Big Fish

Its not uncommon in the South to see people everywhere and anywhere fishing for the day's catch.  This used to surprise me, as I thought you always "went" fishing to the mountains or to an out of the way lake. But, it quickly became an everyday sight. In the coastal Carolina's it was for crab. Inland and in Florida, Georgia and Alabama it was more for catfish, bass etc. Yep, thats right. Anywhere. Even offside the road! What do you mean eeww?  Two of our most memorable meals were caught this way. One was of crab, caught with a piece of chicken on a string out of a South Carolina marsh, thrown into a pot with some corn on the cob and sausage and boiled with some seasoning. Another, a catfish fry in the backyard of a Florida apt. complex! Well, we've noticed the same here as well. We see avid outdoors-men fishing in almost every puddle of water they can get a line into. Ever wonder if they have any luck? This young man did, just as we were taking pictures of all the "Graffiti Art" down along the Arkansas River.

The type of fish this is escapes me at this writing. I thought it was a trout, but Michael corrected me. Maybe he will comment on this post with the correct name again, hint hint!

Michael, as he introduced himself to us, had been having great luck the few days he had been out on the river. Though, right after we snapped this picture for proof of a big fish tale, Michael explained he fishes just for the sport of it, and let this beauty swim off unharmed. Aww! How nice!  Though we admit, we couldn't help thinking of smoked trout the way Uncle Ronnie used to make it under the campfire on camping trips from our youth!