Fishin' For Chubs With Pat Buchanan

Pat Buchanan

As you know a president named Buchanan was the one immediately preceding the Civil War.  He was from southern Pennsylvania.  That trivia out of the way you can rest comfortably when Jeopardy poses that question some evening in yourtv viewing future.  Chubs are as you may know a very popular fish to go for and Pat Buchanan is a typical outdoorsman--you'll never see him hanging out anywhere but at Chub holes.  Curt Gowdy and him were tight.  So Pat tells me he likes the striped Chubs and I said I'm not familiar.  So he says Tommy they're great sauteed in heavy cream and I say ya' know that's a lot of cholesterol and he says 'who cares about that, we're eating Chubs.'  So we know how great Chubs are but Pat who's a DC/Washington-type and he says he wants to go for Chubs in the Potomac and I say Pat, Pattie I don't think Chubs can live in that Potomac River water.  He snaps back 'they sure can.  I've seen Chubs in warmer water than this!"  OK Pat , I believe you so we went and tried to catch one and he thinks he can pull a Chub from the Potomac anywhere along the stretch below Washington.  I asked him what bait he requires and he said it doesn't take much so I gives him some newspaper with some chum on it.  He fished for a while and darn if he doesn't get something on that line.  I said Pat, 'That looks like see weed on there.  I said,' I see weed on there.'  He says 'Harummph."  That's me fishin' with Pat.  He thinks he can catch anything with anything.