Monday, June 26, 2017

Don't Be A Pathetic Lib, Fish



Now that the risible "Russians hacked the election" narrative is dying the death of a thousand failing PR spins, the team decided to go fishing. We'd tried Soldiers Bluff the day before and the young 'un did well with a good sized Hybrid but I struck out. Today would be different, I promised, at the dam spillway.




Sure enough it was. The water churned and foamed and we cast off with circle hooks and worms. A few minutes in and Boom! out came a decent Black Drum and we could see the Gar schooling off the current. Big excitement as the prehistoric looking river monsters circled and prowled like submarines in search of prey.




After a few false starts, as the fickle Gar took the bait, ran with it and then let go, I felt an encouraging tug on the line. That firmed up, the rod bent double and the fight was on; I thought I'd caught a Catfish but no, a big Bass broke the surface and tried to run downstream. Sorry fish, you're coming in and up came a decent sized Leviathan. Great result.




Then the Cadet started catching, Black Drum, and that's the main thing. You want kids to experience the action so that they get into the sport. Otherwise they'll be tempted to write it all off as a boring game of waiting for endlessly non-appearing evidence and give up. Or worse yet, be forced to retract the story altogether as a phony piece of CNN-style agitprop.




That wasn't the case today; it was fish on and thank you mighty Brazos for the opportunity.

Tight lines,

LSP


8 comments:

Jules said...

Well done fishers!

LL said...

The youngin accounted well for himself. I'm glad to see him there with you, experiencing this on his summer break. He needs dad time. And what better way to spend the day than fishing and honing his wilderness skills.

Adrienne said...

Those are some serious looking fish, LSP. Good job!

LL said...

PS, I don't think that I've ever eaten a drum. How does it compare to a largemouth bass?

LSP said...

It was a lot of fun, Jules!

LSP said...

He did well, LL.

The only time I've cooked Black Drum it turned out rubbery, but I've heard it can be very tasty. Maybe my fish was old and tough or I fried it for too long...

LSP said...

We did well, Adrienne!

Brig said...

You did good, Padre. Nice to see the cadet with you.