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OH, SAY, THAT'S A --

HAND ME THOSE FLIES THERE, WILL YOU, ANDY?

HEY, FLOYD? LOOK HERE.

GREAT FOR ROCKFISH.

OH! GREAT FOR ROCKFISH.

YOU WANT SOME OF THESE NUMBER SIX HOOKS, AND?

I DO, YEAH. WHAT TIME YOU PLAN ON

GETTING OUT TO THE LAKE TOMORROW, ANDY?

WELL, SEASON STARTS AT 6:30.

I'M PUTTING MY HOOK IN THE WATER AT 6:30.

ME, TOO. OUGHT TO BE SOME GOOD FISHING THIS YEAR.

FELLAS THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE SAY THE LAKE'S JUST LOADED

WITH RAINBOW AND BLUEGILL.

YEAH, OLD SAM, TOO.

I DONE THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE YEAR I CATCH HIM.

OH...YOU'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR SEVEN YEARS, FLOYD.

YEAH, I HAD HIM HOOKED LAST YEAR.

GOT AWAY, THOUGH.

OH, A REAL FIGHTER, THAT FISH.

ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH YOUR SALMON

IS IF IT COMES IN HERE FOR A SHAVE AND HAIRCUT.

THERE'S ONE THING FOR SURE -- YOU'LL NEVER CATCH HIM,

AND YOU KNOW WHY? TO CATCH OLD SAM,

YOU'VE GOT TO BE SMARTER THAN HE IS!

YOU HEAR ME GET BACK AT HIM, ANDY?

YEAH.

WELL, I GOT A SECRET WEAPON,

A SPECIAL KIND OF BAIT MY COUSIN TOLD ABOUT.

THE BIG'UNS GO CRAZY OVER IT.

WHAT IS IT, GOOB?

OH, NO, YOU DON'T -- I AIN'T SAYIN'.

AW, COME ON, GOOB, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE?

HEY, PAW.

OH, HEY, OPIE!

I WAS JUST CHECKING MY FISHING ROD,

AND ONE OF THE GUIDES CAME LOOSE.

WELL, LET ME SEE.

ARE YOU PLANNING ON CATCHING OLD SAM TOMORROW, OPE?

I JUST MIGHT.

I'M USING A NEW BAIT.

WHAT IS IT? I'M NOT TELLIN'.

AIN'T A PIECE OF BANANA PEEL WITH RED YARN, IS IT?

A PIECE OF BANANA PEEL WITH A RED YARN!

OH HOH! A HEY!

WELL, I JUST MIGHT CATCH HIM.

LET'S GO FISHING, OPE -- I'LL SEE YOU.

SO LONG.

THAT OPIE IS A FINE BOY.

YEAH, NICE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANDY AND OPE.

YEAH, FATHER AND SON.

YEAH.

THAT BOY CAN FISH, TOO.

YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER FISH WITH THAT BOY

THAN A WHOLE LOT OF GROWN-UPS I KNOW.

WELL, YEAH, YOU GET A FELLA WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO FISH,

HE CAN RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY,

STOMPING AROUND, MAKING NOISE,

FLASHING, FROTHING UP THE WATER.

LIKE THAT COUSIN OF YOURS YOU BROUGHT ALONG THAT TIME.

NOT MY COUSIN, MY WIFE'S COUSIN!

SHE MADE ME TAKE HIM.

I DON'T CARE, I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER

FORGET THAT DAY WITH HIM YELLING AND SLOSHING AROUND.

I DON'T THINK WE CAUGHT ONE FISH.

HI, FELLAS.

HI, HOWARD.

HEY, HOWARD.

HAIRCUT, FLOYD?

OH, NO, NOT TODAY.

FISHING SEASON OPENS TOMORROW.

GOT A MILLION THINGS TO DO.

OH.

YOU'RE, UH...

YOU'RE ALL GOING, HUH?

YEP. THAT'S ONE THING WE NEVER MISS.

