Borrowed a combo

[Ketchn]

To say the set up was not to my liking would be an understatement, not sure how anyone could even ketch a fish with such a combo . the rod tip been broke off and a tip clued on 1 inch from the second eyelet . 15 foot maybe of braid on the spool and the drag that was either full on and or totally absent , coupled with a super cheap bait caster rod and an EVEN cheaper open faced reel on it !
So when I bent down to try and move a minnow bucket out of a hole I like to drop jigs into as my jig settled into the location I thunk might have a good one , a fish just HAMMERED my jig and the proverbial stinky hit the fan
Now was it ugly you might ask , I would say so far past ugly it aint even funny ! Me and the fish went at it and due to the fact there was no room to get into a fight with a 16 inch agitated crappie on a short lead and TOTALLY dicey equipment , I opted for old school hand to hand combat mode , never mind being all serious angler like and get with the PUT THAT FISH IN YOUR HAND MISTER program .....
This particular big ole fishee got reeled in hand over hand and the bestest part is the braid never did get a chance to cut me finger digits all up in the battle !
I do in fact have a witness and it could get better , the plastic was gone when it hit the deck and the hook bent WAY out , the angle of ketchn mercy was upon my right shoulder though and in the end as it often occurs ....
KABOOM was the word ya"ll
p.s. even though I love to embellish a fishee story or 3 a lil bit , this is pretty much totally factual ....

[SuperDave336]

Very nice crappie you did hand to hand combat with. I salute you with a big KABOOM!

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Very very nice Ketchn, thanks for sharing

[Ketchn]

Very nice crappie you did hand to hand combat with. I salute you with a big KABOOM!

some folks that do video of how to ketch fisheez are pretty popular on them there YouTube channels you know , it is a darn shame that I dont have time for all that kind of thing , that my friend would have been the kitty cats meow in a video for darn sure

[DockShootinJack]

Good fish. Nothing better than victory of a hard won battle

[BobC]

Congrats on a really good story AND a fine looking fish! That combo sounds like it is ready for the dumpster!
Bob

[MCG1]

Sounds like the angel had an angle for the angling angler!

[KMack]

I think you now know why he keeps that combo around... You should be thankful he let you borrow it.

[Ketchn]

I think you now know why he keeps that combo around... You should be thankful he let you borrow it.

i think he keeps them laying around in plain sight all over the place ,due to their total lack of value my friend , just saying .....

[Ketchn]

Sounds like the angel had an angle for the angling angler!

I dont know if it was mentioned in my original tale , but I was on one knee when the strike occurred and had some bit of a time getting back to my feet with the fish on and the etc. etc. all at the same time , not quite as spry as I once was is me ....