Nice Catch

Catfish, Pond, Reflections, The Farm

Yesterday evening our youngest daughter, Lindell along with her beau Brycen, took some time out of their busy schedules to visit us at the farm. After dinner my husband, who has been wanting to do some fishing for some time now, dug some worms and he and Brycen, who had brought his own pole and tackle, went fishing.

Lindell and I sat by the campfire and chatted, not paying much attention to our fishermen until we heard somewhat of a commotion. My husband was coaching Brycen, “hold it, give it some line, do you have your drag set?” Lindell and I headed toward the pond knowing there must be a big fish on the line. I quickly doubled back to grab my camera but still arrived in time to capture some photos.

Whatever was on the end of that line was bending Brycen’s fishing rod and pulling the guys in the paddle boat. Realizing that they were not going to be able to lift this fish out of the water on that rod and line my husband decided to take the boat to the beach and pull the fish in from there. This took several attempts as the fish kept dragging the boat in the opposite direction.

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My husband and I suspected that he may have hooked one of the 12 to 15 inch walleye that we had caught last year.

 

but we were all surprised to see what he had actually caught was this monster.

 

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We knew that there were large catfish in the pond, but even using catfish bait we had yet to catch one. Brycen was fishing with just a worm on a small hook. It was a clean catch hooked perfectly into the corner of the mouth. Since we were not prepared to skin a catfish this guy did not become tonight’s dinner but was released back into the pond.

I am so glad I had my camera so this did not become just another “big fish” story.

Nice catch Brycen!!! 🙂

 

17 thoughts on “Nice Catch”

      1. Somewhere where my mom and I used to go to eat had catfish and it was really good. I want to say Ponderosa Steak House … a steakhouse with catfish. But it was crispy and breaded and just wonderful.

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      2. I remember Ponderosa Steak House but don’t remember their menu.
        My dad told me the my mom used to buy fresh catfish at the A&P and cook it. He said it was really good. I’m sure I probably ate it. I just don’t remember.

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      3. When my mom and I went out for lunch, I often had fish as my mom didn’t fix anything with fish except salmon patties and tuna belt. She was not a big fish fan, so I would indulge myself if we went somewhere. It was good as it was breaded and crispy.

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