I love to
fish; I especially love to fish the great lakes. Some of the best is Lake Superior fishing, it simply
cannot be beat! This is my story of the one that got away and yes it was the
biggest fish ever.
It was a beautiful
summer day in the middle of Ontario on the greatest lake of them all, Lake
Superior. If you have not been to Thunder Bay I suggest you go one reason is
that it’s a beautiful city the other is because Thunder Bay Fishing is the greatest. You have 100’s of
little lakes and of course Lake Superior, which has great fishing. Now to my
story of the one that got away, I was using a down rigger and an 8 foot rod
with a devil spoon as fishing tackle.
It was like any other normal day with a slight breeze and calm waters. Then all
of a sudden my rod went crazy and right then I knew it was a big fish. I
battled and battled with it for about 20 minutes. Then with the sun perhaps
shining as bright as it has all summer I saw the belly of the beast about 20
feet from my boat. It then took a deep dive underneath the belly of my boat
which is a fisherman’s worst nightmare; I knew I was in trouble! Five minutes
later it surfaced again and looked me straight in the eye as if to look at me
so he could tell all his friends the look I had on my face, when he spit out
the hook. Then like he was just having fun with me all along opened his mouth
and spit out my hook and darted into the deep black abyss. It took a minute for
it to sink in and a slight tear down my cheek until I realized what really just
took place. But alas there are more days and more battles to look forward, but
somewhere in me still thinks that, that fish is somewhere in that lake having a
beer with his pals laughing at me.
Do
you have any stories of the one that got away?
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