FISH SUPPERS

[Guest LEARNER]

I READ THE DIFFERENT POSTS, ON FISHING OUTINGS, AND HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED, FOR THE BETTER ,I MAY ADD, I REMEMBER AS A KID , MY FATHER AND I WOULD FISH THE LOCAL LAKE, WELL TO BE HONEST AT THE TIME MY DAD ,WAS THE FISHERMAN, I WAS MAINLY TIDLER SNATCHING, BUT WHAT HAS GOT ME REALLY THINKING, WAS THE FISH WE TOOK HOME TO EAT , ROACH, PERCH, PIKE, I CANNOT BELIEVE I ATE , AND I SUPPOSE ACTUALY LIKE EATING THEM, I CAN REMEMBER THAT THE PERCH WAS MY FAVOURITE, THIS WAS AFTER THE WAR, AND LOTS OFF PEOPLE USE TO TAKE FISH HOME, HAS I GOT OLDER ,I PROGRESS TO TROUT, NOT LAWFULLY, BUT I GUESS BY THEN I WAS THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY, I REMEMBER CATCHING MY FIRST TROUT, AND BOY DID IT TASTE GOOD, I ONCE CAUGHT A GOOD SIZE CHUB ,AND TOOK THAT HOME ,BUT IT WAS CRAP, I REMEMBER FOUL HOOKING A PIKE , MY MATE AND I WALKED TO THE FISH MARKET WITH IT ,IT HUNG OVER MY MATES SHOULDER , PEOPLE WHO WE PASSED ,WERE REMARKING WHAT A GOOD FISH IT WAS ,I WOULD NOT LIKE TO TRY IT TODAY, IT TOOK THE SCALES AT JUST OVER 17LB, I KNOW TODAY THATS A TIDDLER TO MOST ANGLERS ,BUT TO 2 KIDS OFF 12 ,IT WAS MASSIVE, THE FISHMONGER PAID US ,AND WHEN I GOT TO MY MATES HOUSE ,HIS DAD SAID , THE FISHMONGER ,WOULD CUT IT INTO STEAKS, AND SELL IT HAS COD, TO THE WEST INDIANS ,THAT WERE COMING INTO MY TOWN, TO LIVE, I REMEMBER WHEN THE POLES, STARTED TO FISH THE LAKE ,AND THEY WIPED THE BREAM POPULATION OUT, MY DAD SAID THEY LOVED FRESHWATER FISH, I THINK THEY WERE BANNED IN THE END, I PROGRESSED TO CATCHING DUCKS ON THE ROD, BUT THATS A DIFFERENT STORY, I JUST WONDER IF ANYONE ELSE HAVE TRIED FRESHWATER FISH ,TODAY I WOULD NOT EVEN THINK OFF EATING EM ,BUT THEN PERHAPS I WAS MADE OR MOULDED INTO MUCH STERNER STUFF, THE TIMES AND ALL THAT.