Thomas is full of energy w that his broken ankle has mended. He has used every trick in the book to get his grandfather out of his favorite reading chair and over to the old pier jutting into the Gulf of Mexico. Who kws - today may be their lucky day. They might just catch a fish big eugh for their record book. And after dinner, Thomas kws he can always fish for one of Grandfather's stories, which are even better than crackly brown fried trout.