Just stopping to enjoy

[jbmaine]

Yesterday was pretty perfect for my wife and I. We hit our favorite lake for the day. This place is a real gem. It's about 1000 acres of good clean water with everything to make it a great SM,LM, fishery. Even better the launch is not the best, and you have to go thru a narrow culvert to get to the main lake, so not many larger boats try it.

Yesterday the weather was perfect, slightly overcast, no wind, around 70 degree temps. Spring was in the air and the spawn was in full swing. We had decided to just concentrate on non bedding bass, but from the second cast out we caught fish. I set the trolling motor to slowly follow the shore line while we cast in towards shore. While running down the shore line we picked up several fish, but as we were going we kept looking down at all the fish on the beds. 

 At some point we just put our fishing rods down and kept looking in the water. We ran into every nook and cranny and saw fish every where. We stopped for lunch over a SM bed and spent a half hour watching him keep chasing a rival away.

 I don't think we covered 1/10 of the shore line but still saw well over a hundred fish. On the way home we didn't talk about the fish we caught, only about all the cool things we saw. It's a day we will remember for a long time.

 Fishing is our joy, our passion, our fun. It's what get's us out to great places like this. We could have had very high numbers on this trip. But yesterday really reminded me how important it is to sometimes just stop, look around, and enjoy all the great places this "fishing" thing of ours brings us to.

                                                                                                  Jim

[Oregon Native]

I can remember days watch the old food chain work to...little fish eatin bugs....bigger fish chasing down the little ones...eagles and other birds doing their thing.  Deer sneaking down to the water.....it's all so awesome...Praise God I get to enjoy our great outdoors.

[Eric J]

Very true... I am a native of NYC. Born in New York City and grew up in New York City. When I was ten my parents bought a house up in the Catskill Mountains. I spent my summers there with my grandmother while mom and dad worked and came up for the weekend.

 

I quickly became "adopted" by a family that owned a huge piece of the hill and several kids my age. They owned hunting lodges as part of a family business. 

 

I learned to love the outdoors fishing and even some hunting. I was so outrageously blessed to have had that experience. When my daughter turned 8 I decided enough was enough and the wife and I bought a house i. The Hudson Valley, NY.

 

Been here for 27 years and cannot ever imagine living without all this nature around me. Every kid should have a chance to experience this...

 

Thanks for the post.

[Wurming67]

Thanks for sharing awesome story! I think alot of us have lost sight what this sport is really about.

[Goldstar225]

It doesn't hurt a thing to pause and just enjoy being there.  I'll frequently lay the rod down, spin my seat around and just take in the moment. 

[lonnie g]

there sure are amazing sights to see. makes life seem much more thankful. 

[UPSmallie]

Well said.  Sometimes we realize it isn't always about catching fish in order to have a great time on the water.