My Day Fishing

Today was a nice relaxing day. I started the day with a good 3 mile run. Came home and got the family up. Went to church, then over to the scout store to pick up a new uniform for my son. After that we went home and everyone got ready to go to a friend's house to swim. As they all left I started to doze and take a little nap. Then I realized, "Hey! I have no other obligations and everyone is going to be gone for a few hours. I'm going fishing!"

I ran a quick errand to the bookstore, then headed over to the little pond. I took 2 poles figuring I'd float a little marshmallow and see if I could catch bluegill with it sitting in a rod holder while I worked a bass rig. After I got everything set up, I started talking with a guy that was fishing nearby. He mentioned that the bluegill (as well as the turtles) love hotdog. He offered to share some of his hotdog with me if I wanted to give it a try. I said "sure" and within 3 seconds of my hotdog hitting the water I had a bite. Unfortunately I set the hook a little too early (and a little too hard) and yanked my hook right out of the water, leaving the hotdog there.

I put some more hotdog on the line and tossed it back in. This time a turtle grabbed it and started swimming around. That was cool to see. The turtle wasn't bothering to swallow the hotdog yet. He wanted to take it back to the tall reeds before eating it, so we had a friendly little game of tug-o-war. Eventually, he got most of the hotdog and I had to re-bait my hook. I tossed my line out a third time and two turtles started competing for the hotdog. The competition was getting good when all of a sudden a little bluegill darted in and snatched the hotdog from both of them. I barely had to set the hook to get him. Hooked him right in the corner of the mouth. Boy I'll tell ya! Those little guys are spunky! Their not big at all, but for their size they've got a lot fight in them.