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Here's a dandy of a story. Yes, another pier rat original
fishing tale, hard to believe but all true. I was out
fishing the pier one morning back in 1999. I had my
baits out and I was just "people watching" as
usual. Trying to pick up a few more stories for my
newsletters. Little did I know that I would soon have
another great one to write about.
An old man had just caught a nice size catfish and thinking he was just going to throw it back, I watched him unhook it and he let it lay on the deck. He then pulled out a heavy white clothes-line looking cord from his tackle box. He unwrapped the cord and tied on a wire leader and a big shark hook. This was getting good. I couldn't wait to see this one! I continued to watch the man as he baited the freshly caught catfish on the huge shark hook. He then tied the one end of the cord to the top railing of the pier. Then he tossed the hooked and bloody catfish over the side of the pier and into the ocean. This was too much! I was intrigued now. What next? He then pulls out a friggin' "Cowbell" from his little tackle box full of tricks and ties it on to the cord up near the top of the pier railing. He never did get a bite, but I wanted so bad to go ring that guys cowbell just for the heck of it.
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