oddity

i was fishing in a little pond just east of Cesar Chavez High School in Laveen when i reeled in a patagonian toothfish. that's a seagoing member of the cod family. a deep sea wanderer. most people know it by it's marketing name, chilean sea bass. i just know it trolled in like dead carp. but since it didn't smell bad, i scaled it, grilled it over oak charcoal with a pinch of sea salt and a little olive oil and served it with a side dish of parboiled garlic snap beans and fresh hothouse tomatoes. it was good, but i still can't figure out how that toothfish got in that pond.