Fishing Stories and Tall Tales

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Spittin' the Hook

In my quest for a ten pound cat a couple of nights ago I was wrapping things up reeling in my rod for the last time. It was a good night with some fun action. Caught one at 5.5 lbs and practiced playing larger fish properly.

While reeling in my final cast felt a small cat at the end of the line. I was using large bait so I was not catching too many small ones but this one did not feel big at all. It was far out so it took me a minute to reel it in. As usual they started to fight as they got close to the shore and close to the surface. He fought well for a little guy....

Just as he got about 6ft of shore though he flipped his tail splashed the water and literally spit the hook back me. It flew from six feet off shore and landed at my feet. The tenacious bugger was probably not even hooked he just did not want to give up his snack.

I thought spitting the hook was a figurative expression, I guess not.... Made me laugh.