Okay, everyone else was a bit perplexed Tuesday when Bob Ray, who grew up in Louisiana, took his turn to describe the first fish he remembers catching: a bunch of "gaspergou." Club President Karol Stroschein should have known what that was, ferchristsakes, being a Bayou girl herself, but didn't utter a word.
Neither did Club Treasurer Barbra Ding, but she looked the thing up on the Internet when she got home. Turns out the fish can be found just about everywhere in the continental United States including Colorado, and I recall Norm Engelbrecht talking about catching one a few seasons ago. But he and the rest of the club should recognize that fat white fish as the "freshwater drum."
I've landed a few over the years, but never tried to eat one. Apparently Young Bob's family and most Louisianans considered them a delicacy.
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