Today I was in the area of Island 22 trying for sockeye but to my surprise, I caught a silver chrome 20 lb Spring, but had a lot of trouble trying to coax it to surface so my fishing buddy could net. After struggling for some twenty minutes, a gentleman waded through fairly fast water to where my boat was anchored, and tried to net the fish but he couldnt see the fish too because of water condition. Finally he told me to leave the boat and land it on shore, but the problem is that the water was waist deep and i am not built to withstand the current. He however assured me that he would hang on to me as he is very strong and tall, and so putting my faith in him, i jumped into the water, and sure enough i almost got swept away, if not for him. I was not in any danger though because the shore was very close by, and where i was, the current was pushing towards the shore. Anyway, he had a good hod of me, as i backed toward the shore and landed that beautiful bar of chrome. I of course thanked him profusely, and he most graciously accepted my appreciation and even said that I did a good job playing the fish. You know, it is times like this that make up for the other countless occasions when you meet nasty people who are just simply obnoxious.
At the end of the day, one big sockeye, a super chrome Pink (yes Pink!!!), and the 20 lb Spring. I am happy!
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Topic: Non-tidal Fraser River, August 17th 2011: Being kind makes all the difference (Read 1645 times)