06-06-2007, 03:54 PM
What does this mean? It's for me or other old geezers that need to remind ourselves that these long trips and hard work are every bit worth the effort and the little bit of aches and pins at night and when you get home. I find it harder and harder to get myself to go, but when I do, I thank my lucky stars that I did and am still able. The Sparkinator left for the Gorge on 6/2 and arrived at the Confluence about noon. Set up the tent trailer and headed off to do an afternoon float tube fishing thing for smallies. Fished 6/3 and am of 6/4. It never changed. It was just plain wonderful. The pic. is of the normal/avg. size that were caught. These were 14 and 14 1/2 in. Aren't they great? Must have caught around 40 the whole time with the smallest at 13 and the biggest at 18 1/2 in and just a pig of a fish. My other old fart fishing buddy showed up the last day and spent the am fishing until getting blown off by the wind. He must have caught 30 just that am but were smaller, probably because he was using a much smaller lure. I caught all mine on a guacamole reaper, never tried anything else. [inline "Fl. G. 3a, 6-4-07.jpg"]
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] He even had a bonus of romping with his doggy bud, Tomo, on the last day. I still get every bit as much enjoyment of watching my dog buddies enjoy as fishing. Besides, Sparky growls and keeps the coyotes away so I don't have to worry. 