YEAH, I...

I IMAGINE FISHING IS A PRETTY GOOD SPORT.

I, UH... I, UH...

OFTEN THOUGHT OF GOING MYSELF,

BUT I NEVER GOT AROUND TO IT.

YEAH.

I SUPPOSE I WOULD GO IF I HAD SOMEBODY TO GO WITH.

HOW ARE THINGS

IN THE COUNTY CLERK BUSINESS, HOWARD?

OH, FINE, FINE.

THIS FISHING, YOU KNOW...

KEEPING YOU REAL BUSY, ARE THEY?

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

THIS FISHING...

HOW'S YOUR MAMA?

OH, SHE'S FINE, FINE.

THIS FISHING, UM... I WAS WONDERING

IF MAYBE I OUGHT TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME OFF TOMORROW

AND MAYBE JOIN YOU FELLAS.

JOIN US?

YES. IT MIGHT BE VERY RELAXING.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR RELAXING,

YOU OUGHTN'T TO GO FISHING.

IT'S THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD FOR RELAXING.

YOU'LL GET YOUR FEET WET.

POISON IVY.

THE SMELL OF FISH WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.

BESIDES, ALL THE GOOD SPOTS IS TAKEN.

OH.

WELL, IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT.

I'LL GET THAT HAIRCUT LATER IN THE WEEK, FLOYD.

UH, RIGHT, HOWARD.

SEE YOU.

WHEW! WHEW!

WE DON'T WANT HIM OUT THERE.

NO!

A LITTLE THREAD ON HERE...

A LITTLE VARNISH...

GOOD AS NEW.

YOU THINK THAT'LL BE STRONG ENOUGH

IN CASE I HOOK OLD SAM?

SURE, IF YOU PLAY HIM RIGHT.

HI, ANDY, OPIE.

HI, MR. SPRAGUE.

HOWARD.

I WAS JUST NEXT DOOR.

THOUGHT I'D STOP IN AND SAY HELLO.

YEAH

OH, FINE, FINE.

YOU, UH...

YOU'RE GOING FISHING, TOO, HUH?

OH, YEAH. HAVEN'T MISSED AN OPENING DAY IN 20 YEARS.

SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY IN TOWN'S GOING.

YEAH. IT'S A BIG EVENT.

I BEEN TO FOUR OF THEM.

I WAS, UH... SORT OF

KIND OF TOYING WITH THE IDEA

OF GOING OUT THERE MYSELF.

THAT RIGHT?

BUT, UH... FLOYD AND GOOBER WERE JUST TELLING ME

ALL THE GOOD SPOTS ARE GONE.

UH... WELL, UH... THAT'S... IT'S POSSIBLE.

'COURSE, I IMAGINE I COULD ALWAYS GO WITH SOMEBODY.

YEAH.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ME TAGGING ALONG WITH YOU, ANDY?

UH...

I IMAGINE COULD PICK UP

THE KNACK OF IT IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER.

OH, YEAH. IT'S... IT'S NOT... HARD.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY, ANDY?

WELL... SURE, HOWARD.

YOU CAN COME WITH US.

AW, GEE, THANKS.

UH... WHAT TIME?

WE LEAVE EARLY. 6:00.

OH, THAT'S FINE.

THAT'LL BE JUST GREAT.

I'LL PICK UP SOME GEAR AND SEE YOU AT 6:00.

SEE YOU IN THE MORNING, GOOBER.

IS H GOING?

YES.

HE COULD RUIN THE FISHING FOR EVERYBODY.

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

THE MAN STANDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME

AND ASKS ME IF I'M GOING FISHING.

WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, LIE?

WELL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?

OH.

HERE'S YOUR COFFEE, PAW.

OH, THANKS.

AH! MM-HMM.

GOT THE SANDWICHES ALL MADE.

KNOW WHAT TIME I GOT UP THIS MORNING?

4:30.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE LATE.

