We've all heard the fish stories and responded with a..."yah right !" But, here's a true story about a "two-fer" that became a "three-fer". Nearly everyone has a story about catching a fish that was 'taken' by another fish as it was being reeled in. A couple of years ago a group of fishermen out of Nelson's Resort at Crane Lake were fishing for walleye. One man hooked a nice one and as he was bringing it to the boat it was latched on to by an aggressive northern. Quick netting captured both the fish. As the catch was being untangled from the net the fishermen discovered a piece of broken line wrapped around one of the fish. As they pulled in the line they found it was attached to a reel...and on the other end of the line was a hook with a crappie still trying to wriggle to freedom. Now, that's a "three-fer".

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