"I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is under there." ~Robert Altman ~Okay, don't laugh you know you have all been here before....in your late 20's and no monies! lol :) I would like to introduce everyone to what ~E~ calls the redneck boat trailer. ~R~ came up with the idea. See they have a canoe, live near a lake, but have no way to transport it without borrowing a car with a rack ...so the next best thing...a dollie! I myself thought it was pretty ingenious. It beats carrying the heavy beast to the lake a mile. Again..Ingenious ~R~!
I snapped a photo of the two walking to the lake...I think the camo paint job fits well with the scene, don't you?! :)
Once we reached the lake we realized it was windier than we thought. (It is never advisable to canoe on the east side of a lake when the winds are coming across it from the west. hehehe) Needless to say, we stayed in the lil cove so the wind wouldn't blow us around. O' and I forgot to mention...canoes are generally for two people not three, so we lacked a seat for one of us...well ~R~ had the same idea almost every other guy I know has had...put a lawn chair in the middle for the third person...again...ingenious! (I know there is at least one person out there reading this post that has done the same thing...lol) So up went the froggie chair for ~E~! We had a blast...we could paddle to the opening and drift down the channel to fish. We even saw some Geese!
The family was just swimming along, minding their own business, when a red winged black bird came out of nowhere and started attacking the leading goose. That same black bird tried to attack us too! Brave lil guy flying over people with paddles :)
~E~ won fisher women of the day...catching a ton of bluegill and sun fish...we kept four of hers! (that is ~E~ with the prize catch of the day!)
I even caught two worth keeping...and a handful of lil guys. lol...that's me showing off my muscles...lol :)
~E~ and I with our catch...never before have we brought this many fishies home! Yeah! Plus, b/c ~E~ and ~R~ still had fish from their last catch, they let me take them home.Mt. Man once told me that if I caught fish, and brought them home, he would clean them....He was less than thrilled. Now the rule is no more lil guys! He will only clean trout, salmon, whitefish, walleye or anything in that size range. Looks like I will be getting my fishing groove on this summer...he just challenged me..lol keep your fingers crossed...off to ford lake later this week with ~E~ to catch trout...min. size 15 inches! Hope he's ready! :)
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NLSM: I don't understand, those were some mighty fine Bluegill and they are the best tasting fish in the lake. I can filet a Bluegill in a minute and you get a dozen pure white fillet from your catch. You tell Mt. Man that you caught the best tasting fish in the lake. Those were great photos. I loved the Redkneck Trailer.
I am laughing about that canoe dollie! I just did a post on my log cabin blog on how we transport our kayaks since we don't have a rack yet we throw them in the back of the SUV with the door open - and then we hang on to the handles while we're driving! I'm surprised they haven't slipped out the back yet - LOL!
Impressive fish catches in my book - loved these photos! I know there are some bigger fishies on your horizon - you'll have to post a photo of the hubby cleaning them - LOL!!
I loved this post. Hope you enjoyed your bluegill dinner. Good eating for sure.
YOU GO GIRL! Today Sunnies - tomorrow huge trout, maybe even a tuna or a shark! (Hope Mt Man has his boning knife sharpened...)
LOL, I had Mt.Man read the comments and he actually laughed, cleaned the fish, and said that in the fall I was learning how to gut and process a deer with him...agh, I got roped into that one....should be fun though! :)
NLSM: Mt. Man should gut the deer in the field but processing it is a fairly easy job. No reason to fear that process.
I loved reading this post and the third seat in the canoe reminded me of when I was around 7 or 8 and my two aunts took six of us (all around 7 or 8) nieces fishing in the little two seater fishing boat of my grandfathers. It is one of my best memories and in all honesty one of the only times that I have been fishing.
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