A fish story
Hard to believe, but what you are about to read is a true story!
For those of you who know the layout of the Nook and the waters nearby, this will seem unlikely, however, I will try to tell it as close as possible to the truth.
Two couples from the Interior of BC came to the Nook for a few days of fishing crabbing, and prawning. They hoped to catch themselves a few cod and with luck a salmon or two. Problem was when they got to the Nook the Salmon were a little far a field for them on the Victoria Day long weekend as they only had a 12’ and 14’ aluminum boats, so they were very content to fish for cod and crustaceans.
So early one morning, Randy Pederson, from Kimberly, in his 12’ boat, heads out the entrance of the Nook, turns left and heads toward Nanat Island. His intention is to jig up some bait for the crab trap. So, Randy stops his boat in the waters abeam Character Cove and places a jig with a ½” treble hook on his rod and lets the reel freewheel to the bottom. Hits bottom, clicks the reel, pull in a bit and give the rod a pull. Nothing, so he jigs for a second time and something hits the jig. I stop now in this story to explain that Randy had no net, no gaff as he was only going for small bait. To continue- Whatever hit the jig seems to want to fight a bit. So Randy plays the fish for quite some time and finally a shadow appears beneath the surface. “What have I got here thinks Randy”! He plays it a bit more and what he sees on the end of his ½” jig with only one hook in the lips is a 35 pound Halibut. Remember – no gaff & no net.
What to do? The only thing that came to mind was to beach the aluminum boat and try to bring the Hali to shore. So he beaches the boat, hops out and plays the fish fairly close to shore. Then he wades into the water, grabs the Halibut and tosses it ashore. Now what? Randy finds a large rock and somehow with the Hali flapping all over the place manages to dispatch it so he can put it back in his massive yacht and head back to the Nook.
A successful trip for crab bait it was! And a true fish tale to boot!!! To confirm that Randy has “horseshoes” somewhere on his body, later in the day while having an oyster for an appetizer, Randy bit down on a “tear-shaped ¼” pearl. He should have left and bought lottery tickets!
~Mossman
A fish story
Hard to believe, but what you are about to read is a true story!
For those of you who know the layout of the Nook and the waters nearby, this will seem unlikely, however, I will try to tell it as close as possible to the truth.
Two couples from the Interior of BC came to the Nook for a few days of fishing crabbing, and prawning. They hoped to catch themselves a few cod and with luck a salmon or two. Problem was when they got to the Nook the Salmon were a little far a field for them on the Victoria Day long weekend as they only had a 12’ and 14’ aluminum boats, so they were very content to fish for cod and crustaceans.
So early one morning, Randy Pederson, from Kimberly, in his 12’ boat, heads out the entrance of the Nook, turns left and heads toward Nanat Island. His intention is to jig up some bait for the crab trap. So, Randy stops his boat in the waters abeam Character Cove and places a jig with a ½” treble hook on his rod and lets the reel freewheel to the bottom. Hits bottom, clicks the reel, pull in a bit and give the rod a pull. Nothing, so he jigs for a second time and something hits the jig. I stop now in this story to explain that Randy had no net, no gaff as he was only going for small bait. To continue- Whatever hit the jig seems to want to fight a bit. So Randy plays the fish for quite some time and finally a shadow appears beneath the surface. “What have I got here thinks Randy”! He plays it a bit more and what he sees on the end of his ½” jig with only one hook in the lips is a 35 pound Halibut. Remember – no gaff & no net. What to do? The only thing that came to mind was to beach the aluminum boat and try to bring the Hali to shore. So he beaches the boat, hops out and plays the fish fairly close to shore. Then he wades into the water, grabs the Halibut and tosses it ashore. Now what? Randy finds a large rock and somehow with the Hali flapping all over the place manages to dispatch it so he can put it back in his massive yacht and head back to the Nook. A successful trip for crab bait it was! And a true fish tale to boot!!! To confirm that Randy has “horseshoes” somewhere on his body, later in the day while having an oyster for an appetizer, Randy bit down on a “tear-shaped ¼” pearl. He should have left and bought lottery tickets!
~Mossman
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Randy’s Hali
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