The Official "Fishing Stories" Thread.

AdamJoshua · 12-15-2015, 06:37 PM

Growing up in Satellite Beach Florida, an island on the ocean side, separated from the mainland by the Indian / Banana River, we used to go fishing and even shrimping off Mather's Bridge (a crappy little rickety bridge over a narrow stretch of the river), so one day when I was little I was fishing with my sister and while she was going to bait the hook her pole fell so that it was laying on the walkway with the hook about 2 inches in the water, she went to grab it and when she lifted it up there was a huge (I was like 5 years old so it was huge to me) crab holding on to the line and refused to let go no matter how she shook it. Finally she dropped the line back in the water trying to get the crab to leg go which it did, when she pulled up the line not more than 30 seconds later there was a 5lb catfish on the hook.

Weirdest damn chain of events ever. I just reminded her about that the other day, always fun to have those random memories to share with a sibling!

Tio Gato · 12-16-2015, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AdamJoshua

Growing up in Satellite Beach Florida, an island on the ocean side, separated from the mainland by the Indian / Banana River, we used to go fishing and even shrimping off Mather's Bridge (a crappy little rickety bridge over a narrow stretch of the river), so one day when I was little

The only thing I ever caught at Mather's bridge was a basket of grouper fingers and a cold beer at the restaurant of the same name. Funny thing, that was 20 years ago and just yesterday I was thinking about that grouper basket.

AdamJoshua · 12-16-2015, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tio Gato

The only thing I ever caught at Mather's bridge was a basket of grouper fingers and a cold beer at the restaurant of the same name. Funny thing, that was 20 years ago and just yesterday I was thinking about that grouper basket.

That's a riot, I grew in Satellite Beach, did a lot of in the woods partying on Merritt Island and a **** ton of fishing off Mather's and yup I remember the restaurant well.

That's awesome

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AdamJoshua Article 4 Free Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2013 First Name: The Other Adam Location: Satellite Beach Posts: 14,787 Trading: (40)	Re: The Official "Fishing Stories" Thread. Growing up in Satellite Beach Florida, an island on the ocean side, separated from the mainland by the Indian / Banana River, we used to go fishing and even shrimping off Mather's Bridge (a crappy little rickety bridge over a narrow stretch of the river), so one day when I was little I was fishing with my sister and while she was going to bait the hook her pole fell so that it was laying on the walkway with the hook about 2 inches in the water, she went to grab it and when she lifted it up there was a huge (I was like 5 years old so it was huge to me) crab holding on to the line and refused to let go no matter how she shook it. Finally she dropped the line back in the water trying to get the crab to leg go which it did, when she pulled up the line not more than 30 seconds later there was a 5lb catfish on the hook. Weirdest damn chain of events ever. I just reminded her about that the other day, always fun to have those random memories to share with a sibling!