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A fisherman was bass fishing one day at Lake Lamar Bruce. He was pulling in a two pounder when he got a bite from another direction. The boat was jerked violently, and he saw the anchor rope straining as if it would break. A big mouth bass had taken his stone anchor. It was a twenty pound chunk of rock, but that bass with his truly big mouth, swallowed it at one gulp and started pulling the boat all over the lake. The boat went so fast that the water boiled, and the fisherman gathered a bushel of perch which came floating to the surface. The friction was so violent that it melted the paint off the boat. His craft had been decorated with lively colors and now Lake Lamar Bruce is now populated with rainbow trout. Just then the big mouthed bass made a violent leap into the air and the jerk was so tremendous that the stern was yanked off the boat. Tragedy was near, because the fisherman couldn't swim. But the big mouthed bass in falling hit the water so hard that a tidal wave was created which tossed the boat high and dry upon the shore