Jim Presario
It
is three days past Jack Presario’s birthday and no snow on ground with spring
just around corner. Waiting for
winters fury’s to turn into spring, my blood also warmed
up to fishing for Big Jim. Jim is the name for the biggest fish caught in a friendly
contest among four close friends. The fishing contest ended with the end of summer with
loser’s buying a beer for the winner and this excluded Trout and Salmon. Last
season, Jack Presario caught Jim at night in the
Jacks
morning began sunny and last nights camp fire smoldering smoke rising against
the clear blue sky. Dumping out the coffee that chilled at the bottom of his cup, Jack
made his way in his cabin filled with the aroma of fresh hot coffee to refill
this empty mug. Walking satisfied toward the cabin porch, Jack sat down to sip
on his coffee and feed some cancer cells by lighting up a cigar and also enjoy
looking out at a mountainous horizon.
Mesmerized
by the horizon, Jack took a drag of his cigar followed by a sip of coffee while
thinking about Big Jim. Catching Big Jim here, you had a better chance winning the lottery
but the chance was still real. We have more fun talking about this big fish than
catching it.
While
relaxing and waiting to get out and go fishing, Jack dozed off into a deep
sleep. Then he dreamed he caught the biggest fish the locals ever seen.
He dreamed the catch became
front page news, and among the fishing community, Jack was the best fishermen ever
to pass through these parts. The word of his coming sparked a yearly parade for the best
fisherman ever to pass through. People filled the street with the crowd
chanting, JACK, JACK, JACK! Pure excitement he thought.
His buddy brought Jack back to reality shouting,
Catching
up to his buddy followed by two more friends joining them in the boat, they all
joked about catching Big Jim.
The
four drove half throttle enjoying the view along the river to the waveless
Settling
in the mouth of the river with just a can of bug repellent protecting him from
the night’s furry of bugs, he cast the shores in the cool of the night
making several casts using a jointed silver and black floating Rapala. He decided
to let the lure float before retrieving into action. Doing this the second try
he landed two more fish for dinner. Motoring up to beat the night’s total
darkness and show off this enormous fish he just caught before it reaches the
knife.
The boat is lit up like a Christmas tree as Jack bumped the boat four times on the dock because the darn dock was moving causing him to do a sloppy parking job in the boat slot. After finally tying up, Jack made a mad dash to grab the stringer of fish to show off that big yellow belly Walleye with big meaty cheeks. After all the excitement created over the Walleye, that weighted in at 8.12oz, it went in the fryer to enjoy the fish fry where the fish story truth was told.
Jack never did tell his fishing buddies about his dream.
THE END
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