the big shrimp

by Douglas
(Bloomfield, nj usa)

Big... something like this one

It was the end of the day and we were running out of bait. I found a shrimp that was at least 4 in. We caught it but it seemed smaller than it looked. My friend lost the bait to a pin fish. We checked the bait again and saw the one that I saw. It took the captain 3 minutes to catch it. I casted my hook but I kept on reeling it back in. Every time I reeled the line back in one part of the shrimp dissapeared, first the head, then half. I cast what would be the weirdest thing ever. The bobber went under. I reeled and reeled. I thought it got away with the bait and that it was over. I started to reel in the line. All of the sudden something zoomed near my hook and got a grip. It wasn’t over yet. It grabbed the shrimp and ran. At least I caught a spotted trout. The end