well, this afternoon, after my second little fishing excursion, i was quite exhausted; so after i posted on here i took quite a long nap. i was dead on my feet. i didn't wake up til almost five o'clock ! that had to be three or four hours. phew. i needed it though. all that heat, and excitement, and standing, and casting and reeling, and .. did i say excitement...and heat? ugh. yup i was pretty well toast. so anyhow, i woke up and hubby still wasn't home from work, so i just hung out a little til he got home; then of course we were both starving so i cooked dinner. salmon...yum! so anyhow, while we ate, i told him my fishing stories, and he looked at my blog entries about them. i got the kudos for the day !
so, we finish eating, and i'm thinking oooh, i have a bath and a lazy night ahead of me... when he says... are you ready to go? i'm like, go where? he wanted to go after a big fish too !!!! so... we went !!! and here is how our trip went....
i took him right where i had been earlier. both of us just felt it in our bones that at least one of us was gonna get a good fish. so, we get all set up, throw out our lines, and on hubbys first or second cast, i look over and his rod tip is all bent down, he's reelin away... i'm like... ya got one? he says.. i think so, it feels like a nice one. so i stop and watch...waiting for "grampa" to come rollin up on the bank any second. but.... dum dum dum..... it wasn't grampa. in fact... it wasn't a bass... actually.... it wasn't a fish at all !
it was a freakin GIANT SNAPPIN turtle !! hubby tried to free him with the pliers, and that turtle was quick as a snake ! he almost got a finger or two ! after that, hubby didn't hesitate to cut the line and just hope he could work it out on his own. i have no doubt that thing coulda taken a finger right off !
so anyhow. he re-tied his line, and we got back to fishin. of course after shaking off a few nerves. so, there we are, fishin'... waitin for the big one. wondering which one's gonna get the bragging rights of the day! when of course three teenagers had to come and rain on our parade ! we had maybe twenty or thirty feet between us, and just where do you think these kids decided they would fish? yup... right between us. i know.. we don't own the creek... but c'mon. have some respect. besides.. right where they got.. was right where both big fish wer today !!! ugh. soooo we just let em be.... hubby moved a little down his way, i moved a little further down my way... and later we discovered we were thinking the same thing, as these kids caught their fish. you see, they were fishing with live worms, for perch, and doing a fine job i might add. the only thing was; the fish they were catching... were never bigger than maybe four to five inches long. to us... they are BAIT. but these kids were excited, and having a good time, and would tell each other "oooh good one" oooh nice one'... so when we left, and shared our opinions of them... i mocked them saying "ya, nice one...for your goldfish bowl!" but hey... there is a lot worse things that kids could be doing than disturbing some fishing, and getting excited over catching baitfish right? so , good for them.
so, anyhow.... i wasn't gettin much action. little nibbles here and there, more than likely perch. nothing to write home about. and the kids were getting on my nerves; so i walked a bit further down the way, and noticed some action happenin. a feeding frenzy perhaps? so i started throwin into it. and i was gettin hit after hit , but not catching any. so i called hubby down there. he was afraid to leave all our extra rods and tackle down there so i told him i would get it, just come over . so he did, and i showed him where i was missing all these fish. he throws in...and whack ! here's what he brought in....
it was a nice fish and bigger than it looks in the picture...but not as big as the one i got this morning... nanny nanny booby! but i was glad he caught a fish. i sure wasn't having any luck.
so anyhow, we continued to fish for quite some time, but the fish just weren't hittin anymore. but it's so hard to quit trying when you knw they're there. ya know? so we kept at it for a while. we didn't leave til 9 o'clock ! i didn't realize it was that late.. there was still a touch of sun left. but ; just before we left... the last fish of the day was MINE ! but, unfortunately, she really is nothing to brag about. she's just too cute NOT to put on here though. i swear the BAIT was almost as big as her. here i bring to you.... Jr's baby sister !
TA DA!!!
and good-night !
