Joe Richardson lost a class ring with a blue stone. The ring had his name, Joe Richardson, engraved on it. Richardson lost his ring on a fishing trip on Lake Sam Rayburn. 21 years later, Joe Richardson’s ring turned up inside a bass weighing 8 pounds.

This is a smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui) fish.

A fisherman caught the bass and found Joe Richardson’s ring. The fisherman tracked down Richardson using the internet and contacted him on Nov. 28. This fisherman asked to remain anonymous.

Joe Richardson is now 41. Richardson told how he lost his ring in 1987 after his graduation from Universal Technical Institute in Houston, Texas. His mother had bought him the ring for $200. Joe Richardson said he was going to keep his ring in the same condition as it was found.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 9:48 pm and is filed under Gossip.