Mike Rutahad a father-son moment for a really Good Friday.
The Downers Grove man coho fished by the Adler Planetarium with sons Ethan, 8, and
Lincoln, 6, with half a night crawler on a No. 6 Eagle Claw hook 4 feet under a slip-bobber.
“I told [Ethan] we needed to look for birds diving underwater,” Ruta emailed.
“We found some in an area just slightly sheltered by the wind. Within five minutes, I
heard, `Got one!. I was stunned to see him pull a thrashing coho to shore after a
short fight.”
Now, the heart.
“We created a memory that I will remember forever,” Ruta emailed. “Hopefully,
Ethan will too. His first coho ended up on the dinner plate for Good Friday.”
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