Mysterious case of the missing trout
1I was telling a co-worker that I'd caught some fish on the river near our office a couple days ago. My co-worker was surprised and didn't think I could repeat the feat. I was going to let it go, I probably should have, but the river is sooo easily accessible via a bike path..... Anyway, next morning, I grabbed a pole and a couple lures and headed off early. I hooked four fish. Landed three. Released two native rainbows, and kept the fourth, as it was a hatchery fish. I cleaned my prize and set it on a shady rock while I tossed a different bait arrangement into the hole for ten minutes or so. When I went back to retrieve my fish and pack up my gear, it was gone. Stolen. There were no tracks in the wet earth around the rock so the only suspect in the case is an osprey who I'd heard patrolling the river nearby. Cheeky bastard stole my fish. Good thing I took pics for my co-worker. Good thing I brought a lunch too.