I Wanted To Go Last Week, BUT

As life does, it got into the way of me fishing last week. My wife is still recovering from foot surgery and I'm her Uber driver (my son coined this) until she's back on her feet.

If you want to see some awesome scenery and fish, check out Bill Trussell's blog Fishing Through Life.

This week is iffy. Yes, I pulled one (actually two) of my stupid stunts I'm so famous for. Last Friday, watering the hill behind the house, I decided to pull a couple weeds that have been bothering me. The first "trip" I jammed my left leg (the one that hurts all the time). Couldn't have been the right one, noooooo. Had to be the left one. Then coming down the second time, I tripped and took a little header out into the grass. This stuff is hard on this old Geezer. So I spent the weekend limping around and taking drugs.

Maybe I'll get out later this week.

An Almost Perfect Day

I made it. Met Yuki at the house at 9:00 and headed up to Silver Lake. Sunshine, blue skies, and about 64 degrees. Who could ask for a better day.

Got to the lake about 10 and decided to fish the cove instead of the dam.

Walked to the right side about 50 feet and set up 2 rods with rainbow Power Bait.

To the left

Across to the left

Across to the center

Across to the right

A little snow shot.

Yuki set up about 20 feet to my left.

Yuki contemplating the next fish

Wasn't long before "FISH ON" It was your normal stocker about 9" so after a quick photo, back it went.  But it was the FIRST fish of the year. About time.

First blood

My blog photographer needs a little practice. 

The first fish of 2018

In between that one and the one below, Yuki caught 5. So I did the most natural thing for a fisherman and that was, since he limited, I threw my line where he was fishing. 

Hold still

The second fish of 2018

This one was a bit larger at about 11". The third one I caught (sorry no picture) was the same size as this one. All 8 were caught on rainbow Power Bait. Not bad for fishing about 2 hours. 

The best find of the day

On the way back we stopped for an ice cream cone at Munnerlyn's. We both had one scoop of Kit Carson Crunch in a sugar cone. The flavor is kind of a light coffee with a bunch of other stuff in it. Then there was this quart of Raspberry Truffle in the freezer. This is by far my favorite flavor. Raspberry ice cream with chocolate pieces with raspberry liqueur inside. As near to heaven as you can get.  

That, my friends, is an almost perfect day. 

Stay tuned..........I'mmmmm back.   

I'm Going No Matter What

This week.

Upcountry

Stay Tuned.