Great story it is always fun to get one up on your fellow fishing friend but paybacks can be hell
This reminds me of a similar story although I was not on this trip I heard it so much from my brother-in-law It feels like I was there in the boat. It is in Canada they are walleye fishing my brother in law Ron and Jimmy are fishing in one boat Ron's best friend is in the other boat with ZEB they are fishing a bottleneck with a pretty good current when Bob hooks a big fish his partner ZEB is not very experience and this big fish is taking Bob everywhere he gets it to the boat and then it makes a run in the current ZEB is holding the boat with the motor in reverse Bob has been fighting the fish for about five minutes seems like an hour. Ron and Jimmy have been watching and they decide to go see if they need help. When he gets there they are screaming to get his net over there as they do not have a net. He passes the net to ZEB holding the boat in place with the motor and the big fish is about ready. Bob tells ZEb when I tell you to I'm ready shift the boat into neutral and come up here and net the fish Ron and Jimmy are watching waiting to see this big fish but staying out of their way. Bob gives the word and ZEB does exactly what he is told he gets there with the net and Ron sees him start laughing and almost falls down with laughter Bob starts cussing and Ron and Jimmy are really confused, Bob had hooked a branch in the middle and with it in the current it would pull away then it would turn and get easy to pull in then turn and take drag all the time Bob was fighting it like a pro. After the three were done laughing and Bob was done cussing they started fishing again and Ron got hung up, he hollers at Bob to come over here and get all the brush out of his way. The cussing starts again. You got to love the memories.