Not to be outdone By: Freddie O’s story of the mustard belly suick, but here’s my version of lost rods and reels. When I first discovered the Wisconsin River System, not saying what year cause that will age me, we found carp fishing to be a blast. We came across some incredible great fighting Fish, weighed one once with a scale that went over 30 pounds, the scare went “thunk,” thinking the fish was closer to 40 plus pounds!
One day we went fishing on little Biron, had night crawlers on the line, just letting them sink to the bottom. I realized I had the release bait and laid the rod down to go to grab it. With a sudden tug, “WHAM” the pole was gone, bait, caster, reel etc. all gone. Tried to snag it with other poles and lures, but nope, it was gone. A week later I took my nephew out to the same spot and told him the story of my vanishing pole, and on the second cast with a jig; He snags my lost pole with his! What are the odds of that happening? I felt like I had won the lottery, got everything back, the fish had only snapped the line. I still have that reel today, even bought my nephew a steak dinner afterwards. I have more stories about carp fishing, like jumping out of the boat to retrieve poles, losing a pair of glasses in the process. That’s a wild story, but I’ll have ti save that for another day. Wisconsin River fishing can be an adventure, lots of carp and cats, caught every species in there I think, including slimy dog fish.