Post by J385 on Dec 9, 2018 0:00:36 GMT -5
We got up at 5 and if it hadn't been my idea I would have just stayed in bed and told them to go. Now I am glad I went, I got the biggest fish that anyone had caught until we left. I think it was stocked just before we were allowed to enter. We saw the truck backed up and a big yellow hose in the water. Is was cold but not as bad as I thought it would be and no one accidentally fell in this time. Anyway there was only 10 cars there when we went in and most of the people went to the dam side of the pond. The boys said we needed to fish by the trees because that's where they had been catching them. So I went to the trees with the boys, the others just scattered where they thought was best. I didn't catch the first fish but we kept every one we caught, all were over 10 inches long and fat. Some were really pretty and some kind of dull. My two big ones were both over 20 inches long and heavy. We didn't weigh them we just had fun and didn't worry about how big or small they were until we put them in the chest to come home. I knew mine were big but I was sure someone had bigger ones. I was using a spinner that dad made by tearing up others. it has a silver blade and a gold colored body with a little mirror thing glued on the blade. All I know is when the big fish bit they bit hard and would nearly jerk the pole out of my hands. We have pictures I think, the boys dropped the camera in a puddle fighting over who's turn it was to take a picture. Dad warned me to leave it and use the phones, but they don't take pictures as good as it does. I will check it when it dries out.
We are set to go again next weekend too but this time we are driving up to Beavers Bend State Park because that's where the brown trout are and I want to catch a big one of those now. This is really more fun than hunting but the pay off hunting is much better. Ok, the daughter said she liked hunting more because she smelt like fish on the way home. I told her she should have washed her hands before we left they had warm water in the bathroom at the park but no she wasn't going in that filthy thing. not sure what her deal was it is hooked to the cities sewage system it not like others that are big porta potties. In all we caught 31 fish and no one was mad because somebody caught more or bigger fish. I think we are making progress with that.