Dad and the Trophy Fish
January 30th, 2008 by Hugh
OK, here’s the story. I caught this really big bonefish at Christmas Island (Kirimati), had the guide take a picture. I showed it to my friends and they agreed that it was the biggest fish we had ever caught on Christmas Island – 30 ” and maybe 10 lbs.  The biggest fish in some 400 plus man hours of our guys fishing over a decade or more. But days later just before we left, I was by myself and taking some pictures of a fish I caught when then fish wiggled and I dipped the camera in salt water! I immediately took out the flash memory card and put it in my pocket, but the damage had been done, I had lost the picture of my trophy fish. The flash memory was toast! I sent the card to a specialist in So. Carolina and he was unable to get any images off the card. While at Macworld, I ran into DriveSavers and sent the card to them. They opened the card in a cleanroom and were able to save the pictures. Here’s a picture of the big guy. Â
 
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Found this picture of you. Didn’t know you liked to fish. Nice magazine selection, too.
Spent last week with two friends in British Columbia. Fly fished for steelhead around Smithers, B.C. on the Bulkley river (that’s a steelhead I caught after chasing it in the boat – everything was released). Camped in a tent for 6 nights, but we had hot showers and ate every nite in town. Saw a moose on the way up and the foliage colors were amazing. 21 degrees F one morning. I saw northern lights for the first time – kind of like a huge jet stream way up in the atmosphere.
Went fishing a few weeks ago with Brad Fresch. Caught our limit (one fish between 4 ft. and 6 ft.). Fun, we caught lots and let most go. They jump!
I and a few of my friends spent a week on the Deschutes River in E. Oregon fishing and camping. Great fun, but the weather sucked. Rain one nite and 105 degrees two afternoons. While I was off fishing, one of the guys escorted a rattlesnake from under one of our tables to a similar site about 1/2 mile away.