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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Fishing Extravaganza

Friday after the parade, we all went out on Uncle Jan's boat on Hamlin Lake. The boys & Grandma did some fishing while I enjoyed the ride & sunset and also finished reading my book.

Uncle Jan & Phil's dad, Rob were on a roll, catching fish every few minutes without even trying much. Even Grandma caught 5 or 6 fish. We hit the hot spot. Unfortunately Phil was having some problems. He caught a few fish right away but then hit a dry spell for a while. Uncle Jan was catching fish when he wasn't even paying attention... crazy stuff.

After a mighty long dry spell, my wonderful husband was feeling a bit down & discouraged. One last cast before we left to go home and what do you know... he catches the largest fish of the night... a 15" bass that required the net and the assistance of Rob to catch. He put the rest of those boys to shame! Way to go hubby!

Here are some pictures of the fishing trip.

Uncle Jan's first catch.... it was a slow start.


Phil... making the fish gods mad.


Grandma's first catch.


Here it is... the big BASS. Rob is holding his catch next to it for comparison purposes.


We did also enjoy a beautiful sunset amongst the fishing... there were a ton of swans around us and lots of baby swans... so cute!


Here is Tula checking out the catch.


Apparently it is a good omen to nail the head of your fish to a tree in Ludington... either that or the boys just wanted to show off their catch. Doesn't really matter, it's still gross if you ask me!

3 comments:

The Camburns said...

If I catch your cat at your house can I do the same thing for good luck?

Anonymous said...

Do you know why my dad likes to nail a fish head on a tree? Because bees will get inside the fish and fly out of the eyes and mouth, scaring the crap out of normal people.

The Casa Hunt said...

Why did you use fishing poles??