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OBSESSION (part2) BY STEVE GILDERSLEEVE |
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THE FISH WAS HOOKED IN THE SCISSORS,
WHEN UNHOOKED, I COVERED THE FISH IN LAKE WATER TO KEEP IT WET. WHAT
FASCINATED ME WAS THE SMALL TEETH JUST INSIDE IT’S MOUTH AND SAW THE FINAL
SET OF TEETH THERE WAS NO WONDER THATANYTHING THAT WENT DOWN THEIR THROAT
WOULD NOT COME OUT. WHEN I WEIGHED THE FISH IT WENT 16LB 12OZ, MY FIRST
CATFISH AND I WAS WELL PLEASED. I GOT STEVE ONE OF THE CARP LADS FISHING TO
REEL OF HALF A DOZEN PICTURES AND PUT THE FISH BACK. THAT WAS IT, I WAS
HOOKED, ANOTHER BAIT WAS CAST OUT AND I SETTLED FOR THE NIGHT, NOTHING
HAPPENED!! AS MY FIRST CATFISH WAS CAUGHT LATE EVENING I THOUGHT THE CATS
WERE STARTING TO FEED AND I EXPECTED ANOTHER RUN, PERHAPS I WAS BEING GREEDY,
AS I SAID NOTHING HAPPENED ALL NIGHT UNTIL 9 AM THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I
RECEIVED ANOTHER RUN. JUST AS I WAS GOING TO PULL THE HOOK
HOME THE RUN STOPPED SO I PUTT THE ROD BACK IN THE RESTS, A LITTLE
DISSAPOINTED. I THEN HAD AN IDEA I USED TO USE IN MY PIKING DAYS. I PICKED UP
THE ROD AND GAVE THE BAIT A COUPLE OF TURNS ON MY BAITRUNNER, JUST TO MOVE
THE BAIT A FOOT OR SO. THENI IT HAPPENED THE CATFISH TOOK THE BAIT AND IT WAS
OF ON A RUN. I SET THE HOOK AND THE FIGHT BEGAN, AGAIN IT WAS A VERY HARD
FIGHT. WHEN I GOT IT ON THE BANK AND WEIGHED IT, IT WENT 14LB 6OZ. THAT WAS
IT I NOW HAS THE CATFISHING BUG. NEXT SEASON I INTEND TO SPEND A WHOLE SUMMER
AFTER THE CATS AND GO TO FRANCE FOR A BIG BOY. THE CARP FISHING IS ON HOLD
FOR A COUPLE OF SEASONS. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW BOTH FISH WERE
CAUGHT IN VERY WARM CONDITIONS, THE LAKE WATER WAS WARM ALSO THE WIND WAS
WARM. IF ANYBODY IS THINKING ABOUT TRYING
FOR CATFISH DON’T THINK ABOUT IT, GO FOR IT, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
MISSING. GOOD LUCK STEVE GILDERSLEEVE |
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