Gone Fishing

Gone Fishing!

September 3 2012

Every long week end this summer we have spent with my parents, either camping or hanging out at their home on the lake.  This week end we said in our city and worked jointly around the house to beautify the property.  Mom made a list and we worked together as a family to accomplish a lot.  We decided that we would go fishing on Monday as a last hurrah.  We decided to fish around Wilmont Creek and were treated to watching great big Salmon jump out of the water, ducks diving for plants, and even a hawk.  It was amazing to see all of this nature before us!

The saddest part of the trip was seeing all the garbage that the local fisher people have left behind over the last season.  During our fishing trips we always seem to end up with more gear than what we have come with, which is great!  The other garbage of coffee cups, discarded fishing line, camping chairs and yes even a snow board disgusted me.  Sport fishing is great fun and anything big enough we give to Dad to eat.  We are always careful to pick up our discarded line as to not ensnare local wildlife and anything we have brought with us.  I don't understand how people who come out to nature can behave so poorly.  Next time I go fishing I'm going to bring a garbage bag to clean up some of the junk people have left behind.  What a great world we would live in if we were all responsible for ourselves.  Great still if we all looked out for our environment and each other.

Nope we didn't catch anything this trip except a 25 pound dead fish, but that won't stop us from trying again.