It was a nice day yesterday - Sunday - and looking even better the later in the day you got so I persuaded Rejean to take me fishing (wasn't too hard to do). It would have been the first time I was in the boat this year. We were trying a new rig - a "slow death" hook, sinker and just a worm. We trolled along the shore on Tunnel Lake. Now I have been fishing a long time and know the difference between a snag and a fish - or so I thought. I announced I had a fish - a big fish - on. It was moving and I was reeling it in - Rejean had the net and was ready to net him. After a few minutes, I noticed that it was not moving and realized it had been a snag all along. Rejean laughed and teased me for a while after - quite a while after if you must know. "It was a bottom fish - tree trout - big fish" I just put up with it and kept on fishing. I let him have his fun.
Then, I hooked into this big one. I felt it move so I thought it's a big fish - then it didn't move and I second guessed myself because of what had happened earlier. I didn't want a replay of the previous "fish". But then it moved again and I was reeling it in. I must have changed my mind about it being a fish, no a snag, no a fish, a few times. Finally you could see the flash of gold and Rejean netted it. What a beauty - I think it is the biggest walleye I have ever caught. 24 inches long!! We didn't have a scale but guessed it to be 4 - 4 1/2 pounds. I think because it was so big that it really
Rejean had got a small one earlier in the evening so everyone caught a fish. It is cleaned and ready for dinner tomorrow nite. Even the cheeks are big!!!!
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Nice fish, congrats!
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