Luna became a little bored of posing for me, this was our resting time when we weren't scrounging for dead fish
The first one all by himself. We were explicitly told we were NOT leaving until he caught one all by himself
The hill that had to be climbed to get to the car. Which Luna and I did: once to get the tackle box, once to get the camera, and once to bring down the cooler.
Here is the cooler which was also a gazillion steps away, because it is way fun to carry stinky, catfish all that way!
We ventured to Pierre to fish. Just so you know we are the worst fisher people ever. So we were taking a big risk, but everyone kept telling us it is the best fishing in YEARS. So we pack the kids, gear (new gear that hubby just had to have), and one dog.
We started the trip with one carsick dog, because someone named me, forgot and fed her before we left. And thus the motions sickness pill kept getting, um not where it was supposed to be.
We arrived in Pierre ready to fish, with no beginner's luck. We watch with just a litte jealousy as some guy throws in a BARE hook and pulls out a whopper walleye on the first cast. You could tell Hubby was about throw the guy over the dam.
We get to our hotel and are sweetly asked, "Do you know about our water situation? We have none that is hot"
We stay til late in the evening with one small walleye to show for our fun. We head to a very nice Italian restuarant-yes in Pierre, to find the snot-nosed high schoolers who work there had shut the kitchen down five minutes early.
We get up very early the next day knowing our fortunes will change. Well they did, we became the best catfish fisher people in the world. Now if you are from Swamp People or watch Swamp People you know there is no shame in catfish. So I manned up and consented to let the boys (all 3 of them) start keeping them vowing "We will eat them!"
So Luna and I meandered around the area, fetched things from the car, and practiced our "drop it", "leave it" skils with the gazillion dead fish carcasses from the flood.
A good time was had by all, so much that hubby thinks we are should go again this weekend
Please, please let us be walleye fishers this time!
3 comments:
Ewwww. I like everything about fishing except the actual fish. I like the sun, the water, the poles. I don't even mind worms. I just hate the fish!!
I am glad you had fun. Have you eaten the catfish??
so are you going back?
I love the photo of luna may. she needs to meet crosby.
fishing. hmm. i love it when they are biting. it bores the heck out of me when they are not. but i will do it for hours if my boys are having fun. i have even learned to put the worm on and take the hook out of the fish. as long as it is a little fish and not something big and ugly with teeth :)
Karen-We did! Anything with beer batter is good. I want to try it blackened next.
Carey-We are, tomorrow. I am JUST like you, I have to wear gloves to take fish off, they gross me out. The worst is when they swallow the hook. We are going back this weekend with the CAMPER.
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