NEW PERSON

[WHO'S BELLS RINGING?]

I HAVE SO MANY STORIES. SEVERAL YEARS AGO A FRIEND WAS CATCHING A FEW SPRINGERS IN RAINIER. I ASKED HIM WHERE AND HE SAID RIGHT OFF THE CITY PARK. SO MY SON AND I DROVE DOWN THE WA. SIDE AND CROSSED THE CR AT LV. ON THE OREGON SIDE WE SAW A BASEBALL DIAMOND, AND I SAID THAT MUST BE THE PARK. WE TURNED AND ENDED UP ON THIS BIG SLAB OF CONCRETE. I DROVE AROUND IN CIRCLES UNTIL I FINALLY SAW A GRAVEL ROAD HEADING TWORDS THE RIVER. 20 YRDS FROM THE RIVER I STOPPED AS THE GRAVEL RAN OUT. THE RAIN WAS REALLY COMING DOWN, SO I TOLD TOM LETS FISH HERE AS WE CAN SIT IN THE CAR.SO WE THREW OUT THE POLES AND SAT THERE FOR TWO HOURS, NOW YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT I KNEW WE WERE IN THE WRONG SPOT, AS WE COULD ONLY SEE ONE OTHER RIG ABOUT 1OO YRS DOWN STREAM, SO I TURNED TO MY SON AND STARTED TO SAY LETS GO BUT BEFORE I COULD GET IT ALL OUT MY POLE STARTED TO DANCE, A FEW MIN. LATER I HAD A 12LB SPRINGER IN THE SAC. NOW I COULDN'T FIND A PEN OR ANY THING TO TAG WITH SO I HAD MY SON RUN THRU THE RAIN TO THE RIG BELOW AND BORROW A PEN THAT DONE WE CAST OUT AGAIN. ONE HOUR LATER THE POLE WENT OFF AGAIN, I DIDN'T MENTION WE HAD NO NET, THIS TIME WHEN I TRIED TO GRAB THE TAIL IT FLIPPED OUT OF MY HANDS ALLOWING THE TO SPIN-N-GLO TO SNAG MY COLLAR, AS THE FISH WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY THE HOOK WAS STICKING ME IN THE BACK OF THE NECK, SO I DID WHAT ANY NORMAL HUMAN IN THAT SITUATION WOULD DO I POUNCED ON THE FISH WITH BOTH HANDS AND STRANGELED IT. WE PUT AN 18 LDER IN THE BAG. AS MY SON WAS RUNNING FOR THE PEN I HAD TO REMOVE ALL MY CLOTHES ,AT LEAST THE UPPER HALF TO REMOVE THE HOOK.AND YES IT WAS RAINING CATS AND DOGS. THREW BACK OUT AND ONE HOUR LATER ANOTHER BELL RINGER THIS TIME IT TOOK OFF FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER SO IN THE MIDDLE OF MY PANIC I YELLED TO MY SON TO RUN TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND SEE IF THEY HAVE A NET, WHICH THEY DID. NOW I MUST DECIDE WETHER TO LET TOM NET OR PLAY THE FIS HE HAS NEVER NETTED A GOLD FIS. SO I DECIDE TO LET HIM NET IT AS I AM YELLING INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO LUNG AT THE FISH IT FINNALLY COMES TO THE NET HEAD FIRST AND I YELL PICK IT UP SO HE DID, THE PROBLEM WAS THE FIST WAS BALENCED ON THE RIM OF THE NET I DECIDED TO PULL A LITTLE HARDER EVEN THOUGH THE HOOK WAS BARLY IN THE MOUTH, THE FISH SLID IN THE NET AS THE HOOK WENT FLYING THROUGH THE AIR.36LBS OF SPRINGER IN THE SAC RAN THE NET BORROWED THE PEN SAT DOWN TO LET THE HEART BEAT SLOW SOME. ONE HOUR LATER TOM LANDS A 32LBER. THIS TIME THE NEIGHBOR COMES RUNNING WITH THE NET AND PEN FINALLY TRAINED. 4 NICE FISH IN THE WRONG PLACE, AS A SIDE LIGHT WE DECIDED TO GO THE NEXT DAY AND I TOLD TOM WE WILL NEED TO GET THRE EARLY AS OUR FRIEND MIGHT TRY TO BEAT US SO WE LEAVE AT 3 AM AND AS WE TURN ON THE GRAVEL THERE IS A PAIR OF LIGHTS TRYING TO PASS US ON A SINGLE LANE ROAD,AS WE APPROACH 50 MPR I ALMOST SKID BY THE WRONG SPOT. OUR FRIEND PULLS UP NEXT TO US, WE CATCH THREE MORE FRIEND 0. THANKS FOR THE TIME LARRY H.

[DownTime]

Great story wbr had me laughing
Welcome

JB

[greenbuttskunk]

Who's bell's ringing,
Let me be the official second to welcome you the the wacky, zaney, cool, funky, interesting and valuable club know as Ifish. Enjoy it partner!
Thanks for the story too, you should open a school
on "how to correctly land a springer" :grin:
Cheers,
Greenbuttskunk

[ 02-18-2004, 09:14 PM: Message edited by: greenbuttskunk ]

[buckleydux]

excellant story! I am also new to Ifish, hope you find it as entertaining, rewarding, and informative as I have [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] This is the most well rounded site I have found

[SHOUGALNITE]

Welcome :smile:

[h20dog]

Welcome aboard

[BigFishFever]

Welcome aboard...Great story, just goes to show you there is never a "wrong" spot...just a new one!

[jokester]

THIS TIME THE NEIGHBOR COMES RUNNING WITH THE NET AND PEN FINALLY TRAINED.

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">ROFLOL

Great story! Welcome

-jokester

[Fshklr]

WBR,
Great story and welcome aboard [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] ..please type in lower case letters.. All caps is kinda weird looking and all caps in some instances is refered to yelling

[Beerbelly]

Welcome!!!!!!!