Ice Fishing Mistake

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This mistake has haunted me for my entire life, and it will continue to haunt me in the future. Every time I get a big fish on my ice fishing pole, he snaps the line because of the drag not being set correctly, and he gets away. He’s so rare to find on the end of your pole, although i’ve had so many chances. One day though, that big fish will find himself on top of the ice.
Every time I go ice fishing, I hope for the fish that I have lost so many times. This all elusive fish that bites so few times, will haunt me in my sleep the day before I go fishing. Before I get to the lake, I will think about catching the monster fish. It doesn’t bite every time I go fishing. It may bite once every 10-15 times I go out. But it is him that gets me up every

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