Every fisherman and or woman has a
story or stories that they like to tell. I have some favorites I like to tell
and so does my dad. Dad’s favorite is the tale of the patient splake which
always goes like this.
One time me and joe
where out here drinking having a good time and we went out to check our traps
and Joe yelled “ Jeff come see this shit.” And I walked over to his trap looked down the
hole and saw the biggest friggin’ splake you evah seen. That fish was just
waiting there staring at that shiner pectoral fins just barely moving. So we
waited for a while and it still didn’t move so we went back to the truck and
watched. Half an hour past the fish still didn’t take the bait and it never did
until Joe went over and jigged the fish a little. And that splake chomped on that
fish and took off and as soon as Joe got the splake to the hole it spit the
hook out. Then a little later I went to check one of my holes and there that
splake was just eyeballing my bait. So I said screw it and left[S1] if it wanted my bait it’ll take it. But it
never did even as I was pullin that trap up that splake just watched my bait.
My favorite story is the usual the big one that got away. So my
grandfather and I where on silver lake in our usual spot we were just about to give
up and I got a flag. So I walked over to the trap expecting it to be just a
wind flag but that thing was turning like crazy. I got exited so I tried to
huss that thing out of the hole. Which would’ve been fine had the fish not been
the biggest bass in all the land. That fish had to have almost three feet long
and it got stuck sideways in the hole. As I reached down to grab it she got
free and swam away.
I used to like fishing until I was told that I had to start putting the worms on the hooks and taking the fish off. I don't like how fish feel. I caught a 19 1/2 large mouth bass before though. Good times lol :)
ReplyDeleteI hate fishing ^.^ but cool stories! I like how much time you seem to spend with your family!!!:)
ReplyDeleteMy mom would like you, shes OBSESSED with fishing XD
ReplyDeleteI hate wind flags!! Makes me get out of the warm ice shack for nuthenn
ReplyDeletenever really liked fishing, but good story
ReplyDeleteAll the good ones get away. Isn't that the way of it?
ReplyDeleteSo Mas, what's a splake? I wish you had told us non-fisherman types what kind of fish that is.
A little more proofreading on this one. :)
A splake is a mix between a lake trout and a brook trout
Deleteo fucking love fishing i cant wait till the lakes and pods open up so i can take my boat out on the water and make my first cast of the year or jsut be able to walk across the road and brook fish for a lil bit
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