THIS IS AUTHENTIC STORYTELLING TIME
WITH JOSH HARRIS.
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WHEN I WAS A KID, MY VERY FIRST YEAR OF FISHING,
MY ONLY JOB WAS TO THROW FISH INTO A GIANT HOLE.
THAT WAS IT.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE 10 YEARS OLD
AND YOU'RE WEIGHING IN AT 80 POUNDS,
TRYING TO GRAB A FISH AND THROW IT IN A HOLE,
KIND OF DIFFICULT.
WELL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I SEE MY FIRST BIG KING SALMON.
IT WAS DAMN NEAR THE LENGTH OF ME.
THIS FISH WEIGHS MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT I WEIGH.
AND THIS THING COMES OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT,
IT FLOPS ONTO THE DECK,
IT'S HITTING ME IN THE ANKLES AND STREET-SWEEPING ME.
MY DAD'S YELLING AT ME, AND I'M TRYING TO PROVE I'M THE MAN,
AND PRETTY SOON, WE'RE ROLLING AROUND ON THE BACK DECK,
AND THIS FISH IS KICKING THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF ME.
IT'S FLOPPING EVERYWHERE,
SLAPPING ME IN THE FACE WITH ITS TAIL.
AND MY DAD'S LOOKING AT ME, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT JUST FLOPS ME RIGHT INTO THE OL' [WHISTLES]
[ MAN GROANS ]
FINALLY, I END UP GETTING THIS FISH BY ITS GILLS,
AND I USED ALL MY MIGHT --
AND I THINK I POOPED MY PANTS A LITTLE BIT --
IN THROWING THIS FISH INTO THE HOLD,
AND IT WAS VICTORY FOR MYSELF. [ BELL DINGS ]
MY DAD THOUGHT I TOOK TOO LONG.
IT WAS ONE OF THE ROUGHEST MOMENTS OUT IN THE BERING SEA.