Good To Go !!!

She is good to go. Spent some time working on the "yak" today, mounted my pole holder and paddle holder. It is looking sweet. Went to the rents to borrow dad's drill... and lo and behold... I found my surprise from him... for those of you who dont know I have the BESTEST, GREATEST, SWEETEST, ROCKINEST parents in the world... you SHOULD be jealous. We got a kayak/canoe carrying cart... it is the sweetest thing!!! Now we dont have to drive the car five seconds down the street with the canoe on the roof!!! Thanks to my folks! That ROCK! Did I mention that already? Love you guys!!! Tomorrow I am going to take her out... still have to rig up the anchor system. Anyone know where I can get some bungee cord... on a spool,not the type with hooks already attached. Peace to you all. Thanks for reading.
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Do I not have a smile on my face like a kid who just got their first bike?

New to the fleet.

The newest member of the Parias fleet...
Soon, she will be transformed into the hippest fishing kayak on Sawdy Pond...
For the days when Shug can't make it...
Keep popping in for pics of the progress.
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Jitter Bug! Do the Jitter Bug!

The headline is to be read to the beat of the WHAM! song Jitterbug... When the fish are really bitin' on the jitter bugs I sing that song to Shug... it drive him craze... ha ha ha
Just the same... last night was such a great night for fishing, the pond was like glass from one end to the other, the fish were jumping all over, and the heat from the afternoon had them looking to attack some serious bait... so we thought, this may be a good night to start with the jitterbugs... and how true it was... nothing but 2lb fish... we weighed each of them.
Happy Memorial Day everyone! Enjoy your burgers and dogs... I am heading to work... Dont drink and drive either... no nee to drum up any business for me.
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Round two!

Round two consisted of me essentially wanting to keep the Wookie happy because I know how badly she wanted to fish. So it was around 1230am and we were still at Kevin and Chris' house when the Wookie started with the lets go fishing lets go fishing poke... you know, like little kids do ;) Now I know that she has been "praying for fish" at church, and it has been killing her to see if the praying was going to bring her any luck... so I thought agggh what the hay... we can fish from the dock.. shortly there after I was stuck... damn those rocks... it is pitch black... all i have is my head lamp... uggghhh but wait, this rock is now moving?????? so i began to reel in... and damn it was like reeling in a pile of wet rags... then there she was... in alllll here glory... my biggest fish EVER!!! I was speechless... It was hooked in the gill, slightly, by one hook out of six,for all you folks who are like "oh my god look at all the blood, that is so mean" and when we released her she swam off to live another day... so, please, you can breathe easy now. We weighed her and she only came up as 2lbs 15oz... I was so surprised!!! She felt and looked sooo much heavier than that.
After that fish, I was done... I couldnt imagine catching anything after that so I went back to the fire... and left the Wookie on the dock to test out the power of prayer! Then came a loud, Wookie voice, at 130am, " I got a fish! I got a fish! Come help me! I need tools! I need tools!" So we head over to the dock and sure enough the Wookie has her first fish and her first disturbing the peace ticket if she doesnt stop yelling about it. So here is the Wookie's first fish picture.
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The rest of Shug's fish...

Here are the rest of Shug's fish that he caught in round one of the double header.

Fishing double header!

Well, this is going to have to be a double post, because apparently we caught too many fish in our fishing double header to post all at once... they are only allowing me 5-6 at a time. Oh well.
I got home yeserday morning from a MISERABLE night at work... I can't even begin to get in to it, well because I just dont want to re-live it honestly. When I got home and unlocked the door I noticed the May flies swarming alllllll over the place... this I knew was a GREAT sign... the fish would be starting their feeding frenzy VERRRRRY shortly... so I called up Shug to let him know that "tonight was the night". I fell into bed and CRASHED... until 530pm!!! Unheard of for me... but apparently my body was telling me otherwise. When I finally came out of my coma Shug and I called up the Rents and made plans to meet them for dinner... it was too windy to start fishing and we needed to eat. Once we were finished dinner it was on the pond we went... and sure as pie... May flies were on the water and the fish were eating. Shug had a great streak at one point... 4casts 4fish.. the kid was on last night... Im telling you... he was ON! Me, I caught them here and there... including a MONSTER pickerel, which I got right up to the side of the boat, just enough so we could see how big he was and shaaaazammm he was gone! UGGGHHH! I damn near cried... ha ha ha. We stayed out until about 1000. Kevin and Chris were having a fire at there place on the pond so we hung out there for a bit... The Wookie joined us and after a few hours we decided to start round two of the fishing double header.... Wait until you see what the brought on!!!!

Here she is our new "boat". We had been searching for an aluminum boat with trailer, motor, troller.... you know the typical small boat fishing package... however, after much searching and looking at a few boats we decided that it was a bit more than we really wanted or were looking for. Included are also the first fish we caugh in the new boat.
We made a trip to Dick's sporting goods and we saw a couple of "boats" we were interested in and had dad come by to check on them and see which he thought were up to snuff. After a short stint of research we decided to go with the Mad River Canoe... or as dad prefers to call it the Canoyak... I have to agree... here is there link... you can check out better pictures there if you like... http://www.madrivercanoe.com/zoom_boat.php?img=Adventure_16_tt.jpg We have he sand color, and our seats are not plastic... but padded and made out of a neoprene material... VERY comfortable on the rearendus let me tell you...
Wookie and the Shug picked the boat up at Dicks' about a week ago, along with a trolling motor, battery and charger. Dad made us a custom arm to hold the trolling motor and we were good to go. Monday was our maiden voygage... and after a few gliches, you know just getting used to a new boat and all, we were off and running and catching some fish. Shig caught the first fish in the new boat... however, you know my rule, it didnt make it in the boat... but love strikes agian and I allowed for it to be noted at the first fish in the new boat... :)
Needless to say... we are loving our new boat... it is EXACTLY what we needed. It is very portable, and fits atop of our Forester like it was MADE for the vehicle. If we are driving down the roaf and we see a spot we want to fish in... all we have to do is pull over and put the boat in. No need to worry about boat ramps, gasoline and all that other stuff... We made a good choice... a great buy... look out fish!
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