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THE WEENIE MAN

                                                   

 

 

 

I HAVE ALWAYS FISHED WITH WEENIES FOR BAIT ON MY LIMB LINES IN CADDO LAKE AND I CAUGHT CATFISH BY THE 5 GALLON BUCKETS FULL.  IN FACT ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS FISHING OUT OF TUCKER’S CAMP I WAS CATCHING SO MANY FISH I MADE A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN NAMED WAYNE FREEMAN MAD.  HE SAID I WAS CATCHING ALL THE CATFISH IN THE AREA AND HE COULDN’T CATCH ENOUGH FISH TO PAY FOR HIS BAIT AND HIS GAS FOR HIS MOTOR.  MUCH LESS HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY PROFIT.  BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

 

I TRIED TO GET HIM TO USE WEENIES BUT HE SAID HE HAD USED “CATFISH CHARLIE” EVER SINCE HE HAD BEEN COMMERCIAL FISHING AND HE WASN’T ABOUT TO CHANGE NOW.  I WOULD STAY AT TUCKER’S CAMP FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY AND BRING IN CATFISH BY THE BUCKET LOADS.  ANYONE SEEING ME WITH ALL THOSE FISH WOULD ASK ME WHAT I USED FOR BAIT.  I ALWAYS TOLD THEM, AND MOST OF THEM STARTED USING WEENIES.  AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF THIS, HALF OF THE CATFISH FISHERMEN ON CADDO LAKE WERE USING WEENIES.

 

ONE MORNING WHEN MY FRIEND DON AND I WERE RUNNING MY LINES WE WENT ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE NORTH SHORE WHERE I HAD PUT SOME LINES FOR THE FIRST TIME.  AS WE APPROACHED MY LINES WE SAW ANOTHER BOAT SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE TREES WHERE OUR LINES WERE.  WE DIDN’T KNOW IF THEY WERE RUNNING OUR LINES OR WHAT.  THE WATER WAS REAL CLEAR AND WE HAD SET THE BAIT ONLY ABOUT 6 INCHES UNDER THE SURFACE.  YOU COULD SEE THE WEENIE ON THE HOOK OR SEE THE BAIT WAS GONE WITHOUT PICKING UP THE LINE.  YOU COULD ALSO SEE IF THERE WAS A FISH ON THE LINE. 

 

AS WE APPROACHED THE OTHER BOAT WE STOPPED TO TALK.  “ARE YOU CATCHING ANY FISH?” WE ASKED.  “AH, NO WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THESE LINES.”  “MY NAME’S MOORE” I SAID AS I HELD OUT MY HAND.  HE SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID HE LIVED ON THE NORTH SHORE ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM WHERE WE WERE SITTING.  HE DIDN’T KNOW WHOSE LINES THESE WERE.  THEY WEREN’T HERE TWO DAYS AGO.  I TOLD HIM, THEY WERE MY LINES.  I FISH OUT OF TUCKER’S CAMP AND THIS TIME I WANTED TO PUT SOME LINES OVER HERE.

 

HE GOT A REAL HARD FROWN ON HIS FACE AND LOOKED AT THE LINE HUNG ON THE LIMB I WAS HOLDING TO.  HE LOOKED AT THE BAIT AND LOOKED AT ME.  HE SAID, “TUCKER’S” HALF UNDER HIS BREATH,.  THEN HE SAID, “I KNOW YOU.  YOU’RE THE WEENIE MAN!” 

 

I THOUGHT DON WAS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE BOAT HE WAS LAUGHING SO HARD.  “YEAH,” I SAID WEAKLY.  “I GUESS I AM.” 

 

WE REBAITED OUR LINES WITH WEENIES AND CAUGHT A LOT OF CATFISH ON THAT SET.

 

IT’S NICE TO HAVE A REPUTATION, BUT I’M NOT SURE THIS IS THE REPUTATION I WANT

 

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 2001

 

LOREN

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