Now, this is fishing!

Kent and I do a lot of power boating, but a fish this size isn’t something we see everyday!

When we lived in Texas, we tried lake fishing a couple of times, but never caught anything. It seems to be a whole different type of fishing and requires different tackle, tactics and mind set. There were bass tournaments nearly every weekend but we just couldn’t get enthused over fishing in the muddy lake.

The bass boats, usually with 2 men aboard, fished inches from the shore and inches from our dock. At times, they were so close to our dock I’d go out to talk to them, just letting them know we were around and they were in MY space. The tournaments are big business and often offer great prizes, so these fishermen are very serious. For me, fishing is fun. Sure, I like to pull in a big fish to say ‘I caught one’, but if it gets away, not to worry - there’s always another one out there.

Now if someone had told me this big boy may have been lurking under our dock, or in the reeds, I might have dropped a line overboard, sat in the sunshine and drank a beer or two. I don’t know what I’d have done with him if I’d caught him though!

Click on the picture to enlarge it. So, what do you do with a fish that large? Are catfish wormy like cod? AND, why are those two guys standing in the muddy water? Don’t they know there are gators in those waters? And gators like beans for breakfast… human beans!

Stumble It!