Herman by Jim Unger for October 30, 2021

At least he caught something.

This is one occasion when catch and release is not so good for the fish.

the fish had to have their tuna fish sandwich first.

Are there piranhas in the water?

So, Santiago should have taken her to sea that day – she would have hauled in that marlin.

He’s caught more than one like that from the sound of her remark. That really gives a new meaning to the name of “bone fish”.

Is he reelin’ in the years?

As a boy and teen, I used to fish off the local bridge. One of my methods was to cast the line out and pull it in slowly. I learned how to hook up the bait in such a way that it twitched like a wounded fish. It was a very successful technique.

One day as I was trolling in the line, I caught a fish. As I continued to reel it in, my pole suddenly bent to its maximum and the line went slack. I then reeled in half a fish.

Was trolling off the FL. Keys once. Something took my line, started to run, I fought it to near the boat when it took off in a run which made the reel smoke, then it stopped. I reeled in the remains of big kingfish which had been hit by a shark. What I had left was delicious.

The Old Man and the Sea, on a much smaller scale however. Must have been an epic fight though…….

Could be, he’s jerking the line too hard, to set the hook.

Invasive Paranas

A common problem salt water fishing. More than once I got my catch up on the pier only to discover a shark had beat me to it!

♪ I betcha’ goin’ fishin’ all o’ the time

♫ Baby goin’ fishin’ too

♪ Bet you life, your sweet wife

♫ Is gonna catch more fish than you

Is there even water in that lake?

Fellas, be honest … How many of you actually take your wife with ya when ya go fishin’ ? … ;)