I strolled onto Big Toho Pier when I noticed Blue sitting on one railing and an Egret sitting on the other. Blue flew off and landed on the ramp, but the Egret stayed and allowed me to take pictures, while I shot the breeze with Great Fisherman of Big Toho Pier.
You see from the pictures above what happened next. I took a total of twenty-seven pictures of the fisherman struggling to reel in the big fish ... it was a really amazing scene for me. Once he saw that it was a Gar he wanted to cut the line, because he says Gar's are not edible - they're monsters with big teeth! Once he finally got him settled on the ramp he reached over and snapped the line and the fish took off.
The man estimated that the Gar weighed about fifteen pounds ... but it looked a lot bigger to me.
Blue was there the whole time, watching from the ramp, hoping for a meal.