I WONDER WHERE MR. SPRAGUE IS.

I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S 6:00.

THAT'S PROBABLY HIM.

HI, OPIE.

HI, MR. SPRAGUE.

HI, ANDY.

HI, HOWARD.

I'M SORRY I'M LATE.

TOOK LONGER TO GET DRESSED THAN I FIGURED.

YOU GOING TO THE MOON?

WHAT'S ALL THAT STUFF YOU GOT?

OH, WELL, WHEN I TRY SOMETHING NEW, LIKE FISHING,

I ALWAYS LIKE TO REDUCE CHANCES OF FAILURE TO A MINIMUM.

WELL, YOU CAN SEE THAT.

AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE,

A WORKMAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS HIS TOOLS.

WHAT'S ALL THAT STUFF ON YOUR BELT?

OH, WELL, THIS IS MY UMBRELLA AND MY PORTABLE RADIO

AND MY, UH... FLASHLIGHT,

AND THIS IS A THERMOMETER.

I READ THAT 90% OF LAKE FISH ARE ALWAYS CAUGHT

WHEN THE WATER TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN 60° AND 68.

WE MAY HAVE TO WARM UP THE LAKE A LITTLE.

OH. OH, YEAH.

'COURSE, I KNOW YOU'RE JOKING,

BUT, WELL, I LIKE TO APPROACH FISHING LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE--

FROM A SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT.

GOT ONE OF THESE BABIES, ANDY?

WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S A DEPTH FINDER.

IT RUNS ON BATTERIES.

TELLS YOU INSTANTLY HOW DEEP THE WATER IS

WHERE YOU'RE FISHING.

WELL, I COULD TELL YOU THAT.

DEEPEST PLACE IN THE WHOLE LAKE IS ONLY TEN FEET.

YES, WELL, IT'S BEST TO BE ACCURATE, OPIE.

OH. WELL, BETTER GO.

GRAB THE SANDWICHES.

YOU DID BRING SOMETHING TO EAT?

OH, YES. TWO ROAST CHICKENS,

A QUART OF POTATO SALAD,

AND A LEMON PIE.

VERY GOOD.

ANDY.

ANDY!

OH. WELL, NOW...

THINK I OUGHT TO CHECK MY BAIT, PAW?

WAIT A LITTLE BIT.

SURE HOPE WE CATCH A LOT TODAY.

WELL, WE SHOULD.

NOBODY BEEN FISHING HERE

SINCE LAST SEASON.

YOU THINK ANYBODY WILL CATCH OLD SAM THIS YEAR?

IT'S POSSIBLE.

SURE BEEN AFTER HIM A LONG TIME.

WELL, ANYTHING AS RARE AS OLD SAM IS,

PEOPLE JUST WORK THEMSELVES TO DEATH TO GET THAT.

IS HE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE

THE ONLY SILVER CARP IN THE WHOLE LAKE?

YEAH.

MATTER OF FACT,

HE'S ONE OF THE FEW IN THIS PART OF THE STATE.

SEE THAT ROCK OUT THERE?

YEAH.

THAT'S ONE OF OLD SAM'S FAVORITE SPOTS.

THAT'S WHERE I NEARLY HOOKED HIM THAT TIME.

YEAH. YEAH.

THIS IS NICE.

YEAH, HUH?

QUIET.

Howard: ANDY!

ANDY!

HE'S CAUGHT IN A TREE AGAIN.

OH... HOLD IT. OH...

HE... HE'S IN THE TREE AGAIN.

I KNEW HE'D MESS IT UP.

I JUST KNEW HE WOULD.

CYRUS AND BERT GETTING ANYTHING?

NO. I CHECKED WITH THEM AWHILE AGO.

PUTTING A THERMOMETER IN THE WATER.

AND A DEPTH FINDER.

AND DON'T THINK

THE FISH DON'T NOTICE THOSE THINGS.

IF YOU JUST...

