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Page 18 THE HERALD Wednesday June IMS Getting taken hook line sinker and earring Nope I answered hour of 3 am John Minns and I our craft when suddenly Reed pen before and It wasnt bottom Im sure it had met him outside his had a Die strike by Lett The transformation Reed sat back forlornly on the rear seat of the 14foot aluminum boat He slouched forward a bit and sighed as the smooth Mercury motor hummed ever so softly creating a quiet bubbling on the calm surface of Stony Lake For a few minutes Reed was silent He staged ahead sadly I didnt say a thing because there was simply nothing to say Finally Reed sighed again and quietly muttered a few choice Ive never seen anything ever like that like that has ever happened not to me not to anybody I bet Reed salt with an air of resignation Nope I answered it wasnt bottom Im sure it wasnt bottom It pulled and pulled and pulled again You saw it right Yep I nodded in agreement Man the was enormous Reed continued still somewhat in a daze That must have been a huge fish The transformation was com plete indeed Thats never ever happened before repeated Reed now bare ly whispering still shaking his head His eyes appeared strangely sunken like two bright little coals embedded in a reddened sunburn ed face a lean face framed with long blonde wavy lacks almost shoulder length and in the left ear that earring that had borne the brunt of so many of our bad jokes Yeah sure you devoted readers all three of you remember Reed Burton right Hes the funloving trouble shooting modern day Daniel Boone who adopted that new look that shocking earring about a year ago Well he had been his usual self about hours earlier when at the unholy Noonan sparks homers A win for TEams II III and IV started off last Monday nights ac tion for the Georgetown Baseball Association Squirt League Team VvtU Jason Hayes and Matthew Jones each handled a good ball catch for Team V Other great catching was by Jason Campbell on first and an excellent throw by Justin Hunt was a game highlight Batting for Team II Kris slammed two and Jason Higgins one Team mates Mike Paul Dimarco and Matthew each hit a triple and Erin Snook a double Team III vs Ryan Gledhill hit a double for Team VII Mike Krause gloved a great fly ball catch at first base and Marjorie Murphy made an outstanding stop on second of a hard hit bail Team His homers were by Ben Swanson Nathan Martin and Chad GenunD Triples were batted by Howell and Jeff Curran and doubles by Jason Estevan and Scott Ellis Glen Wood added two On the infield fly ball cat ches were handled well by Ben Swanson Scott Ellis Howell and Brad Jeff Melnan made two fine fielding plays Team VI vg IV On the Armories diamond for Team VI Andrew Nellssen batted a with Angela Jackman and Travis Dares each hitting doubles Travis Dares and Adam Stoyles each added two for the team Kevin Becker made a good throw to Andrew Nelisseh on first for an out And Erin Hay made some good catches on se cond For Team IV Dylan Lee hit a homerun and a triple with Brian Studdard two hitting a homer also Doubles were batted by Brian two Ed die Alcorn three RBIs and Richard three Extra were by Tasha Brad ford 2 and Jamie Brent McClung gloved three fly ball catches with Tasha Bradford and Brian Normore each catching one Brent McClung showed an outstanding play at first base Wednesday night Teams VI vs V and IV vs III were rained out but on the Armories diamond Team II gained their second win of the week by defeating Team I Batting for Team I Shawn Weatherall and Jesse Viens each hit a triple and Sean two singles Matthew Walker made an outstanding solid play on first base For Team Andre Garneau batted a double and Erin Snook a triple On the field Matthew Hotham and Erin Snook made some good catchf or the win FINANCING OAC PULSAR STANZA Pickup Trucks COME ON DOWN TO MILTON re Ill on NORTH END NISSAN fiin MARTIN ST MILTON 3 NISSAN J had met him outside Mississauga apartment building lookin cute as ever Reed I had said tongue-in- cheek referring irreverently to the little jewellery adorning the left ear Style man style Reed had answered without missing a beat Even my wife and little guy like it now Sure Okay said but if youre drivin Im sittm in the backseat Yeah yeah I know that Id sworn never to fish with Reed again as long as he wore that earr ing but well lets just say hes on probation The three of us had arrived at Stony Lake at the crack of dawn we packed up the boat and headed toward a rapid water inflow at Burleigh Falls Reed tied on a huge bucktail spinnerbait It was obvious he wasnt after walleye or perch The transformation had begun Big lure big fish John said quietly with a shrug from his mid dle seat in the somewhat cramped craft Reed cast the gigantic contrap tion towards the edge of the fast- water flow just where the rapids met the deep calm edge of a pool The lure had barely entered the water when Mr Muskie came a callin and after a few long minuted Reed bad land ed his first bonafide keepersize lunge John skillfully handled the fish removed the hooks and placed the muskie gently back into the water My first regulationsize muskie caught in season and safely released Reed said proud ly Yes and with that magical twinkle in his eye the transforma tion was well under way Muskie madness we call it The rest of the day was quietly devoted to walleye and to Johns plans for his gourmet shore lunch As John prepared our repast Reed and I opted to take one more troll in pursuit of Mr Muskie Mr and Mrs Big Muskie and thats when it happened We were trolling big dancing plugs over a promising weed bed about feet down The bright sunlight created a glistening water surface tall cabbage weed pass ed hypnotically serenely under our craft when suddenly had a big strike Wham Muskie dont hit like normal regular fish Wham Wham Reed quickly shoved the Merc motor into neutral Wham Its running Len Need more dragOhnoNo Not The force of the strike ripped the reej off its mounting It had pro bably been loosened by that first muskie The unbelievably unyielding line pulled the reel to the first rod guide the line finally snapped and the reel went sail ing in a fine arc into the crystalline water all in the flash of a couple of seconds Reed was left holding a barren broken pole no reel no lure no line bucks down the drain faster than you can flush- a toilet and no Ive never seen that hap pen before and no it wasnt bot tom 1 was trolling a lure just as deeply as Reed and I hadnt had a touch Besides bottom doesnt run with your plug not like that anyway Nope that was a fish a big And you know I felt sorry for Reed as he sat there eyes burning vowing revenge pledging to return to get the beast The transformation was com plete He didnt know it but all the signs were there He had developed Muskie Madness bad case too Ive had it for over years Oh hell be all right on most days at home at work youd hardly notice a few crazy stories maybe a strange twinkle in the eye- But get Reed back on the 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