Spent some time watching this guy fish and we both got lucky! He did come up with a mouthful of fish and stick. He wasn't letting go of the fish and the stick wasn't coming out. He solved the problem by walking to the back of the pond where he could get the stick caught in the weeds. It all worked and then I watched him take another fish. I was surprised that he came so close to me as I was about 60 feet from him.

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