The One That Got Away
My friend and I caught a few shiners and headed out to the local golf course pond. We did not have much luck with shiners so we were forced to keep one over 8 inches. The pond we fished was pretty small and I didn't think any fish would eat it. i threw the shiner out there with my bait caster and waited patiently. No longer than 5 minutes later my bobber was popping at the top of the water. A few seconds later the bobber went straight under. I picked up my pole and gave whatever was at the end of my line some extra line to run with so it could swallow the massive shiner. I decided it was time to set the hook so i reeled up the slack and proceeded to set the hook. As i set the hook my rod snapped in half!!! I couldn't believe it...ive never seen anything like that before. I looked at my friend in dis belief. I called that the one that got away.
words hurt for seconds, skin cancer is a real b****.
lol ok angryjohn ur the one wearing a bucket hat in ur picture. nice catch Gilligan.
redneck angler, thats all I've been doing the last few years! just watching the boils at the top itching to fish that pond
Hey kjud29, keep the posts coming. Does a fishing rod count as one of the 14 clubs in your bag? There are some huge lunkers lurking in golf ponds! The other year at the TPC River Highlands I was spending more time watching the fish breaking the surface on 17 than the players on the course.
not my intent bud sorry if you took it that way just offering possabilitys sence you yourself never got a look at it ...but we all have the 1 that got away tails and non of us know for sure ....but thanks for shareing the day
okay...all u guys weren't there...u didn't know what was going on...the situation so stop assuming it was not a fish...let me have my story and stop putting it down.i didn't put this story up to make everyone think I'm an idiot i just wanted to share a nice fish tale with people
I'd have to agree with nwdarkcloud. Sounds like a snapper.
It's your story kjub29, so you can make the fish as big as you want! :)
dont forget the turtle possabilty ...big 1s are like hookin a engine block they dont budge ..so unless you saw a fin or splash we can only guess....
angryjohn: i feel like the fish was larger because after only a few seconds, the bobber dove straight under. I've never seen a fish that could inhale a bait that big like it did