RECHARGE!!!!!

Just thought I would take a minute and report on another successful weekend spent at the Gorge.

This weekend my Dad and I took a couple of my friends to show them what "real" fishing is like. We spent three days fighting the sun, wind and rain in pursuit of the elusive thirty pound lake trout.



The first picture is Derek, a friend from Nursing school. He caught a twenty-five pounder the last day. I think he is happy, even though his face looks like he might be passing a stone. Lets just say it was cold, and he learned what it is like to try and pump a huge trout off the bottom of the lake with non-responsive/numb fingers and a touch of gas from the fish fry the night before.



My Dad caught a twenty pounder, and he let Kyle hold it for the picture. I guess he could tell that Kyle wasn't going to pose with one of his own by the end of the trip. Fathers intuition or something. Anyway, Kyle was a good sport and only inquired once as to why he was having his picture taken with a fish he didn't catch. He wasn't the only one wondering the same thing.



We had a great time and I enjoyed getting to know Kyle and Derek a little better. If you are wondering why there isn't a picture of me holding a laker, it is because I didn't catch one, duh! I guess I couldn't take the pressure! {:-)



We had a great fish fry of fresh caught lake trout, corn on the cob, and Crayfish. The crayfish was about the only thing I could actually catch. Props to Kyle for his award winning crispy trout and homemade tartar sauce.