The Big Catch

Patrick Watson                                                                        sep 24th, 2016

The Big Catch

Out in the evening trolling buckshot lake

fishing for a pickerel all yummy juicy

Going slow down the lake

So I don't make a wake

And scare away all the fishy’s

Pickerel’s the goal

But all I’ve been doing is harassing these bass

Although that’s fun I really hope the pickerel will bite

It’s getting really late

They’ve got to bite

I’m sure they will it’s bite

it’s got to be fate

I feel a few nibbles

Then a big chomp

I sought

I fought

I caught

My poem relates to one of Gord Downie's poem styles because this is a true story. For the record this walleye meets the ontario guidelines for sector 17 stating that the slot size limit for keeping and eating is 35-55cm. This particular walleye was 50cm