Magic Fish part 2

I have been fishing this lake for many years, and had never hooked anything like this before! This fish ran like a Salmon, but none were in here, the largest bass in the lake were about five or six lbs. I once caught a 14 lb bass and it didn't pull this hard. 10, 15, 20, 30 minutes went by and still this fish was out near the middle of the lake. I dare not pull too hard with the 2# test line or it would snap, 45 minutes had come and gone but I had gained about 30 ft of line. By now there was about 25 people following me up and down the shore as I fought this very large fish.

Now I could feel the fish was tiring, he was letting me pull him closer and his runs back towards the center were getting more feeble. That was good because I was getting "feeble arm." A common malady among fishermen who fight a large fish for a long time. Your arm feels like it is going to fall off, and various other parts off your body don't feel much better.

Finally the fish was close enough to net, a big cheer went up from the crowd as I lifted it from the water. My gosh! It was a giant Koi carp and one of the most beautiful fish I had ever seen. These fish are prized by the Japanese, and a large fish like this could be worth a couple thousand dollars. Koi can live up to 80 yrs. and very large ones are considered very lucky by the people who keep them in their backyard pools. I was thinking how can I get it to the pet store nearby, they would surely buy it.

Suddenly my wife was at my side and said " Roy you have to let it go, it was talking to me, it said if I let it go I would be very lucky. I said, " you want me to throw a couple thousand dollars away?" " YES YOU MUST ", she said. Now I seemed to be hearing the same things inside my head, this was very strange, to hear a fish talking to me. Without further ado I removed the hook and slipped the fish back in the water, he swam a few feet and turned a little toward us then sped away. A groan went up from the onlookers and several complained that fish would have fed their families for many days if I had given it to them. I walked away knowing I did the right thing.

On the ride home Virginia said to me, "that fish winked at me before he swam away!" A couple weeks later, we were in a Indian Casino, and Virginia saw a machine with fish symbols on it, "I want to play this one" she said. She put ten dollars in the machine, pulled the handle and got five fish symbols in a row. Bells rang, lights flashed and $2000.00 winner flashed across the screen.

Just coincidence? Yeah RIGHT!!