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<p>By Captain Larry Jarboe<br />THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY</p>



<p> Carl Stewart was one of my favorite fishing buddies who has moved on to that great fishing hole in the sky. He was also my father-in-law. I thought his daughter also harbored the same passion for fishing, but it only lasted until we got married. That is another story.</p>



<p> Sometime in the mid-80s, Carl drove from Springfield, Ohio, to our home in Patuxent Knolls for a visit and vacation. It was early spring, about this time of year. I had just launched my 25&#8242; KenCraft, which I kept at the community dock in Golden Beach.</p>



<p> We decided to run up the river on Easter Sunday, as most everybody should be in church. We would have the whole <strong>Chalk Point power plant canal</strong> for our own private use.</p>



<p> The day before, we had gone to Paulie Thompson&#8217;s fish house to pick up some herring for bait. There were no herring left. I noticed that high up in the fish case were three black mullet. I had never seen a fresh black mullet in Maryland, but I knew the fish-catching potential of these oily bait fish. So, I was happy to purchase all three mullets.</p>



<p> Upon arriving home, I cut the mullet into bait strips, put the strips in a quart jar, poured menhaden oil inside, and placed the capped mix in the fridge.</p>



<p> On Easter morning, Carl and I took our rods, cooler, and chilled congealed stink bait to the boat and headed upriver. When we got to the discharge channel of the power plant, at least a dozen other boats had also figured out the same strategy.</p>



<p> ; ; Humbly, we eased into the swarm and anchored trying to keep a respecful distance from ;the multitude of fishing neighbors who had also avoided Easter service. ; We baited up four rods with the pungent slick baits and cast out around the boat.</p>



<p> I had an ultra-light rod with a very short handle. It was equipped with a small Gold Penn spinning reel. I asked Carl to carefully place it in the flush-mount rod holder, as it could easily pop out. A few minutes later, the rod flew out of the holder and into the water as the first catfish struck.</p>



<p> Carl felt bad, but I learned a good, albeit expensive, lesson about stubby rod handles. Neither of us had much time to mourn the lost rig as the cats started biting like crazy.</p>



<p> Out of the three rods left, one rod was always occupied with a fish. Most times, we were both cranking in catfish. No one on the other boats had caught a fish, and we were throwing catfish in the cooler by the dozen.</p>



<p> About a half hour into the feeding frenzy, Carl had a fish on amidships in the stern. I had just hooked a channel cat on the port side, and the starboard rod bent over hard. I reached across and set the hook. Now, I had a rod in each hand on either side of the boat and no hand free to crank.</p>



<p> Undaunted, I alternately stuck the handle of each reel in my mouth and cranked a few turns by spinning my head. When both fish had come to the surface beside the boat, I made a sweeping fluid motion with the two rods and dropped both fish simultaneously into the cooler.</p>



<p> One of the nearby skiffs then putt-putted over. The fisherman told us, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been watching you guys catch fish for the past half hour, and none of us have gotten a bite. That last move was the last straw. What are you using for bait?&#8221;</p>



<p> I told him, &#8220;I will tell you, but you will not believe me. We are using cut black mullet soaked in menhaden oil.&#8221;</p>



<p> I might as well have said that we were using pickled squid lips. He looked at me, sniffed the smelly jar, and motored away, shaking his head.</p>



<p> ; ; Sometimes, the truth stinks.</p>



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