Happy Fishing Season!

April 15th is an important day….it is not only by father’s birthday; it is also the first day of fishing season! Mom, Dad, Corey and I all left Brackley at 4:30am, and headed out to Bristle Pond. We arrived at 5am to find that the pond was half completely covered with ice, and the other have had a thin skim of ice on top of it….obviously not the best fishing conditions.

We spent about an hour throwing hard pieces of snow, trying to break apart the ice. At about 6:15 my uncle Alvin arrived and he decided to be very brave! He walked out on to the “thicker” ice (it was still only a few inches think), and carve out a hole. After he and my dad carved out a few holes, and they actually started to catch some fish, we all became a bit braver, and we joined them in ‘ICE FISHING’.

All in all it was a wonderful day! Mom had to leave early to go to church, but Corey, Dad and I stayed until about 10:30, and we all caught our limit – 30 fish in total! We went home, gutted and cleaned them, got ourselves cleaned up, had a little birthday party for Dad at Amanda’s house, and then headed home for a nap!

All it in all - it was a super fun day! And I can’t wait to get back out to the fishing hole!

Here is the Birthday Boy with his freshly caught sea trout!

Here are some of our fish! The basket was overfilled by the end of the morning!

Dad and me! You can see a couple people out on the ice behind us!