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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
COOTE
my son over there in the p ra m a n d a lways wa n te d to f i s h i t .
N ow my friend and I, being t he t y p e o f a n gl ers we a re , l ove t h e
b u zz of fishing the unknow n a n d a ls o th e p l a c e s we we re n’ t
m eant to be. So this i s wh ere i t a ll s ta r te d fo r m e .
Later in that week my frie n d h ad c o m e a ro u n d to m i ne l a te r i n
t h e evening, and we went ove r to s e e i f we co u l d n i c k a c h e e k y
q u ick bite. Now to be hon e st , i t wa s s o ea sy t h a t we q u i ck ly
b e came bored of the whole s i tu a ti o n . We wo u l d j u s t ro c k u p
a f ter dark and catch many o f s ma ll c o m mo n s a l l i n a b o u t t h e 6
to 7lb bracket , literally o ne a f te r t he o t he r. We we re n’ t ge t t i n g
t h at buzz from the place, s o i t b e ca m e a l i tt l e b o ri n g , a n d we
t h ought we would get mo re o f a b uz z ma ki ng i t a c h e e k y b ai ti n g
c a mpaign off the radar to se e i f we c o u ld ac t u a l ly l o c a te t h e
b i gger ones of a night . T hi n g s c h a ng e d m as s ive ly. My f ri e n d
c o uld no longer get the ti m e we h a d p l an n e d , an d I wa s a l s o
f i s hing other places at th e t i me , s o p u t ti n g i n th e t i m e an d
e f fort was going to be real ly ha rd .
One day a differen t f rie n d wh o k n ew q u i te a b i t a b ou t t h e
l a ke told me it had throw n u p s o me re al ly o l d wa rr i o rs, a n d
t h is totally changed my m i n d . I we n t ove r o n e d ay to p re b a i t
a n d thought I’d just fish it fo r a fe w h o u rs i n t h e eve n i n g n ow
a n d again. The whole time I’ ve b ee n g o i n g f i s h i n g t h e re ove r
t h e years, I was under the i mp re ss i o n th a t I wa s n’ t s u p p o s e d
to be there. Also I never s aw a s i n gl e an gl er o r eve n a p e rs o n
who was interested in fish i n g al to g e th e r.
One afternoon I went ove r th e re o n my b i ke w i th my t ru s t y
r u cksack, armed with boil i es a n d a ca t ap ul t . I wa s k i c ke d b a c k
a mongst the bushes just s lowly f i r i n g o u t a fe w b o i l i e s n ow
a n d again, and I heard a vo i c e s ay, “ Yo u f i sh i n g ” ? I s to o d u p to
s e e an older guy standing t he o th e r s i d e o f t h e fe nc e . S t ra i gh t
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