First Fish! A Bass!

Sam caught his first fish the other night in record time at Lake Salisbury -- about ten seconds after the line went into the water.  That's great and all, but what does he have to look forward to in life?  Plus it was a bass of all things!  

He didn't quite get how incredibly awesome it was which helps, and he had more than a little "help" from a daddy friend at the lake who basically staged the whole thing with an extra pole of his.  The wriggling fish on the line really freaked him out as the daddy friend unhooked it and threw it back into the water, probably to be caught again in a few minutes.  Still Daddy Mac couldn't help but gape in wonder when he got back to the lake after running home to pick up his sunglasses.  He's never caught a fish that big, let alone a bass...  Some people have all the luck!

Since it was twilight, the lake was hopping with fish, fish literally jumping out of the water as it was feeding time.  I've never seen fish quite so active in my life!  This is how crazy it was -- the daddy friend left his rod with the hook baited in the water.  He balanced it on the dock for a few minutes while he went to check something.   No big deal, right?  Please play "Jaws" theme song here -- loudly.

In the meantime a ravenous fish bit on the hook and pulled the entire rod down into the water with it.  How is that for effortless fishing?  I guess it's not so productive since he ended up with no fish, rod, hook or bait -- but one heck of a good story, a story I would find hard to believe if I didn't see it myself!  I think he got "fished" or more accurately "human-ed" instead of the fish being fished the way it is supposed to be.  

Heck, I don't even like fishing, or at least I didn't until seeing all that.  Now I am just waiting for twilight to see if I can match Sam's catch!  If I leave with my rod intact, I'll consider that a victory in itself!  I just need to remember to hold on tight...

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