We had been wade fishing all morning and hadn't had any luck so we decided to try drifting in the bay. It was probably about 1:00 or so and I'd just started throwing a plastic lure when I felt a hit. I wasn't sure if I'd hit bottom and was caught on an oyster reef or if I had a fish. I began to reel in my line and just about the time I was expecting to see my lure in the water, I saw the line on my reel start to disappear quickly. The fish took about 45 yards of my line and then stopped. I started to slowly reel him in again. This time I was able to get him within about 20 yards of the boat before he took off again, taking the majority of my line with him. I panicked thinking that he'd take all my line and I would lose him! I had Dad fire up the boat and we made our way over to where the beast had stopped. I continued to reel in, expecting to see the other end of my line. Since it'd been about 10 minutes and we still hadn' seen a fin or tail, we decided that I'd snagged a sting ray. They rarely come to the surface when you have them hooked. Apparently this guy wanted to play a game of chase because Dad had to start the boat up about 5 or 6 more times so I wouldn't lose all the line on my reel. Finally, after a 20 minute fight, I saw a fin! On the second attempt, we netted him and I laid eyes on the biggest fish I've ever caught! He measured 37" and weighed in at about 30lbs. WOAH! Look at this guy:
Lurking near the surface-
Finally netted him-
Holy smokes!
The beast: A Black Drum
1 comment:
Oh my gracious! That is a GINORMOUS fish. I admire your determination to keep going.
I also like that Daniel is blogging. How fun!
You two are precious!
love ya.
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