• Twas the day before Christmas and at Smithville Lake

    With Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore

    'Twas the day before Christmas
    And at Smithville Lake
    Not a motor was running
    The whole place was "No Wake"

    The floodgates were open
    The spillway was churnin'
    Reducing my odds
    If there's truth to my learnin'

    Nonetheless I proceeded
    With jig, black and pink
    Then tipped with a minnow
    And dropped in the drink

    I back-reeled to the bottom
    Where I felt the bait stop
    Then slow-rolled it up
    Till I felt the rod POP!

    "Oh my gosh! It's a big'un!!"
    Looking 'round me with fret
    But no one was there
    To hear my "GET THE NET!!

    "Oh man, I can't wait
    To inform all the fellas!
    When they see this fish
    They'll be all sorts of jealous!

    "Hey Keefer! got crappie!
    Clownfish and jackb!
    Hey beagle and Hogster
    and Jigging15!

    "Call up Alex and dfar,
    long poler (and Wyatt!)
    They all gotta see this
    Or they'll never buy it!

    "Send a picture to Slab!
    Send a PM to Speck!
    Tell JR & Debbie
    And vic n, what the heck!

    "And let's not forget
    Good ol' se'nfiftynine
    (But how to include him?!
    His name takes a whole line!!)"

    I thought of Blue Skeeter
    Gave a nod to the sky
    "I wish he could see this.
    Sure miss that big guy."

    Then with one last gargantuan
    Jerk of the rod
    The fish broke the surface
    And I gave a nod

    "I should've known better!"
    I spat, "For Pete's sake!"
    After all, you'll remember
    This *IS* Smithville Lake!

    So like all good things
    Here my fishing tale ends
    Merry Christmas to all
    Of my C.C friends!



    This article was originally published in forum thread: With Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore started by Joedog View original post
    Comments 6 Comments
    1. scrat's Avatar
      scrat -
      Nice. Thanks for sharing.
    1. RetiredRR's Avatar
      RetiredRR -
      What a monster. If you sing, you've got a good song.
    1. Billbob's Avatar
      Billbob -
      good1
    1. "G"'s Avatar
      "G" -
      ha ha ha
    1. "D"'s Avatar
      "D" -
      Good !! Nice fish. lol
    1. brucec's Avatar
      brucec -
      Very good!!
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