Gone Fishin'
Apr 8th, 2008 by Peregrin
We went fishing on Tuesday and went to Pale Face Park. Whenever we got there (it’s an hour drive from our place) we unpacked and got our tackle, oars and our fishing rods into the boat. Then we decided who would go in the boat first. So 756 (also known as Tamara), 101 (aka Edward), 627 (that’s me, Truman)and Dad went out first leaving 127 (aka Kathryn) and Mom behind. 627 (which is me) sat in front while Dad steered. 101 and 756 sat in the middle. When we got to where we were going, we tied off and started fishing but we got hung up a couple of times so we moved into a small cove and started fishing. After a couple of casts I got a bite so I gave my rod a yank and started reeling it in. It wasn’t hard reeling so I had the fish in the boat in no time. It turned out to be a small large mouth bass (maybe four inches). We let it go because it was too small. In a couple more casts I got another bite, so I gave my rod a yank and felt a tug. I started reeling but the fish pulled and the drag started. It didn’t last long and in no time at all I had a 2 pound 18 inch large mouth bass in the boat. After we had settled down, I saw 101’s rod twitching so I yelled to 101 that he had a bite. So he yanked his rod and he pulled in a yellow Catfish (it was a keeper). After that we went back to shore and picked up 127 and and left 756 behind with mom. After we picked up 127 we headed back to where we had been. I steered most of the way but this time we went farther upstream. In a couple of casts Dad caught a crappie and then another and then another until he had five crappie ( one might be a rock bass ). Then we headed to shore (I was steering most of the way) and we packed up and headed home. When we got home we skinned the fish. The next day we fried the fish and ate em.
Truman
