Tuesday, August 29, 2006

The One That Got Away

Have you guys heard all the buzz up in Poltimore? Who is this Benjamin fellow everybody is talking about? Well it's me, and the buzz is centered around the 18 inch pike I almost pulled out of Lake Champagne up at Mullins' cottage. Friday night I headed to Walmart with Mullins and loaded up on fishing supplies for my new hobby. Saturday we headed up there along with Erin G and Uhrbach, and met Grimey and Andrew 'Meat' Mullins up there. After some unsuccessful fishing attempts for bass with some poor little frogs pulled out of the mud, I switched to my expert lure and started casting for bigger game. People doubted I would get anything and wandered away to find other things to do. I kept faith in myself, and low and behold my rod started bending as if Davy Jones himself was pulling it down to the bottom of the lake. I struggled to reel in whatever beast dared challenge me, coming so close as to see his massive frame flopping out of the water. Andrew ran to aid me, and when he tried to wrestle the monster I had snagged it valiently gave one last thrust, snapping my line and swimming back to freedom.

Never defeated, I spent the rest of the night and a good portion of the next day in the lake trying to recapture my new nemesis but to no avail. I swear from this point forward to capture this beast, retrieve my stolen lure and once and for all triumph over mother nature and all her minions.


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