Angler reels in fish for a second time after it flops out of his hands and into a storm drain

Angler reels in fish for a second time after it flops out of his hands and into a storm drain

By Jeff Stitt

Source: wesh

10/23/2023

Credit: Jeff Stitt

In Valley City, North Dakota, the phrase "the one that got away" briefly came to life for one fisherman. It happened when the walleye he caught flopped out of his hands and down a storm drain while he was posing for a picture with his catch.

Unwilling to give up his catch, angler Shawn Grim used his rod, reel, and lure with three treble hooks to fish the walleye out of the drain.

And it's no fish tale.

That's because Valley City Police Department traffic cameras caught the whole thing on camera

Walleye

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