My fishing trip

[Sherbet]

Over a month ago, I told you all that I was going on vacation for a week on Lake Champlain. Well, due to my digital camera being picky, and then me not getting around to it, I took my time getting the pics uploaded, and it's time to share!

Here I am checking out the rock to pick a good spot to fish, and checking out the water.

Then Gusty came down to fish with me, and she caught this cute little perch...

I decided to fish, too...after watching how excited Gusty was to catch a fish, so here's me casting out my line.

It didn't take long, and I got a nice bite! Gusty was jealous, so she didn't bother to hold the camera still. I'm sorry it's blurry, it's totally her fault.

I really liked watching sunset each night. This picture was taken a little before sunset, so you don't get the full effect, but I still like this one.

I fished so much, I caught 161 fish (really!) I was tired each night, and liked snuggling with my teddy bear.

I hope you all enjoyed my photos!

 

[princessluna11706]

Haha! That's great! It looks like Sherbet and Gusty really enjoyed their fishing trip!

 

[cloud weaver]

Cute! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

 

[SoSoftClaire]

Wow, you sound like a really good fisherpony.
You're the cutest caster I've ever seen. Have you fished with a net before?

 

[Sherbet]

thanks everyone!

As for fishing with a net - no, not really. We catch and release, it's just for fun, so the only net involved is the one in case we catch "the big one". I did catch a big one - about 3 inches off shore! It was SO COOL...I caught a nice perch, and a large mouth bass chased it into shore and swallowed it, I pulled up, and caught it! Before I caught it, the bass actually was momentarily on the rock chasing the perch. No net needed, just had my dad help me lift up. This vacation was after my 2 wrist surgeries - so I had braces on my wrists and it was hard to lift. I think the fish was about 4 lbs or so, including the perch inside its belly, lol. Just a nice looking fish.

Other than that, I do like to take a butterfly net and catch tadpoles. There's a pond that dries up every year, so I catch the tadpoles and bring them to my kiddie pool so they get to develop and hop off on their merry way.

Didn't mean to take this so far off of a pony-ish topic, lol...I do tend to get carried away when something interests me. But here's some pony-ness: I like to take a pony with me when I travel, but I'm afraid of losing the pony. The Sherbet is one of 2 Sherbets I have, and Gusty is one of 3 of her that I have. (not my best one, you can see the marker on her shoulder) I usually take one of them, or Parasol...and Cotton Candy has been with my parents to Cancun once and also on a Caribbean cruise, and to the place in these photos. She's definitely got the most miles to her credit.

 

[SoSoftClaire]

Hey, I used to catch tadpoles and minnows all the time with butterfly nets. In fact, that used to be one of my top 5 summer activities. I wouldn't hurt them, I'd always put them back because I didn't have a good place to keep them, but it was great.

I sometimes take ponies with me too- I take my extra Sunlight with the frizzy tail. She doesn't mind the possibility of a little glitter loss for travel's sake.

Good to see that you can still pull in the big fish after wrist surgery. That sounds very sensitive. Hope you heal well!