How about dumb luck

[FisherMike]

I started this trip salmon fishing with a non fishing friend to see if we could land a few. Really all I wanted to do, was get my friend into a salmon or two and catch just one more to fill my smoker.
Every year I get a mess of salmon to smoke up. Then I take them up to the American Legion and give them away to the members. They like the treat every year. Story? OK>

Well we got up the river to my favorite hole and we cast, and we cast and we cast, nothing. We've had a ton of rain and the river was all screwed up so the catching was nill.
I really didn't want to ruin my friends trip and keep him out too long, so we headed back to the launch.
Now I'm just up on plane going threw a spot in the river thats about three feet deep, and I hit something. It was strange,, I'd never hit anything in that stretch before. MY buddy looked at me and later said, "you had a dumb look on your face".
Well he looked back up the river and shouted "YOU HIT A FRICKIN FISH!!" I looked back and sure enough,,, there was a great big tail sticking out of the water.
I turned the boat around to go see how bad I destroyed the thing and it was still trying to swim and not very well at that. I could see that the fish was bleeding out of the head pretty good, so I netted it.
This is what I found.

First prop hit.

This is one heck of a way to show a beginner how to get fish,,,,,,,, but at least I got my smoker filled.
Never even waisted a ounce of meat!!!