Shadow lake Middletown nj

[phil]

that's am amazing pic, one of my favorite memories growing up fishing was with my little bro taking a pool inflatable raft to shadow lake and having such a hard time paddling around we got out and swam with the boat trailing behind.

its also the scene of "THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY", yes, that 1 fish that we have all hooked into that haunts our memories. I was standing on the concrete facing the water with that big metal wheel to my left. the wheel that if you leaned on it just hard enough it would start spinning and you thought you would accidentally drain the whole lake, or fall over into the nasty concrete spillover 30 feet down to a certain death. I was probably like 10 years old dangling a piece of leftover worm, mom was waiting on hubbard in the 84 caravan with hazards blinking, cmon lets go! 1 MORE FISH MOM HOLD ON GOD!!!, typical 10 year old angst. the line was right at my feet, probably in 2 feet of water and BAM im getting spooled. It all happened so fast, I tightened the rear drag on that old shimano as fast as I could and SNAP! looking back now it was either a giant carp or channel cat. I might have actually cried, like a little league kid after a loss, I went back to the car and my mom was like its alright youll get em next time, typical mom answer NO I WONT MOM!......no I wont...

shit, back to work