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Yours, Mine, or Our Fish?
Another evening at Prairie Lake proved to be quite interesting and a successful night of fishing. I was joined by some friends from Beardstown, Shawn and Amy Monger. My wife couldn't make it this time because school has started and she had some homework to get done. Now she isn't a student, but a third grade teacher and a good one. She has been my fishin pal for a long time and when she isn't there I sure do miss her. Well, back to the fishing adventure. Shawn and Amy met me at our regular fishing hole around 8 p.m. I had been there for a couple of hours and the fish were biting. I had already missed several, but had managed to get two into shore. I was using two poles, but had to go to only using only one. Yes, the fish were really cooperating well. If we had hooked every fish that hit we would have had our limits in no time, but they do call it fishing, not catching. We did manage to get nine, nice eating-size channels before the night was over. That was the successful part of our fishing adventure, so now on to the interesting part. Amy keep saying something was hitting her bait and then Shawn got a hit and set the hook. The fight was on. Amy also set her hook into a fish and they both battled a fish to the shore. The only thing was that they both had the same fish and it was not snagged by either one of them. The fish had eaten both of their baits. If you noticed the picture at the beginning you can see two separate lines going to the mouth of the fish and, by looking closely, you can see two Looper Rigs in its mouth. Looper Rigs are what we use to hold the dip bait (Hoss's Hawg Bait) on the hook to catch channels. Yes, Amy and Shawn or Shawn and Amy both caught this fish. Yours, mine or ours. I will let them decide that. Jim at FishinPals |