IF YOU JUST WOULDN'T TRY CASTING, HOWARD.

WHY DON'T YOU BOTTOM FISH

LIKE OPIE AND ME?

WELL, ACCORDING TO THE BOOK I READ...

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

DO IT YOUR WAY.

DO IT YOUR WAY.

THANKS, ANDY.

CAN'T YOU TELL HIM NOT TO YELL, PAW?

I'M TRYING, OPE.

I'M TRYING.

Howard: ANDY!

ANDY!

OH...

YEAH.

KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM ME, ANDY.

YEAH. NOW, HOWARD, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND

THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE FISH

ARE IN THE LAKE THERE,

SO IF YOU'D JUST KIND OF WORK

IN THAT DIRECTION, YOU KNOW?

THANKS, ANDY.

YOU KNOW, I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

LOOK AT HIM DOWN THERE,

WHIPPING THAT WATER INTO A FROTH.

QUIT BEATING THE WATER, HOWARD!

WOULD YOU COME OUT OF THERE, OR DROWN, OR SOMETHING?!

Howard: ANDY!

ANDY!

CAUGHT ANOTHER ROCK.

NO, PAW. LOOK, IT'S PULLING!

HE'S GOT A FISH!

ANDY! OHH! I GOT SOMETHING!

HOLD... HOLD... HOLD ON, HOWARD.

Opie: REEL HIM IN!

YOU GOT A FISH, HOWARD.

A BIG ONE.

REEL HIM IN!

PLAY IT, HOWARD!

PLAY IT!

PLAY IT, HOWARD.

DON'T JERK HIM.

JUST REEL HIM IN.

KEEP PULLING HIM TO YOU.

KEEP PULLING HIM TO YOU.

THERE HE IS.

THERE.

Goober: WHAT'S HE GOT?

WHAT'S HE GOT? WHAT'S HE GOT?

Floyd: THAT'S OLD SAM.

Opie: IT'S OLD SAM, PAW!

HE'S GOT OLD SAM!

YEAH. LOOK AT THAT.

PLEASE, FOLKS,

EVERYBODY PULL BACK JUST A MINUTE.

LET ME GET THROUGH HERE, PLEASE.

I NEED TO GET ANOTHER PICTURE OF MR. SPRAGUE.

HOLD IT THERE, MR. SPRAGUE.

JUST A MINUTE.

LET ME GET LOADED UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS GONNA BE IN THE PAPER, YOU SAY, HUH?

FRONT PAGE.

UH, WE WAS WITH HIM,

IN CASE YOU WANT OUR PICTURES.

HAPPY TO OBLIGE.

THANKS, JUST MR. SPRAGUE'S.

WELL...

I SUPPOSE YOU REALIZE, MR. SPRAGUE,

THAT CATCHING WHAT IS ALMOST A LEGENDARY FISH

IS QUITE A STORY.

OH, YES, YES.

I CONSIDER IT A TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE

OVER ANIMAL CUNNING.

WHAT KIND OF BAIT DID YOU USE, MR. SPRAGUE?

WELL, NOW, THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT.

I HAD BEEN USING A VARIETY OF COMPLICATED LURES,

BUT AFTER LUNCH, I HAD SOME POTATO SALAD LEFT,

AND THAT'S WHAT GOT HIM.

WELL, IT MUST'VE GIVEN YOU QUITE A THRILL WHEN YOU HOOKED HIM.

OH, YES, YES.

AH, BY THE WAY,

I WISH YOU'D EXPRESS MY THANKS TO SHERIFF TAYLOR

FOR SOME VALUABLE ASSISTANCE.

WELL, I THINK THAT JUST ABOUT COVERS IT. THANKS.

OH, AND, UH...

HEY, SEE, THERE...

SEE THAT MARK ON HIS JAW?

THAT'S WHERE I HOOKED HIM LAST YEAR.

SEE RIGHT THERE?

