was a bow about 18" long still alive & scrappy. Then I told him I'll bet there's a pole on the other end & he laughed again. I pulled in a rod & reel. When we were back at the dock, one of Charlies rental boats was tieing up just across the dock from us, we got to talking & I told them about the rod etc. An oldre fellow with them asked where I got it & when I told him, he asked if it had a green reel on it which it did. He proceeded to identify it exactly. He said he'd dozed off & just woke in time to see it go over the side. I gave it back to him but kept the fish & now kinda regret keeping the fish. Moral of the story? Don't give up hope.
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