No, not saltwater. But a story none the less. Contrary to most of the posts so far, in this post the story makes the picture, not vice versa.
It was the day before my fifteenth birthday (which is on Oct 29) in 2007 and my dad and I decided to hook up the little boat and go walleye fishing. We had caught a few walleye and a few smallmouth on fun light tackle setups: 6 pound test and light action rods. I thought I had a snag when all of a sudden the snag started moving. Long story short, chasing him with the trolling motor because of the small line capacity, I landed a CARP in a little over 15 minutes. I thought he was a trash fish so I was about to get my dad to help me toss him back in when my dad brought up the idea that he may be a state record. We called mom at home, found out that this fish may, indeed, be a state record and got him weighed at Shaws. Yea, we got some funny looks with a giant cooler in a shopping cart with this huge tail sticking out. Ended up beating the previous NH record by almost 3 pounds. And after all the hoopla was over, we tossed him in the woods behind the house.
Ended up being a great birthday present!
My vote goes to C-Note. Even though they are posing for the picture, in a way it's almost as if they're not. I love how you can tell that it's just a bunch of guys out having a great time catching lots of fish. Picture tells the story.
Anyway, here's a pic of the carp's ugly mug.



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