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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
COOTE
away my guard was up, and my eve r -fa i th f u l s to r y t h a t I a lways
u s ed was applied. “No, ma te . I’ m n o t f i s h i n g ; I ’ m j u s t fe e d i n g
t h e fish. I see there are lo ad s o f f i sh i n h e re , a nd I d o n’ t t h i n k
t h ey get fed much.” H e jus t la u gh ed a n d s a i d, “ Yo u ’ ve n o t s e e n
t h e guy on YouTube fishin g h e re ? ” to wh i c h I re l i e d , “ N o .”
He then explained abo ut a fe w d i f fe re n t p e o p l e wh o f i s h e d
t h ere, and I was totally in s ho ck . I h o n es t ly t h o u gh t yo u c o u l d
n o t fish here. He then told me h ow to g e t my h a n d s o n a p e rm i t
fo r the new season, whic h wa s o n ly a fe w m o n t h s away. S o
n ow I was approaching th i s i n a d i f fe re n t fa s h i o n . I c o n t ac te d
t h e place for a permi t and g o t mys el f a ll t he i n fo I n e e d ed fo r
t h e new season.
J une the 16 th is a very s p e c i al t i me i n d e ed , as we d o n’ t a l l
h ave a clo sed season like d we us e d to . I fo u n d o u t th a t t h e
l a ke was actually split , and I c o u ld o n ly f i s h on e a re a a n d o n ly
o n e bank, but it didn’t bot h er me a t a ll b ec a u s e I k n e w th a t I
h a d never actually seen a n o t he r a n gl er, s o I wa s n’ t b o th e re d
a b out pressure. I thought a b a i t i n g c am p a i g n e a rly m o rn i n g s
a month before the start o f t h e s e as o n wo u ld b e my a p p ro a c h ,
a n d that’s exactly what I d i d . I wa s trave ll i n g t h ere i n t h e
e a rly hours of the mornin g way b e fo re m o s t p eo p l e h a d eve n
t u rned over once in their s l ee p . I wa s b a i ti n g u p t h e ex t ra c t
s a me spot on a Mon day, We dn e s d ay a n d Fr i d ay. I d i d t h i s fo r
fo ur weeks solid at the sa m e t i m e i n th e m o rn i n g e a ch t i m e .
Now June the 16 th was soo n a p p ro a c hi n g , an d I wa s ve ry l u ck y
i n deed with timing. I was wo rk i n g fo r a b a i t c o m p a ny a t t h e
t i me three days a week, an d l uc k i ly, Ju n e t h e 16 th wa s l a n d i n g
o n a Thursday, which was my d ay o f f , b u t I wo u l d h ave b o o ke d
i t off anyway. The exciteme n t wa s f i ll i n g u p . I h a d to t rave l o n
t h e underground to this p la c e, s o I ha d to b re a k my k i t d ow n
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