Workaday Armor

[Rick]

Originally Posted by kronckew

you CAN catch them on a hook. i caught one fishing for bass on the lake behind our house on long island once as a teen. it's outlet was only a hundred yards or so from the great south bay. about as fat around as my wrist. nasty slimey thing wrapped itself around my line then in a ball, was rather difficult to get the hook out. granma happened to be watching and cam e out and claimed it before i could throw it back. she thumped it once and it departed for other realms. musta weighed 5 pounds. she gutted it and cut it into about 2 inch sections and fried it. tried to get me to eat some, i ran. she jellied it and ate the whole thing over a couple days. she took great glee in sucking on the head in front of me with gusto. she was originally austo-hungarian from galetia. now part of poland.

Hey, I got a bite!
And you reel in a living bowline knot..