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DIVING FOR FISH
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| Written by TODD RICHARDSON |
| SOME OF YOU MAY APPRECIATE THIS STORY DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF SOME TACKLE. A FEW YEARS AGO I WAS FISHING WITH MY WIFE, SISTER IN LAW, AND MY BROTHER IN LAW ON HIS 22 FOOT ROBALO OFF OF P. TOWN AT CAPE COD. I HAD ALREADY GONE THRU A COUPLE OF UMBRELLA RIGS THAT DUE TO THE BIG SCHOOLS OF BLUEFISH THAT WERE AROUND. WE WERE TROLLING TWO LINES WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE CAME INTO A BIG SCHOOL OF STRIPERS. MY BROTHER IN LAW HOOKED UP A DOUBLE ON HIS UMBRELLA RIG AND SO DID I. HOWEVER MY LINE HAD A COUPLE OF BLUEFISH. I DECIDED TO LET MY WIFE REEL THEM IN. WHEN THEY GOT CLOSE TO THE BOAT I REACHED FOR THE LEADER AND AS WHILE I WAS BRINGING THE FISH ABOARD THE LINE BROKE. MY RIG AND THE FISH FELL BACK INTO THE WATER. WITHOUT HESITATION I DOVE INTO THE WATER. THE FISH STARTED TO SWIM DOWN WITH MY RIG. I SWAM DOWN AFTER THEM AND AT ATOUND 10-12 FEET I REACHED FOR MY RIG AND GRABBED IT. I SWAM BACK TO THE SURFACE WITH MY RIG, THE FISH STILL ATTACHED, AND A HOOK SLIGHTLY STUCK IN THE BACH OF MY ARM. WELL YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE THE LOOKS OF MY FAMILY WHEN I SURFACED. I WAS NOT ABOUT TO PEND ANOTHER 15-20 DOLARS ON A NEW RIG BECAUSE OF A COUPLE OF FRESH BLUEFISH. |
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