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Introducing, Fishing Stories

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Taken for a ride!

My name is Andy Pfau. It was my second day with my fishing license and had not been fishing in years. We were fishing for trout with 10 lb. test in the Liddy Anne Ship Channel, as you can see the lighthouse in the background of the picture.We were fishing with croaker and piggy perch casting into the shallows. We just realized that our net must have blown out of the boat on the highway on the way but it was no problem since we were fishing for trout (we had no gaff hook either). My cast went a little short and sank down the drop off. I let it sit for a minute then something hit it. The hit was solid and steady and I could not budge it so I figured it was bigger than a trout.

We thought a big red. It ran at and under the boat and then started taking line toward the center of the channel. Then we thought black drum, ray or shark but shark would have bit thru the leader. We pulled anchor and followed. There were two large ships coming in opposite directions and we were worried the fish may take us into their path and we would have to cut it loose. It took over 100 yards of line (1/2 my reel) and took us to the middle of the channel just short of the ships path. Several fishing boats saw me fighting with my pole doubled over and stopped to watch from a distance. Still not knowing what it was it dove deep and I worked my line back in and got on top of it. I started to work it to the surface and then it ran back toward the bank. After 30 minutes and several more runs we finally got it to the surface and saw that it was a Ling which my friend, the real fisherman, did not expect since they are deep water fish. Two dolphins joined the action at this point. They would get close, as I got the Ling closer to the boat. We yelled to the other boats to see if they had a net or gaff but they only had small nets. The first time we got the Ling close to the boat my friend grabbed the line to pull it close and it saw us and ran. My friend noticed that my line was getting frayed from the action. We got the fish close to the boat at least 3 times and each time two of us tried to grab it by the mouth and tail. At that point I figured there was no way this line would not break before we could get the fish in the boat. Finally on the next attempt they grabbed the Ling and brought it in. We showed it off to the one fishing boat that stayed to watch the whole time and then took our pictures in front of the light house. It weighed in at 27 lbs. and 46 inches. We cooked it up the next night and feed a lot of campers at our campground and had some left to take home. That was the biggest fish I have ever caught.

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