YEAH. PROVES I HOOKED HIM.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT'S YOUR HOOK?

A LOT OF GUYS CLAIM THEY HOOKED HIM.

I HOOKED HIM!

LOOK AT THE WAY HE'S LOOKING AT ME.

OH, HE KNOWS ME.

YEAH. OH, HE'S MEAN.

HE KNOWS I'M THE ONE.

THANKS AGAIN.

WELL, HOWARD...

OH, HI, ANDY.

SAY, ANDY, WOULD YOU MIND

KEEPING YOUR EYE ON OLD SAM FOR ME?

I WANT TO RUN HOME AND CHANGE CLOTHES, TOO.

OH, SURE, HOWARD. SURE.

THANKS, ANDY.

RIGHT.

WELL...

A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, HUH?

YEAH.

OLD SAM FINALLY GOT CAUGHT.

YEAH.

YEAH. BY A FELLER THAT FISHES WITH "PO-TATER" SALAD.

YEAH. HOWEVER HE CAUGHT HIM

HE CAUGHT HIM FAIR AND SQUARE.

GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S GONNA DO WITH HIM, PAW?

WHAT?

YEAH, ANDY. DID HE SAY?

NO. HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME.

I IMAGINE AFTER EVERYBODY GETS THROUGH LOOKING AT HIM,

WHY, HE'LL JUST, UM... YOU KNOW.

HE WOULDN'T DARE!

NOT OLD SAM.

A FISH IS A FISH, FLOYD.

NO, HE ISN'T.

NOT ONCE HE'S GIVEN A NAME.

YEAH. IT'S ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT THEN.

OH, COME ON.

WELL, WE KNOW HIM.

IF I'D CAUGHT HIM, I'D HAVE THROWED HIM BACK.

YEAH. ME, TOO, JUST FOR THE FUN OF CATCHING HIM.

GEE, PAW, COULD YOU FIND OUT

WHAT MR. SPRAGUE'S GONNA DO WITH HIM?

WELL, GEE, OPE.

ASK HIM, ANDY. WOULD YOU?

WE SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

WELL... OKAY.

WHEN HE GETS BACK TO HIS OFFICE, I'LL ASK HIM.

I'LL SEE YA.

WE'LL FIND OUT.

HI, HOWARD. HI, ANDY. I'M TALKING TO

THE FISH AND GAME DEPARTMENT UP IN RALEIGH.

OH? THEY SAY THAT SILVER CARP ARE MIGHTY RARE

IN THIS PART OF THE STATE.

THEY'RE REAL INTERESTED IN HIM.

NO KIDDING.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

YES, HE'S ALIVE.

I'VE GOT HIM IN A TANK.

YOU WOULD?

OH, WELL, THAT'S VERY FLATTERING.

YES. UH-HUH.

UH-HUH.

UH-HUH.

WHEN?

OH, YES. THAT'LL BE FINE.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. THAT'S FINE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT, ANDY?

WHAT? THEY WANT TO PUT OLD SAM

IN THE RALEIGH AQUARIUM.

WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT?

AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A PLAQUE WITH MY NAME ON IT

RIGHT BY THE TANK AS THE MAN WHO CAUGHT HIM.

YOU KNOW, FOR A FELLA THAT NEVER DID FISH BEFORE,

YOU'RE CAUSING QUITE A STIR.

OH, WELL, I...

AQUARIUM, HUH?

YEAH.

AQUARIUM.

AQUARIUM?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SENDING A BIG TRUCK DOWN FOR HIM THIS AFTERNOON.

WELL, IF THAT AIN'T THE MOST HEARTLESS THING

I EVER HEARD OF.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT AN AQUARIUM'S FOR, GOOBER --

PUT UNUSUAL FISH IN IT, LET FOLKS LOOK AT 'EM.

YEAH, BUT HE DOESN'T BELONG THERE.

OLD SAM WAS BORN AND BRED RIGHT IN TUCKER'S LAKE,

AND THAT'S WHERE HE OUGHT TO BE.

