It had to be Nessie. I heard a few weeks back she jumped out of the lake, over the mountains, and into the salt. Kind of Free Willy style. That's my guess.
Seriously, my brother told me the same story about 10 years ago fishing off Possession. He said he fought this thing for about 1.5 hours before deciding just to break it off.
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