This past weekend Ben and I were able to borrow some kayaks (thank you Seamans!). After much research on where to go - we decided on Prettyboy Reservoir. So we packed up the fishing gear, made a few PB&Js and headed out! Oh yeah and we left the sunscreen...
I have to show this picture because Ben is so proud of the rims. He's had the idea that he wanted to paint them black for a while. When I think of painted rims I think of ghetto spray paint. I was very skeptical but he promised it could be undone if I didn't like it. So here is the end product! I surprisingly liked them a lot! They look very professional and Ben was happy that I was happy.
The drive up to the reservoir was gorgeous! As we were deciding where to dock the kayaks we found some wildlife that needed to be rescued. This little bugger was crossing the street - I have a habit of squeeling when I see an animal about to get demolished by a car. So Ben stopped and helped him cross the street.
As we were looking for a place to buy worms - we found this vending machine. It was hilarious! There were no people around but the sign on it said "If the worms are dead bring it back for a full refund."
We were still on our live bait hunt when we saw some more wildlife in the street. He had just gotten ran over. I asked Ben why he didn't help the snake across the street. He said, " because its a SNAKE."
Our docking station!
Ok don't laugh at the rest of these pictures. So I used worms and caught the first fish of the day! (Ben said it was a blue gill, Colton I need a confirmation on that.) I didn't know what to do! Ben paddled over to me and took it off the hook and instructed me on how to hold it. I couldn't stop laughing because I was so excited/scared to hold the fish. It's been a while.
So this was my second fish. Same kind, I think. It happened the same way. I was all alone floating in the middle and had to whistle to Ben so he could come take it off the hook for me. This one was a fighter. First of all it was flipping in my hand and poking me with its fins. The next pictures are NOT CUTE but tell the story.
This was right before it fell out of my hands and into my lap. I screamed as it was flipping all over the inside of my legs!!
I finally grabbed it for a picture...
...immediately threw it in the water...
...and shook off the heebee jeebees...
Ben started off using luers but once I was catching them with worms he switched. So the total for the day was Caitlin - 2 Ben - 0
