Something crazy on the river

[Rappin Mikey]

I was driving across the bridge over the Conn into South Hadley the other day. When I saw this guy I know fishing for cats. I stopped to shoot the breeze with him and all of a sudden his line starts peeling away. It was screaming. I sat there for an hour (no exageration) watching him fight the fish. This guy had an audience. Cars were stopping, walkers were standing around cheering him on, but I just kept peering over the edge hoping to catch a sneak peek. He could not budge the thing! He was backing up all the way across the bridge to try and gain line on it. He eventually started to try and guide it to the shore, and then it was gone. Just like that. The thing that sucks is that we never even got a glimpse. He was fishing with Pepridge farms Summer Sausage and using 20 lb mono. I'm guessing it was a monstriper. He thought it could have been a Sturgeon (spelling??), what ever it was it was huge!!. Anyway, I ran home and grabbed my rod ant went to the store for Summer Sausage. I spent the rest of the day and well into the night on that bridge. All I came home with though was that story. I know, I never heard of anyone fishing sausage either, I tried some plugs as well, but nothing.