OH WAIT... we also saw.... muskrats ! or some such things. there were two of them. look...
aaaawwwwwwww
ok...toodles folks, i'm outta heah
7 comments:
ha ha , cute story. glad you had such a lovely day.
glad you got some kudos too. lol
when i told my hubby MY big news he goes "thats good" and continued talking about his own work.
next time you want to get rid of the kids ...before they even start getting too comfortable in YOUR spot....rush towards each other and start kissing. I guarantee those kids will FLEE the scene.A>S>A>P>
lol
That kid story also reminded me, before we got the boat , I took my spouse to Lake Catherine once to go lay out in our rafts "cuz it was oh so peaceful and relaxing" well, there was a bunch of kids there, bumping right into us and yelling . They were playing "marco polo"
but instaed of yelling "MARCO"
"POLO"
in that same "tune" they were yelling "Tater"
"tot"
They finally left , but the tranquility was ruined. Every few minutes, out of the blue one of us just had to yell "TATER"
MEM_RIES..... lol
well, been up since 4 and haven't stopped working ever since.
HELP!!!!
What a fun day of fishing you had! (Well, except for the turtle..yikes!) Loved that you were taunting those kids a little about their catch, nice seeing tables turned now and then on the younger generation. The hubby did good, but I had a great laugh at you snagging Jr's baby sister. Hope they tell Grandpa it's his turn for photos tomorrow! :-) Sleep tight, dream good dreams!
Awww, the muskrats look so sweet! LOL at Anon's suggestion about getting smoochy... yup, that sure would send the kids running... too funny! :-)
It's so great that you and your hubby both love to fish. Great post, it's good to see you happy!
OLDY! at least put THAT much on here! anyhow...
ya, it was a good day.. busy, and damn exhausting. i STILL feel the effects. man i'm gettin old.
and yup.. kudos, are always good. and when ya don't have a "real job" they are extremely rare!
the idea about kissing the kids away!!! LMAO... good one. LOL. ya. perhaps, next time?
oh , and by the way....
if it is ANY consolation... stez thinks it's great that you got that property, and is rootin for ya to make the sale ! we all are. so poop on your
TATER-TOT
LOL
luv u
me
josie... the turtle thing wouldn't have been as nerve racking as it was... when he tried to chomp hubbys finger off... except for the fact... my dear husband is already missing one finger on his primary hand! so it was quite heart stopping for a moment. needless to say.
anyhow, ya, it was a good time.. and not only were there a pair of "muskrats", we saw a pair of small perch, a pair of smaller/safer turtles, and of course a family of ducks! love was in the air. funny thing about all these creatures... NONE of them were scared of us. i was in petting distance of one of the muskrats, the couple of perch, who were right up at the bank and surely saw my shadow and heard me talking...didn't swim away, the turtles just kinda seemed to hover and watch us. weird. oh, and when i took the pic of the muskrat...there was a mom with a baby duck...only like one or two feet from me who wasn't afraid at all. they just sat there.
i love being one with nature! i told my kid i wish she would have gone. it was quite an experience, just seeing these animals be so tranquil. and unafraid of people. she really would have enjoyed it. but as usual, she didn't want to go.
maybe next time.
jamie
i'm glad we both like to fish too... i would surely be a bass widow if i didn't like to fish too !!!
many of his fishin buddies tell him how much they wish their wives would fish with them. they don't like to fish alone...or leave their wives to do something on their own, or with the kids... but some women just won't even give it a try. it's soooo fun.
but these guys don't TELL their wives they want them to fish with them...then the entire thing turns into a resentful cycle. they become bass widows, and hate to fish, before they try it.
but ya... in fact it was me who got hubby sooo interested in fishing in the first place. he liked to fish before... but after me... hmmmm. i created a monster!!!! LOL
anyways have a great day
ALL of you
if i muster the energy to fish this morning, i shall let y'all know how it goes.
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