Month of Fishing
The fishing bug seems to have taken hold of me this year. After learning how to rig powerbait, and then catching fish on said rig, I can't seem to get enough of it. Not sure if it's the relatively nice weather we've had the past two weekends, the way the time flies by, or the company, but it sure has been a nice distraction from my winter blues.
Two weekends ago, on the one nice day, I made my way to Rod's house at o'dark thirty and took Dusty out turkey hunting. We could hear them, but could never catch up. We saw a couple elk and some deer was all...and two other hunters. That would explain why the birds shut up so quickly. Then we (Rod, Dusty, and I) decided to fish Fernan. Pretty quick Sean showed up...followed by Rod's wife dropping off Dusty's best friend. We even caught a couple fish!
Pleasant, but a little chilly.
Sean and Rod
Then the weather moved back in. This was April 29th.
Ahh, five straight months of this is what CDA has to offer this year.
April 30th up the 499 road
New snow! Around the corner there the road is blocked by two feet of snow on the roadbed. Awesome. Access into the District is a maximum of 4 miles.
This past weekend caught us out fishing Fernan again on Friday. Again, we caught a couple fish and had a relatively pleasant day. The only thing was that we attracted all sorts of people who just wanted to talk. One fella stayed for three hours talking about EVERYTHING in the world. Then some younger girls needed directions. Another older fella was out there fishing with his grandchildren...so we helped show him how to rig up powerbait, gave him powerbait, and just kinda chatted. Busy day, but 9 hours sure did fly by!
Rod at Fernan when the weather started to turn
So while Sarah was running Bloomsday on Sunday, we decided to cut out at try Kelso Lake. We got there early enough the dock was ours and the fish were jumping AND biting! Once the sun came out, the dock got really crowded...and again, we had a lot of visitors just wanting to talk. I managed to get a nice sunburn on the lower half of my face.
Just a little bird
Of course, we got a photo of one of the SMALLEST fish we caught! Go figure.
Overall it was a nice weekend...but it leaves a guy pretty wore out! But, I guess being worn out from fishing and being outside all weekend is a good thing. I think all our company the past couple times out is urging both of us to drag a boat out. Between the two of us we have three boats, and there we were on the shore. We'll see what happens in the next couple weeks.
Oh, and a fella came in to work this morning and said he picked half a grocery bag of morels over the weekend. Seems like the guy on the dock was right, when you start seeing trilliums, it's time to look for mushrooms!
Two weekends ago, on the one nice day, I made my way to Rod's house at o'dark thirty and took Dusty out turkey hunting. We could hear them, but could never catch up. We saw a couple elk and some deer was all...and two other hunters. That would explain why the birds shut up so quickly. Then we (Rod, Dusty, and I) decided to fish Fernan. Pretty quick Sean showed up...followed by Rod's wife dropping off Dusty's best friend. We even caught a couple fish!
Pleasant, but a little chilly.
Sean and Rod
Then the weather moved back in. This was April 29th.
Ahh, five straight months of this is what CDA has to offer this year.
April 30th up the 499 road
New snow! Around the corner there the road is blocked by two feet of snow on the roadbed. Awesome. Access into the District is a maximum of 4 miles.
This past weekend caught us out fishing Fernan again on Friday. Again, we caught a couple fish and had a relatively pleasant day. The only thing was that we attracted all sorts of people who just wanted to talk. One fella stayed for three hours talking about EVERYTHING in the world. Then some younger girls needed directions. Another older fella was out there fishing with his grandchildren...so we helped show him how to rig up powerbait, gave him powerbait, and just kinda chatted. Busy day, but 9 hours sure did fly by!
Rod at Fernan when the weather started to turn
So while Sarah was running Bloomsday on Sunday, we decided to cut out at try Kelso Lake. We got there early enough the dock was ours and the fish were jumping AND biting! Once the sun came out, the dock got really crowded...and again, we had a lot of visitors just wanting to talk. I managed to get a nice sunburn on the lower half of my face.
Just a little bird
Of course, we got a photo of one of the SMALLEST fish we caught! Go figure.
Overall it was a nice weekend...but it leaves a guy pretty wore out! But, I guess being worn out from fishing and being outside all weekend is a good thing. I think all our company the past couple times out is urging both of us to drag a boat out. Between the two of us we have three boats, and there we were on the shore. We'll see what happens in the next couple weeks.
Oh, and a fella came in to work this morning and said he picked half a grocery bag of morels over the weekend. Seems like the guy on the dock was right, when you start seeing trilliums, it's time to look for mushrooms!
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