‘Jeeesuus!’ Chris whispered. ‘The smallest one must be 8 pounds!’ ‘What about that big bugger?’ breathed Andrew.
‘I was going to say 20. It’s bloody enormous, whatever weight it is.’
‘It won’t be easy, will it?’
‘We’ll have to choose the right time and then stalk it.’
Andrew looked around him at the landmarks. There weren’t many to go on, apart from the fencing that kept the cows out of the river. There was a stile that they should be able to find in the dark, and they could pace it out from there to where the fish were lying, so they would know roug
Colin had dropped the rod and was leaning on the boat, muscles screaming with exhaustion but with an unbelievable feeling of achievement in his head. Adrenalin was coursing round his veins faster than he had never experienced before, and he couldn’t speak for the moment. He was just staring down at the monstrous tarpon in front of him.
Peter held the end of the tape against the fish’s tail, while Steve measured up the lateral line to its snout.
‘Exactly 9 feet,’ he called out, then measured the girth and did a mental calculation. ‘I reckon she goes about 1
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