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Here is a random story: - 7/16/2013 4:15:43 PM

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When my family first moved to Pennsylvania we went on a family canoe trip on the Delaware River. We actually had to cross the river to rent canoes on the New York side of the river. We were a few miles North of Narrowsburg.

After a few miles of nice, calm river we went through the narrows. The narrows is also known as Skinners Falls. My canoe didn't take on water, everyone else .....got a little wet.

Shortly thereafter we pulled off on a small island to:
a) dry off
b) eat some lunch

While we were eating lunch my little brother got his hands dirty.

Well, hey! There is a big river full of running water that you can use to wash off your hands!

So little bro waded into the river to wash his hands.

At this point I should point out that when a bit younger we had spent a couple of years in the South Pacific. The water was crystal clear and you could see the more violent types of fish from a long ways away. The Delaware isn't quite so clear.

So when a fin comes poking out of the surface of the water you don't know what it is. My little brother was washing his hands in the river when a fin broke the surface and was aimed straight at him. In a panic he reached into the canoe next to him and grabbed a paddle.

*WHACK* *SPLASH* *WHACK* *SPLASH*

My little brother managed to club to death a three and a half foot shad* with a CANOE PADDLE! Now that's some impressive fishing.

And you thought being paddled by your dom/domme was harsh.

*That's a type of river fish.

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/16/2013 5:53:19 PM

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Did that shad resemble this fish?

Edit: possibly the most shocking thing I've learned since I joined collarme is that fish like the one in this picture exist.

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/16/2013 7:25:47 PM

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What the flock is that thing?!

"We're gonna need a bigger boat."

SCREW THAT! We're gonna need a bigger armada!

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/16/2013 9:02:44 PM

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Goliath Tigerfish

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/16/2013 9:33:20 PM

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

Goliath Tigerfish

You shouldn't have told him. Naming things takes some of the magic out of them! On the other hand, he'll probably sleep better for it...

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/16/2013 9:35:18 PM

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When I lived in an atoll we had crystal clear water and we also had fish that big. Tiger sharks mostly, a few hammerheads, etc. Thing is you could see those things coming from a mile away.

In that murky river water you couldn't see two feet in front of you.

CHOMP! You're dead. Next time look where you are going.

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/17/2013 2:46:51 AM

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It would have been better if it was a female shad filled with roe. Shad roe is awesome.

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/17/2013 2:28:31 PM

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It actually was a female shad with roe.

That was the confusing part: she still had roe so why was she going batshit crazy on my brother? I make fun of him from time to time, but there is no way he looks like a male shad.

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/17/2013 2:43:14 PM

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I don't know what's scarier: the fish or the look on that guy's face.

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RE: Here is a random story: - 7/17/2013 4:16:46 PM

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ORIGINAL: MasterCaneman

I don't know what's scarier: the fish or the look on that guy's face.

Needles said she saw the fishing program episode when that scary guy caught that scary fish. I would only have been able to peek at it through my fingers. It confirms everything I've been afraid of about rivers.

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