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l a ter I hooked Benson, I s o o n
h a d her plodding arou nd i n
f r ont of me. I could see h e r
t w isting and turning in t h e
g i n clear water when the h o o k
p u lled! I was devastate d …
T his sparked an ob ses s i o n
t h at little did I know wo u l d
l a st another 10 month s. I wa s
g o ing to fish that lake 4 d a y s
o n 4 days off as that was m y
work shift patterns no matter
w h a t u n t i l I c a u g h t h e r. I n t h e
spring I decided to fish at peg
called the pads as back then
there was no distance limit to
how far you could fish out. This
area had three bars running
p a r a l l e l t o th e b a n k a n d t h e
third bar was a known Benson
s p o t. I t a l so o f f e r e d m e a
chance to target the same spot
THE NORTHERN COMMON
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