HMM.

WHAT DO THEY PUT HIM IN AT THE AQUARIUM, PAW?

BIG TANK, I GUESS.

IT'S LIKE THE END OF SOMETHING, AIN'T IT?

SEEMS LIKE OLD SAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT IN THAT LAKE.

SAW HIM ONCE IN AWHILE,

BUT NOBODY HAD EVER CAUGHT HIM.

AND...

AND NOW...

HE'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.

YEAH. I GUESS THAT'S RIGHT.

HE'S BEEN IN THERE A LONG TIME.

I REMEMBER TAKING OPIE DOWN THERE

WHEN HE WAS FOUR.

YEAH.

YOU HAD TO BAIT MY HOOK THEN.

YEAH. IT WAS WORTH IT, THOUGH, HUH?

GOING AFTER SOMETHING AS SPECIAL AS OLD SAM.

YEAH.

WELL, IT'S ALL GONE NOW.

WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO.

DON'T BE LATE FOR SUPPER.

I WON'T.

THE AQUARIUM.

IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.

NOT FOR OLD SAM.

I WONDER IF A FISH REALLY KNOWS WHERE HE IS.

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU THINK THEY HAVE ANY BRAINS?

LIKE A DOG? YEAH.

I DON'T THINK SO.

MAYBE HE'LL THINK HE'S IN A SMALL LAKE

OR SOMETHING.

HI, ANDY, OPIE.

Andy: OH, HI, HOWARD.

WELL, THEY JUST TOOK HIM AWAY ON THE TRUCK.

OH, EVERYTHING GO OKAY?

OH, YEAH, FINE, FINE.

OH, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

APPARENTLY, THEY'RE GONNA PUT HIM

IN A VERY PROMINENT PLACE.

FIX UP THE TANK REAL NICE.

BEAUTIFUL BRONZE PLAQUE

WITH MY NAME AND ALL THE INFORMATION.

UH-OH.

SAY, ANDY, I WAS THINKING

OF TAKING A DRIVE UP TO RALEIGH TOMORROW

AND HAVING A LITTLE LOOK-SEE.

OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE TO GO ALONG?

WELL, GEE, HOWARD, I'D LOVE TO, BUT, UH...

OH... YEAH.

WELL, HOW ABOUT YOU, OPE?

IF YOUR DAD'LL LET YOU.

WELL...

BUY YOU A MALTED.

WELL...

GO AHEAD, OPE.

SEE HOW OLD SAM'S DOING.

WELL, OKAY.

HEY, THAT'S GREAT.

WE'LL HAVE JUST A FINE TIME.

YEAH.

SEE YA IN THE MORNING.

OKAY. I'LL SEE YA, HOWARD.

WELL, THERE HE IS.

BOY, DOESN'T HE LOOK GREAT IN THERE, OPE?

YEAH.

AND LOOK HERE.

"SILVER CARP.

"CAUGHT IN MAYBERRY, NORTH CAROLINA.

DONATED BY HOWARD SPRAGUE."

BOY, THAT SURE IS NICE, ISN'T IT?

YEAH.

IT SURE IS NICE.

SAY, OPE, YOU'RE MAYBE NOT A LITTLE SORE AT ME

FOR CATCHING OLD SAM, ARE YOU?

WELL...

NO. I'M NOT SORE AT YOU.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE.

I MEAN, UH... I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS

BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S BEEN AFTER OLD SAM FOR SO LONG

AND I COME ALONG, JUST A BEGINNER, YOU KNOW...

NO.

BUT SOMETHING'S WRONG.

WELL...

HE'S YOUR FISH.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO WITH HIM.

DON'T YOU LIKE THE AQUARIUM, OPE?

SURE.

THE REASON I DID IT, OPE,

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE

FOR A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE OLD SAM.

IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL,

BUT IT'S WHAT AN AQUARIUM IS FOR.

