Conference wahoo::fishing

1322.0. "Fish story of the year" by DELNI::MCDONOUGH () Tue Feb 06 1990 20:55

      I don't want to talk about this to much but I wanted everyone to know
    that I caught the biggest fish at the Winni derby.
      This story starts out with my older brothers (3) wanting to go ice
    fishing for the first time in their lives including me. Last Friday
    my brother John drove up from N.Y. we went to the Kittery Trading post
    in Maine and bought every thing that we would need for Saturday. We 
    planned on going to Alton bay. Saturday morning we drove up to Alton
    (Steve, Matt, John and I) we planned on making a day of it so we 
    brought lunch with us which consisted of Ham, some fruit and drink.
     We stopped where the Mount Washington boat docks and asked someone if
    this was a good place to Ice fish. The man replyed yes! So we dropped
    anchor. We went into the marina and bought licences.
     All morning no bites. at about 1:00 we decide to eat lunch. This is 
    when the fun starts. My oldest brother John opens the can of imported 
    ham and the flagggggggggss go up 2 out of 4 are flying. Steve and I
    run to one. Matt and John to the other. They had a small Salmon on.
    Steve and I had a Lake Trout. I had to put my arm in up to my shoulder
    to pull him out. He was over 28 inches long and weighed over 7 lbs.
     We decided not to cut him up but to mount him. So before bringing him
    to be mounted I cut this tag of that was dangling on his back side and
    see that it says the N.H. fish and game dept on it. Sunday I get
    curious and call the people at the lake and they tell me that it looks
    like I have caught the biggest fish in the tourny and I've won all 
    kinds of good stuff including a boat. 
       The guy on the end of the phone askes me for my name?
        Patrick McDonough
       O.K. Patrick do you want us to deliver the boat or would you like
          to pick it up?
       I can pick it up!!
       Oh! one more thing Patrick What is your Tourny entry No.
        Ah... Ah...
          Tourny No.
          What tourny No.
    (Can you belive it?) 
     I didn't buy a tourny No. I didn't know any thing about it.
     

    Now that's a *real* bummer!!
    
    Bet you'll never do that again (not enter a tourney).
    
    Moose

 Ouch!

Geez...all you had to do was tell me.  I was officially registered in the 
tourney.  We could have split the prizes!

    Re -1
    
    "Geez...all you had to do was tell me.  I was officially registered in the
     tourney.  We could have slpit the prizes!"
      
    
          Ok you take the front of the boat and Joe will take the back!!
    
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re .0

    Okay, so what were you using for bait? And what size?

    I've had pretty good luck with suckers lately, and have started to use
    bigger bait.  Just wondering whether your fish is part of the big bait
    big fish theory.

George

    I was using shiners about 2 1/2 inches long. Something I forgot to
    mention was that we are all fly fisherman and the only line we had to
    use was four pound test...... and while all this was happening a pack
    of dogs ate the ham we were going to eat for lunch.
     
     I still don't understand?
               

    I just had too add my two cents:
    
    It seems that the Flyfishing gods must have been watching you this day!
    
    All the same sorry to hear about fish!
    
    				Bart Lasky