Making The Big Haul

Tim Adams’ cell phone rings, then goes to voicemail.

It’s understandable he didn’t answer – he was up to his chest in ice-cold water surrounded by 200,000 pounds of fish.

But before a voicemail can be completed, Adams is calling back this strange number.

“Yeah, seining right now,” he tells the caller. “Five below zero, standing in a pair of waders, eight guys and one lady stacking net. A couple hundred thousand pounds of fish in the net.”

After talking for a few moments, he asks if the caller can get back with him later that night. “We’re going to murder them. Lots of them.”

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