tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356810570417598585.post8332773083974606107..comments2024-03-01T07:36:47.558-08:00Comments on Higgins unHinged (www.ralphhiggins.com): My Big Fish StoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356810570417598585.post-69736768487945965242013-11-09T22:26:38.261-08:002013-11-09T22:26:38.261-08:00Regarding swimming in the water where those monste...Regarding swimming in the water where those monster fish live, I used to swim in our little bay and I always wondered what was watching me splash around on the surface. I figured that I had enough "bulk" to discourage one of those monsters, but I guess a fish like that could grab a foot and pull you under. I guess sometimes we play the odds.<br /><br />I think you are confusing a dolphin with a shark. A shark is a fish and good eating. The last fish I caught on that boat I was a small shark. It got tangled in my line and I had to pull it in tail first, which was a long fight. Once on deck, I had to beat it with a club to keep it from biting us. I had no other option, but I sure enjoyed eating the sucker.<br /> <br /><br /> Ralph Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305894333304660639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356810570417598585.post-11102482985704628082013-11-09T16:15:33.299-08:002013-11-09T16:15:33.299-08:00That is a great fish story Ralph. If I had seen th...That is a great fish story Ralph. If I had seen the fish you saw I would never swim in that water. Several years ago my ex-wife and I were in Long Beach, Washington with friends. My buddy and I tested the waters and for the first time in my life the ocean water was warm. That never happens in the northwest. He and I walked about 30 yards out to where the water was up to our necks and we were bobbing up and down with the swells. About 10 yards in front of us something black popped up the water and scared the crap out of us. I turned out to be a seal. But then I got to thinking. The water has never been this warm before it must be the Japanese current. Then I thought perhaps the great white sharks follow this warm current. I immediately expressed my thought to my buddy and we both started freaking out with the idea. We had been bobbing up and down like bait. We instantly turned and headed back to the beach as fast as we could. It was like one of those dreams where something is chasing you and you can't run fast but we made it alive. About a year or so later I was in a restaurant at the coast and and I saw a photo on the wall of a giant great white hanging by it's tail from a crane with a guy standing by it and he looked like a midget next to the shark. Just below the photo was written, "This giant Great White was caught off the coast of Long Beach, Washington." I know a shark is not a fish but that is my best kinda fish story.<br />Your ole pal,<br />Jim LoarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com