$ 100,000 LUNCH ??? WHAT A DUMMY LOL

Last September my Brother and I took my four sons and 1 step son to Lake Ponsette South Dakota, for a fishing trip. My brother and I went to this destination with my Mom and Grandparents for four years at ages 5 to 9.

It was for old times sake and to reminisce with my Brother and Kids. We went fishing everyday for a week, and had lots of fun. The first night we came in and everyone went to the cabin to clean the fish and cook dinner. I was still pumped and stayed on the boat and fished off the back of the boat. It was the most beautiful night I have ever seen. The moon was coming up to my right and the sun was setting to my left, with the two contrasting lights meeting in the middle of the lake on a bed of glass.

I was casting a white spinner bait when all of a sudden the water exploded and a loud splash of water flew in the air with a smallmouth bass flying in the middle of the moon. It felt strong and I knew I had a big fish on the line. As the fight wound down I realized that the propeller on the motor was at my feet and what if the line got caught in the prop?? I would lose this big fat bass, so I thought for a second and knew I had to jump in the water and walk the bass to the shore. I hesitated, for I knew that CHICAGOFATPHIL was very fat and how would I respond to this jump in the water, but alas, I had no choice, jump or no fish.

I brought her up to my chest and as I had seen on bassmasters millions of times, grab the fish by the lower jaw and lift her up out of the water. WOW, success and I then slushed my way to shore. I yelled for everyone to come and see my prize and to weigh it to see if she was as big as I thought. Guess what?? Thousands of dollars fishing equipment and I forgot the scale. I could drive to the official weigh station about two miles away, but everyone wanted to eat and finish preparing dinner. I looked at the fish and estimated 7 to 8 lbs. I watched plenty of smallmouth bass caught on TV and though she looked big. I had seen larger caught on the tube so I said “fuck it” and went up to the cabin to clean her and fry her up.

It still bothered me that I did not know what she weighed, and so at lunch at the local bar restaurant weighin station, I showed the owner, who lived on the lake for 40 years, the picture of the fish. He said that she sure looked big and I proceeded to ask what the state record was and his answer was, “6lbs 11ozs. WHAT?? How big does mine look? He looked at all the pictures and tried to use my body to judge the length and weight, and said, “looks like you might have the record, where is the fish??” We all said in our stomachs. I said, “Why was it worth much??” He laughed and said,” About $ 100.000 in cash and prizes from the State and tackle companies.”

It is a certainty if I weighed a normal amount and was not so lazy I would have made that trip to the weigh in station and found out if we had the most expensive fish lunch in the history of South Dakota. LOL $ 100,000 divided by7 equals about $ 15,000 per person. What a joke!!

Good eating to you all
CHICAGOFATPHIL

p.s. A PICTURE OF THE FISH IS TO YOUR RIGHT IN MY PICS, SO THIS IS NO FISH STORY AND MY SHIRT IS STILL WET FROM MY DIP IN THE LAKE