Give a Man a Fish

20 Feb 2006

As I mentioned the other day, a bunch of us went down to M's folks' place for the weekend, which involved much drinking, beaching, and a spot of fishing.

Similar to the year before, it was more feeding the fish than fishing them. At the cost of a bag of bait (cockles), 3 fishing hooks (2 from my rod), and well over half a reel of line (mostly from mine). For which the grand total of our catch was a few handfuls of seaweed, and this FINE specimen caught by M!

Now just look at it would you? Not even fooled by taking the bait, this little fish was definitely in the wrong place at the wrong time, and got squewered through the body for it's troubles. Hardly believing it's misfortune it is utterly a-gasp at the shear skill of the angler. And they wonder why the fish stocks are being depleated? Coz bloody M is bleeding the river dry!

The funny part about it was that he caught it and we all had a good laugh. Since it was a bit of a kodak-moment I ran back to the car and as I returned, this bloke with all the rods and gear saw I'd come back with the camera in hand... "Ahh yeah, must have caught a good one, eh?" he said. "Absolutely," I said, "this big!" and dutifully held thumb and forefinger a few centimentres apart, to which he chuckled. - Photo taken, laughs subsiding, the bloke came over and saw the fish "Jeeze," he said, "and I thought you were kidding!" Just goes to show, even fishermen don't believe you when you say how big the fish was!

[edit 07/06/06 :: submitted to Moody Monday Wounded - M's pride may have been dented, but I'm fairly sure the poor little fish was mortally wounded!]

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