Fish choking because of plastic bags, turtles and seals getting fatally injured?because of plastic wires and dead dolphins washing ashore have become common news now.
It is a sad reality that we have become almost immune to such human brutality. But when these fishermen caught this fish, it was not stuck in a plastic bag, rather it had a ring tied to its tail. Here is the tale.?
A group of friends Jim Nelligan, Bob Nichols and John Massard were fishing in Lake Michigan when they were surprised by a steelhead trout that Joe Penar caught.?
They caught the fish during a tournament that was taking place on Lake Michigan a few days ago. The fish had, what was later identified as a wedding ring tied to its tail.?
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Jim Nelligan
¡°So, we caught this steelhead today. Someone attached their wedding ring, which reportedly had?a single diamond, to this fish and we caught it. Wonder if it was a divorce or death, but a crazy story,¡¯¡¯ Chicago Sun Times quoted Nelligan as saying.?
The friends noticed that the ring had SDH Steel inscription on it. Reportedly, they initially thought that it was sort sort of a tracking device. It is not uncommon for fisheries biologists to attach tags to some fish to track their movements for research purposes.?
Nelligan reportedly said, ¡°When we first saw it we wondered if it was some kind of DNR tag initially, but then we saw it was a wedding ring.¡±
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They did not know who could possibly tie a wedding ring to a fish and let it float back in the lake. The bizarre finding remained a mystery for a couple of days until, reportedly the owner of the ring reached out to the Chicago Sun Times publication to put a rest to the mystery.?
The owner of the ring apparently is Captain Jason Rose, who informed that he used a plastic zip to attach his wedding ring to a steelhead trout that he had caught on May 4 and released it back again. According to CST he and his wife had been more for almost a decade when they decided to get separated.?
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¡°I am a fishing guide,¡± Rose informed CST,? ¡°she was always against me following my dreams and hated how much I fished.¡± He continued, ¡°Four years went by since our divorce. I felt I needed to get rid of that ring but I didn¡¯t want to just toss it to the bottom, pawn it or any of that kind of thing. So I released it the best way I know how.¡±
He further said ¡°I am convinced that ring is cursed. My life has been nothing less than great since I released it.¡±
What do you think? Can something like a ring actually be cursed??
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