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Youngsters catch trio of big carp

Caught at the new Togo bridge
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Meryk Schnor, 10. and his sister Marlee, eight with a big carp.
TOGO - To say it was a good day for big fish would be an understatement for 10-year-old Meryk Schnor and his sister Marlee, eight, on a recent trio to the new Togo Bridge with their ‘Nana (grandmother), Donna Polowick of Yorkton. 

It was a day where the youngsters from Saskatoon would easily out fish their ‘Nana. 

Marlee was the first to have her line tighten that day (Aug. 12).  

Unable to handle the fight with the fish alone, she screamed for help so her brother ran to assist. He succeeded in bringing in her fish, which opened the eyes of the children rather wide as the fish proved to be a 30-inch, 17-pound carp.  

When questioned about the fish, Marlee agreed it was a fish landed as a team, the fish on her line and her brother having pulled it in.  

Meryk commented he had thought perhaps it was a big pike.  

Sometime later Meryk pulled in his first fish of the day.  

Once again the catch was a memorable one. He had reeled in a 33-inch carp that weighed in at 21-pounds.   

Then much later in the day the fishing children’s patience were rewarded again.  

Meryk’s line was tugged with a force that slightly caused him to be yanked forward. When he began to reel on the line the fight was on. He yelled for someone to “bring the net”. His arms became sore and this fish was putting up a good fight but he didn’t give up. Meryk’s reward for his stamina, a third time that day, this time with a carp measuring thirty-five inches long and weighing 25-pounds.  

All three of the rather large fish were caught on a simple pickerel rig and all three were cheerfully returned to the waters from whence they were taken. 

“We only fish on pickerel rigs and our bait was night crawlers” said their ‘Nana.