Jinx
Nice day at the beach, but few fish. We (my daughter in law and me) caught two small whiting and she caught a big catfish. My son and I tossed the whiting out as live bait. I pulled mine in after a bit to see how it was doing. Something had hit it hard and ripped the throat out. I tossed it back out as dead bait. Then I made the fateful comment, “Jim, we’ve never hooked a stingray off the beach have we?” Boom the rod doubled over.
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