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	Name:	lakeplumber -
	Subject:	An unbelievable fish story...
	Date:	7/19/2009 2:37:11 PM

My buddy and I were bottom fishing from his boat using worms as bait. I made a cast that landed about 12 feet from shore. After about 6 or 7 seconds, there was a couple of quick jerks upon the line indicating that something had the bait in his mouth. I set the hook and tried to reel in my game. The line became entangled and I could not reel it in more than a foot or so. Since it was close to shore, my buddy decided he would jump in the water and swim under to untangle the line. He jumped in and submerged below the surface and stayed for about 25 seconds or so. He soon reappeared near the boat and climbed in. I asked why he did not untangle the line. His reply was, “You are not going to believe this but the line had gone inside a 55 gallon drum through the screw cap hole in the top, and the fish was inside the drum.” As we were ponder how we might retrieve the fish from inside the barrel, we notices a man on a tractor on the shore plowing a little spot of land. We paddled to the bank and related the story to the farmer who said that there were several drums that were out there from an old raft. He then suggested that if we could secure a chain that he had from his toolbox, to the drum and fasten the other end to the tractor, he would gladly pull it out of the water so that we could bust the top off and capture the fish. My friend agreed to do this and after about 20 minutes of so the drum was pulled from the water on the bank. It was rusty enough to be opened with a crow bar and a hammer which he (the farmer) also had. Imagine our surprise when we discovered a 14 pound bass that had been in the drum for an obvious long time. It was huge. We almost had it mounted.

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An unbelievable fish story... - lakeplumber - 7/19/2009 2:37:11 PM

Shoot, that ain't nothing, - alahusker - 7/19/2009 8:11:30 PM

Shoot, that ain't nothing, - lakeplumber - 7/19/2009 8:42:57 PM

Nope, she was not in a drum, - alahusker - 7/20/2009 7:29:28 PM

Nope, she was not in a drum, - muddauber - 7/20/2009 9:28:26 PM

Lordy yes, after 43 years - alahusker - 7/20/2009 9:46:13 PM

An unbelievable fish story... - muddauber - 7/20/2009 6:52:09 AM

The good and the bad... - lakeplumber - 7/20/2009 3:46:15 PM

The good and the bad... - muddauber - 7/20/2009 9:24:01 PM

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