The Spring Fishermen

Spring is here and one of the local fishing "hot spots" has started warming up!

Eric caught wind of the news last Monday and we tried the spot, albeit a bit chilly and windy for my taste.  Admittedly, I lasted for about an hour before I wimped out, went back to the truck, and relaxed (geez that felt nice!).  We came home with a few; just enough for a fish fry supper for four, plus leftovers.  Yum!

This last weekend, the weather was a bit nicer and Eric and Connor took another stab at it.  They drove the short drive (about 25 minutes away) to spend some wonderful father/son time for most of the afternoon and early evening.

Here's Connor with one of the carp they caught.  It was indeed a carp fest.  Connor really got a kick out of them; they fight and are fun to reel in!

Meanwhile, Ramsey and I had taken the day off to have some momma/son time.  We decided to get ice cream, stop at Hobby Lobby, drop off our Goodwill loot, and get a few food items.  You'd think Ramsey had won the lottery when we stopped at the ice cream place.

Meanwhile, back at the fishing hole, the elder of the D-man crew spent about 6 hours fishing, catching half of their load in the last half hour, just before dusk.  They came home with their fill of walleye; eight lovely fatties.  They were quite pleased to say the very least.  Also, they were very pooped!  (When they weren't whisking in reeds and weeds, they were fighting and reeling in the aforementioned huge and plentiful carp.)

 They returned to the hot spot on Sunday.  As it was quite crowded, they weren't quite as lucky, but still managed to bring home four nice specimen!   And, [anxiety-ridden] Daddy turned over the reins and had Connor fillet the precious walleye.  He did a good job!