SunRae writes: Sounds like a knock out day fishing with dad. Keep them coming Willie.
Somtimes Fishing is a Headache
by: Willie
AKA: BigBear
ONE DAY MY DAD AND I WENT FISHING WITH MY UNCLE. MY DAD HADN'T BEEN IN GOOD SHAPE FOR A WHILE CAUSE OF HIS BAD LUNGS SO WE TOOK CARE IN FINDING HIM A SPOT ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER. WELL, ANYWAY, WE SET HIM ABOVE ME ON A SMALL HILL. I GAVE HIM A SURF ROD WE USED FOR CATFISHING CAUSE OF THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE CATFISH. ITS AN EASY POLE TO USE AND NICER FOR HIS HANDS TO KEEP HOLD OF. I MADE MY WAY ABOUT 10 FOOT DOWN UNDER HIM TO GET A PLACE ON THE BANK TO FISH, HE PUT ON A HOOK AND SINKER ON HIS POLE. THE HOOK WAS ABOUT 3 FOOT FROM THE BOTTOM OF LINE AND THEN A 2 OUNCE WEIGHT AT THE BOTTOM. I WAS RIGGING MY POLE GETTING READY TO HAVE SOME FUN. JUST ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH IT, I HEARD THE OLD MAN SAY "DUCK YOUR HEAD BOY." I INSTINCTIVELY DUCKED AND WAS WAITING FOR THE OKAY AS HE CAST OUT. NOT ANY BIG DEAL. WE HAD DONE THIS BEFORE SO I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER WATCHING HIM CAST OUT. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, POW!!!!!!!!!!!! I FELT THIS SUDDEN SMASH ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I SWEAR IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOT GUN GOING OFF WHEN I GOT HIT!!!!!!! DAD JUMPED UP AS I GRABBED MY HEAD AND STARTED ASKING IF I WAS OKAY. I HAD HIT THE DIRT CLINCHING MY HEAD AND COULDN'T OPEN MY EYES CAUSE OF THE PAIN. IT TURNED OUT THE HE DIDN'T SET THE BAIL. HAVING A GOOD BIT OF LINE ALREADY OUT TO GET THAT FAR CAST ACTION HAPPENING, IT WAS LIKE AN ARCH OF A RAINBOW. THE POLE JUST SMACKED ME WITH THAT 2 OUNCE WEIGHT RIGHT SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY SKULL. LOL. HE THOUGHT HE KILLED ME. THE SOUND WAS SO LOUD FROM THE IMPACT THAT MY UNCLE WALKED OVER TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. LOL. IT WOULD FIGURE THAT ON THAT DAY, HE HAD THE STRENGTH UP TO WHERE HE COULD CAST THAT POLE LIKE A LUMBERJACK CHOPPING WOOD. AT LEAST IT FELT LIKE IT. WELL, WE CAUGHT 7 CATS THAT DAY IN THE ROUGH WATER THAT HAD BEEN ROLLING THROUGH THERE. SO IT WASN'T TO BAD. I HAD A KNOT ON MY HEAD THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR ALL NIGHT BUT ITS SOMETHING I WILL NOT FORGET. I RECKON THAT MEMORY WILL FOREVER BE IMPRINTED IN MY BRAIN. LITERALLY. LOL.
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