Michael Jotzat proudly messaged that his 5-year-old son Mikey caught a 5-pound-plus largemouth bass Sunday “during our beloved Bears game” from a local pond in Oswego.
“[He] was floating a large roach and it hit his pole like a freight train,” Mike messaged.
Good thing Mikey fishes better than the Bears play.
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