Fishing, May 28, 2008

So here it is, the fishing report...as promised. Have to say, one of the best days of fishing of my life. However, all day long it rained, rained, rained. I was out last night trying to charge my boat batteries in the rain---trying to keep the electrical cord covered and not short out the battery charger in the boat, etc. Until 3 p.m. today I thought my fishing trip was trashed, rain, rain, rain. My fishing buddy and I were ready to call it a rain check. However, about 3:30 p.m. the clouds parted, the rain stopped, and I went to the gas station and filled up the boat with gas and picked up my buddy Dan and headed to the Lake. I don't think we were on the Lake 10 minutes when we started getting hits. After 13 pike plus along the weedline we stopped keeping count, we had so much pike blood and tackle scattered about the boat it was hard to keep up with it. We had double hook ups together---then there was the one where I hooked a pike, landed it, thru the line back in and hooked another on the cast---it was incredible. Then, Dan hooked into a BIG PIKE and fought it for a couple minutes until his rod SNAPPED into THEEE sections, no lie. Then Dan pulled everything in and holding the rod in sections managed to land that fish!!!! It was hilarious, line and rod sections floating in the Lake and he still managed to put it all together and land that fish!!!

The sun came out and warmed us to delight. The boat started on the FIRST turn of the key, the boat and trailer and truck and boat launch all cooperated to form a symphony of joy. Maybe I should have purchased a lottery ticket today, I have been so lucky. However, even becoming a multi-millionaire would not have purchased the day I had. A good friend, more fish than I can count, a beautiful clear sky, the wind laid down, and I became one with the fish and the sky and the sea, it just doesn't get any better than that!!! Tight Lines, Happy Fishing My Friend!!!
Jeff