The Ice Fisherman

Clifford Comstock
Grade 10
Roseau Community School

On the lake the water is all frozen

All the birds have gone south for the winter

It is the first Saturday of Christmas vacation

There is about 10 inches of ice on the lake

It is about 40 degrees below zero

As I sit the only man on the lake

The wind is blowing harder than ever

I think to myself the time must be right

So I wiggle my line in hope of a bite

What is this? I feel a tug tug on the line

So I pull up the rod it is fighting like a monster

So I pull with all my might

At the last couple of feet of line and I see the fish

By God it is the size of a whale

He wouldn't even fit in the pail.

This is the truth not a tale.