This is an addendum to the Bitter Lake submission. It's a hard luck fish story for sure. I'm adding it to the Snohomish River since that's where I catch the majority of my fish.

A lot of you that read my posts know how much I love to fish and how much I go when the season is cranking. I caught a good share of pinks and a couple of coho as well as trout and triploids.

I have a 64 foot chest freezer and it's stored at my next door neighbor's garage (we share a driveway) since it's too big a freezer for my carport. The deal is he stores the freezer, pays the electricity (about $40/year) and gets half the freezer for his own use and can take salmon whenever he wants.

Anyhow - I had about 80 pounds of salmon along with frozen turkey, ham, hamburger, sausage...etc. My neighbor's son just turned 18 and graduated in June. He's kind of going down a 'lost path' not sure what he wants to do, not working, wearing his pants down around his knees and smoking cigarettes...basically turning into a hoodlum while his single dad is working 2 jobs. He had a party late on Wednesday the 28th of October and unplugged the freezer to plug in his iphone or something. Needless to say, you can all guess where this story is going - the freezer didn't get plugged back in and I found everything thawed on Monday when I went to put my cleaned fish from Bitter Lake in the freezer. I lost my entire stock of salmon as well as my other meats. About $1500 worth!

I made the boy help me clean the mess, take it all to the dump and pay for the dump run. He seemed sincerely sorry but sorry only goes so far when you have a catastrophe like this!

If anybody out feels like they want to donate a pink or coho fillet - that would be awesome as I have nothing now for holiday gifts! :(

jonb

11/10/2015 3:27:00 PM

Ill happily give you some filets. Pinks and coho.

Seattle Pat

11/10/2015 8:56:00 PM

If I can give a vote for the Good Samaritan of the Month, it would go to JonB! Dudeman just kicked down about 15 fillets of pink, coho and steelhead!

snatchinglips

11/10/2015 10:27:00 PM

First I would give that kid a beat down, when he ask what it was for. Your reply should be first for being selfish and secondly for wasting a good life. Well I have a few pieces of smoke fish if the works for you. I see they opened the humtilips river, once it comes back into fishing shape, maybe we can make a trip there to help you put some fish back in your freezer. Also keep a watch for the cowlitz maybe they will up the daily limit then we can take my sled there. I am trying to fish the potholes for walleye before it gets too cold and if I do I will save you some filets.

jonb

11/11/2015 1:19:00 AM

Youd give me a beat down? Thats interesting.. and selfish too also interesting. I think my actions speak louder than yoyr words or idle threats.

jonb

11/11/2015 1:22:00 AM

And what life have I wasted? Had no idea you felt that way dude... its super wierd that your calling me selfish because I also gave you some of my fish before. Off your meds?

jonb

11/11/2015 1:23:00 AM

Nevermind sorry kevon I thought you were talking about me, now I realized your talking about the kid who ruined pats fish. Please accept my humble appology.

jonb

11/11/2015 4:35:00 AM

Insomnia can be quite taxing.. I really should avoid commenting when I havnt had enough sleep to comprehend fully what im commenting about.

Seattle Pat

11/11/2015 5:07:00 AM

ha ha - wtf are you doing up in the middle of the night!? I only get up this early to go fishing!

snatchinglips

11/11/2015 11:13:00 AM

Seattle Pat I believe Jonb was sleep walking and picking fights. Jonb apology accepted.

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