I THINK THE AQUARIUM IS GOOD.

I DON'T KNOW.

HE'S BEEN IN TUCKER'S LAKE SO LONG,

AND EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT HIM SO MUCH,

TRIED TO CATCH HIM ALL THE TIME.

BUT HE'S YOUR FISH.

YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO WITH HIM.

YEAH.

WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT MALTED I PROMISED YOU?

OKAY.

THE WIND'S COMING UP, YOU KNOW THAT?

YEAH. WE MIGHT GET A LITTLE STORM.

YEAH. IT'LL...

IT'LL BE A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE WE GET WET.

HEY!

WHAT IS IT, FLOYD?

DID YOU SEE THAT?

Andy: WHAT?

OH, IT WAS A BIG ONE WENT BY.

OOH, HE WAS ABOUT THAT LONG.

HE WENT RIGHT PAST MY LINE.

COME ON, FLOYD.

OH, I MEAN IT.

OH, HE WAS AS BIG AS OLD SAM.

EVERY BIT AS BIG.

YOU'RE IMAGINING THINGS, FLOYD.

HI.

HI, PAW, GOOBER.

I SAW A FISH.

OH, HE WAS A BIG ONE.

HE WAS GOING ALONG OFFSHORE THERE,

JUST A FEW FEET...

YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM, DID YOU?

YEAH, WE SAW HIM.

YOU DID?

YEAH.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

WHAT YOU SAW MIGHT HAVE BEEN OLD SAM HIMSELF.

WHAT?!

WELL, WHAT, WHAT, HOWARD?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO,

OPIE AND I LET OLD SAM GO ABOUT 50 YARDS DOWN THERE.

YOU PUT HIM BACK?

THAT WAS OLD SAM, THEN.

I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT.

HOW COME YOU DECIDED TO PUT HIM BACK?

OPIE AND I WENT UP TO THE AQUARIUM IN RALEIGH,

AND... WELL, WE WERE STANDING BY THE TANK...

OLD SAM CAME RIGHT OVER TO THE GLASS OF THE TANK

RIGHT WHERE WE WERE STANDING AND STARTED MOVING HIS MOUTH.

MOVING HIS MOUTH?

YEAH. WELL, WE STOOD THERE AND WATCHED HIM FOR AWHILE,

AND WE FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY.

HE WAS TRYING TO TALK?

YEAH.

HE WAS TRYING TO TELL US,

"GOSH, WOULD I LIKE TO SEE GOOBER AND FLOYD

AND ANDY AND EVERYBODY AGAIN."

SO... WELL, AFTER THAT, I JUST HAD TO PUT HIM BACK.

THAT'S THE GREATEST THING I EVER HEARD.

OH, IS THAT A FACT?

YOU WANT TO GO FISHING WITH ME SATURDAY, HOWARD?

I'LL TAKE YOU UP TO WARRIOR RIVER SATURDAY.

I KNOW A GOOD SPOT ACROSS THE LAKE.

HEY, HE'S GOING WITH ME.

NO, HE'S GOING WITH ME.

I ASKED HIM FIRST.

YOU'RE STILL GOING WITH ME, AREN'T YOU?

HEY, PAW!

YOU WANT TO GO FISHING?

OH, I CAN'T, OPE, I'M BUSY.

BUT EVERYBODY SAYS THEY'RE BITING GOOD!

WELL, I'M SORRY, OPE.

COULDN'T YOU JUST GO FOR A COUPLE HOURS?

OPIE, YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND.

I'M THE SHERIFF HERE.

I'VE GOT RESPONSIBILITIES.

I CAN'T JUST RUN DOWN TO THE LAKE

EVERY TIME THEY'RE BITING.

GEE WHIZ. WELL, I'M SORRY.

SOME OF THE FELLAS WERE TELLING ME

THAT OLD SAM WAS HANGING AROUND THE ROCKS OVER ON

THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE.

GET IN THE CAR.