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| I was in an auto parts store yesterday and we started talking about muskies. Another customer told this story.....
About 10 years ago the guy, "Bob", did a Canadian fishing trip with some buddies. A few of them were skin divers, too, so they brought snorkles, masks and fins. The also brought some cane poles, a number of HUGE ocean fishing hooks, wire and tape. When they arrived at camp they straightened out the hooks and attached 4 to the end of each cane pole using the wire and tape. Poof - now the snorklers had spears, and that's how they used them. Bob said they had a blast spearing pike, some over 4' long. "Pow!! Hit 'em right between the eyes!", said Bob. He said he swam around a big stump and came face to face with a musky that was between 5 and 6 feet long. "The head was as big around as a basketball!" He siad the fish's mouth began opening and closing as the musky slowly moved toward him. "Jeeze, I'll tell you, those big teeth sparkled every time that beast opened its big old mouth, eh!?" Bob said he's never been so scared in his life; he slowly swam backwards away from the fish, "I knew if I turned my back it was going to try to eat me for sure!" After follwoing him a bit, the fish turned and slowly swam back to the shadows. Bob got out of the water and told his buddies about the killer muskie. Another guy, "Tom" chided Bob for being a coward. Tom puts on the gear, grabs the spear and swims over to get the musky. As soon as Tom sees the fish, Tom turns and swims back to shore like a great white shark is after him. Tom agrees, 4 foot pike are no probelm but that musky is way, way to big to screw around with. |
