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There are about 20 family members and friends that fish this lake for a week in October. The first year I fished Lake Ray Roberts, I became the second peon (After all it was my first year with this crew), That being the lowest ranking person in the boat. Our captain, a seasoned veteran of yellowcat fishing, his brother-in-law, and myself made up this crew. Not that I hadn't done my share of catching the yellow's, its just that it was his boat! The boat was a 14 ft., flat bottom row boat, with a 20 hp. motor, that if pulled long enough might crank. We peons bailed lots of water too. Anyway, about the third day of fishing, we felt a fish on the line that we knew was a good un. Captain was working the line and his brother-in-law was working the net. When this fish hit the top our captain yelled shark! Brother-in-law almost went out the other side of the boat dropping the net and looking for a place to go! He told me to dip him . So about 30 minutes later, our captain and myself had a very large fish in the boat,(I might add here that I became #1 peon at this point) We got back to camp and officially weighed him on the camp cotton bale scales. He weighed 63 lbs. That was the record of the camp, which stood for 6 years. Which is another story.
Ok, another story. I am going to jump 6 years here. The record yellow caught in our camp has stood for 6 seasons of fishing. There had been lots of big fish caught, but none that beat 63 lbs. It is Wednesday, we had been fishing for 5 nights. Dan and I made up our crew, so I was captain and # 2 peon. We were running our lines early that October morning. I felt a fish on the line that was a keeper. We worked that fish for about an hour, finally getting him in the boat. When we got back to camp, he weighed 64 lbs. We were strutting around like Tim Taylor on home improvement (ho ho ho). About thirty minutes later, the patriarch of the camp, (father of my previous captain), and his crew came in with one that weighed 68 lbs. Talk about deflatting an ego! The next day ole Dan and I came in with a 72 lber and that is the record of the camp. We'll see how long the record stands. HO,H O, HO! |
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