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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
BOBBY
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
COOTE
t h e only mirror and linear i n t h e l ake . T h e re a re n o o t h e r o n e s .
N ow I got a little sid etracke d f ro m th i s la ke , as I h a d a n o t h er
p l ace I had now found tha t wa s mu c h e as i e r a c c e s s a n d m o re
c o mfortable. So sad ly my f i s hi n g e n d ed h e re a s q u i c k ly a s i t
h a d started, but I sti ll do g o ove r t he re to m e e t Da n ny n ow
a n d again when he is doin g t h e o d d ni gh t se s s i o n .
J ust recently, knowing I wa s g o i n g to b e w r i t i n g t h i s a rt i c l e
h a s relit that little flame, a n d D a nny a n d I a re p ro b a b ly g o i n g
to spend our winters fishin g ove r he re . B u t f ro m t h i s l i t tl e t r i p ,
I have made a really good f r i en d i n D a n ny, a n d o n e t h a t w i l l b e
a round for many years to c o me I ’m p re tt y s u re . Fo r n ow, t i gh t
l i nes while I’m finding mo re a dve n tu re s. I ’m s o rt i ng my p e rc h
f i s hing stuff out for the wi n te r. S t ay s a fe a n d re a d D an ny ’ s
s i de of things.
Boating Lake By Dan: I u se d to wa lk a ro u n d t h i s l ake w i t h
my little lad Dan in his b u gg y, b u t I d i d n’ t re a l ly t a ke mu c h
n o tice, as I was spending a l o t o f ti m e o n an o t h e r wa te r a n d
c o uldn’t really afford any d i s t ra ct i o n s , a s a n gl i n g ti me i s s h o r t
fo r me. I work full ti me a n d h ave t wo ki ds ; o n e o f th e m, my
d a ughter Bethany, lives u p n o rt h, s o we trave l eve ry o t h er
weekend to spend time w i t h he r. T he f i s h I u s e d to s ee we re
m ainly small commons, a n d b e c au s e o f wh e re i t i s , I d i d n’ t
t h ink you could even fish i t .
Things changed for me on e c l o s e s ea s o n wh e n t a l k i n g to a g uy.
T h e big boating lake came i n to c o nve r s at i o n , i n p a r t i c u l a r a
ve ry large common that had s up p o s ed ly b e e n c au gh t , b u t w i t h
n o pictures, I took it wi th a p i n c h o f s al t . We l l , o n e h o t d ay i n
M ay, I hopped over the fen ce to l o o k a t a b i g d ea d t re e i n th e
e d ge, and to my amazeme n t , I saw a g ro u p o f f i s h c omp l e te ly
d i f ferent from what I had n o t i c e d b e fo re . O n e o f t h em wa s
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