Bawanna's vacation diary

[Bawanna]

No, that's not Bawanna (but the pink fish'n pole on the dock is his )

Believe it or not that pink fishin pole caught nearly the largest fish of the week. Friends son's little daughter 2 or3 years old brought in a big one. Kind of ticked me off, been fishing all week with mixed results, her and mom sat down and caught a lunker in about 15 minutes. I told her one more like that and I was throwin her in.

[jocko]

glad your back ol man!!

[Bawanna]

Good pics, Bawanna! Looks and sounds like ya'll had a lot of fun between the rain.

I always wanted one of those SP101s in .22.

It worked out well, the man next door with the satalite and the nice trailer had a brand new SP101 in 357, so the wife got to shoot it too.
Blind folded it would be difficult to tell the 22 from the 357 holding them until of course you pull the trigger.

I had her shoot my little Colt Cobra too with standard 38 loads. She liked it better than the 357 SP101 but not totally in love with it.

Her SP101 has laser grips too so it's kind of fun to shoot although we couldn't see the laser in the bright day light.

[MW surveyor]

Believe it or not that pink fishin pole caught nearly the largest fish of the week. Friends son's little daughter 2 or3 years old brought in a big one. Kind of ticked me off, been fishing all week with mixed results, her and mom sat down and caught a lunker in about 15 minutes. I told her one more like that and I was throwin her in.

I know how that goes. Having two daughters that I used to take fishing with me (they are way out of the house now) their first real fishing poles were either Snoopy or something similar. Any way, first daughter caught a 4 1/2 pound bass on her's. If I'm remembering correctly, I didn't catch a thing on that trip.

:hungry: ummm, smoked fish!

[getsome]

Glad you are back Bawann and had a good time....Your fish story reminds me of one ....My 3 kids and I were on a boat dock fishing at Lake Chatuge in the North Georgia mountains one time and had been fishing all afternoon and nobody had gotten even a nibble and then this old guy in overalls pulls up in a beat up old rusty pickup and walks out on the dock and makes one cast and dang if he didn't pull in at least a 3 pound large mouth bass...The old guy never said a word, picked up the fish and his pole, got in his truck and left...We were all just looking at each other with our mouths hanging open shaking our heads and thinking, are you kidding, did that really just happen???...We started fishing harder than ever in the same spot but still nothing, not even a stick fish...Oh well, go figure...

[yqtszhj]

Nice trout. You look all relaxed too. I have got to get away from work soon.

That little girl story reminded me of my daughter and what happened with her one time. We were fishing on the dock of the pond at the entrance of our neighborhood. It's a decent size. She had her "sponge Bob" fishing pole and was just playing around. These 3 guys pulled up in a truck and got out with ALL their gear. They planned to slay some fish for sure. They had all kinds of live bait, lures, you name it and a bucket to hold their catch. Well they had been casting and working the pond hard for 15 -20 minutes, moving around all the time, trying different bait and had caught nothing so far. Then my daughter pulled out a hamburger bun, pinched some of the white bread in a little ball put it on her hook then dropped it off the dock. About 30 seconds later she pulled up a 6 inch bluegill. The 3 guys were shocked. They had caught nothing. I took it off, she dropped the hook in again, another one. The guys asked what she was using for bait and she held up the hamburger bun. They mumbled under their breath. Then she caught another one. I told her to ask them if they wanted her fish. They said no and then picked all their stuff including their empty bucket and left. I told her she just out fished those guys with a sponge bob pole and half a hamburger bun. Too funny.

[Bawanna]

I finally got this picture downloaded from my wifes phone. We were on the road home and stopped at a little restaurant for breakfast. This guy was the cook. He came out to deliver a meal and I asked for his picture which he somewhat haltingly agreed too. Sent a shiver up me spine it did.
This is the gospel truth to.

I gotta have one of these shirts. He said he got it at Wally World.

[RCH jr]

Boy got a purty mouth on him don't he? squea
l like a pig. Louder!

[johnh]

I am jealous, our little fishing trip to Minnesota last week netted almost zero fish for my boy. It was unseasonably hot and there was an algae explosion in the lake. Not sure if that made a difference. Ethan was a bit disappointed. Once we hit the Waterpark of America his spirits improved though. That and the Lego Store in the Mall of America. Of course now I am completely broke...

Yes Bawanna and I were on vacation at the same time, but not together or anything, so don't read anything into it...

[Bawanna]

I am jealous, our little fishing trip to Minnesota last week netted almost zero fish for my boy. It was unseasonably hot and there was an algae explosion in the lake. Not sure if that made a difference. Ethan was a bit disappointed. Once we hit the Waterpark of America his spirits improved though. That and the Lego Store in the Mall of America. Of course now I am completely broke...

Yes Bawanna and I were on vacation at the same time, but not together or anything, so don't read anything into it...

I've surely been on the poor end of the fish catching scale a few times, hate it when you can't hook the kids up with fish though. I bet he perked right up at the waterpark and of course who wouldn't be happy at the Lego Store.

I can relate to broke. Probably all I'll know for quite some time. After the wedding, then vacation, my people are all going to North Carolina for a reception with the new son in laws people. They decided to stop in Missouri since I have a grand nephew or something getting married there so they'll make a brief stop there, then to North Carolina all in a very short time. That ought to cost my some loot ya think?
Got a couple of the wifes cousins coming over from the old country (Sweden) to stay with us for 3 or 4 weeks and want to see everything. That might add up some too huh? Guess these speak english good so might not be so fun harassing them.

I had a great time with you on vacation, I mean I hope you had a good vacation even if the fishing was off. It is kind of nice for a short time to get home and back to normal, usually don't last too long though.

[O'Dell]

I think the last time I went fishing I was about 12 years old. That was at least 5 or 6 years ago.

[wyntrout]

I saw some guys in a sampan fishing near Danang... tossing grenades in the river, harbor, or whatever. That looked like fun... fish or not.

Wynn

[melissa5]

I enjoy fishing when I've got someone with me to bait the hook and take the fish off.

[wyntrout]

Then there's the cleaning and all....

Which is why I do most of my hunting and fishing at Costco's or Sam's Club... good prices, too.

Wynn

[Bawanna]

I think the last time I went fishing I was about 12 years old. That was at least 5 or 6 years ago.

I was 12 once I think. I mean I had to have been right? Seems like only 5 or 6 years ago to me too. You think we might be twins?