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BOBBY COOTE
S h e c a n b e a v e r y g r e e dy f i s h a t t i m e s a n d a l s o o n e I ’ d c a l l a
b i t o f a b u l l y. I ’ v e s e e n h e r s m a s h i n g i n t o f i s h a t f u l l s p e e d ,
ramming into them like as if they were spawning, but she’s
doing this purely to push them out the way of the bait that’s
laid out like a buffet in front of her so she can destroy
what’s there before they can get the chance of having a few
mouthfuls themselves. She’s a very powerful big-framed fish
b u t r e a l l y d o e s f l u c t u a t e w i t h w e i g h t v e r y o d d l y. I ’ v e n e v e r
really known fish in these docks to get caught as much as
she has; she’s by far from rig shy and neither is she really
b o t h e r e d a b o u t l i n e b e i n g i n t h e w a t e r, a s I ’ v e s e e n h e r m a n y
of times swim into my line as if nothing was there without
e v e n b o t h e r i n g o r s p o o k i n g h e r.
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