"Bycatch"

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We have all snagged someone's lost line but here's my story. A friend of mine and I were fishing lake Granby in Co when about 9 pm we decided to head back to the docks. Just as I started to reel in I got a vicious hit. Fish on I called, me too he yelled. Because of 8 pd. line the fight lated past dark. The fight was by feel and tug. Lost mine andrew called. Then thunk. Could not reel any more but it was still on. Andrew turned his phone lite and I could see my white tube jammed in the tip of my pole but a line still running around in the water. AND there was Andrews jig next to mine. Still a line tugging with a huge fish. I grabbed a water bottle and started to reel in that bigger in. The snagged line was about 35# test . We pulled and wrapped probably 60 ft. of line,could see the fish at 20 ft on th graf , then a snap that sounded like a 22 shot in the dark and we both fell backwards. That fish must have been in the fifty pound range and is still swimming. I had snagged the swivel the previous fishermen had put on upside down with my tube jig and Andrews line ha wrapped around the jig and swivel and literally tied it shut. I still have the water bottle with the line on it, AND alot of memories and a little bit of heart break. Oh, and by the time I got home my wife had called the search and rescue because we were so late. My bad.
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