No School

Posted by Patrick Corkum on March 29, 2010

No school for me this week. So, I decided to take the day off and celebrate! I went fishing! Okay, I just really wanted to go fishing since opening day was Saturday and I didn’t get to go over the weekend. Fortunately, PJ had the day off of school today because it is the end of the marking period and he got to come with me. We had a great time! Unfortunately, we didn’t catch any trout , but we did catch a whole bunch of catfish. I was amazed at the number of people that were out there fishing today. I know Saturday was opening day and all, but I ran into a lot of people out there today. We went to a small pond first (to make sure we caught something) where they stocked trout last week. When we got there, it was packed! There were about 10 other people fishing in this small pond (smaller than some farm ponds) on a wet day during the middle of the week. I was really hoping to get out with some peace and quiet, but alas, nope! After we left the pond, we went to a river to check it out, but it was rather muddy and not so great. We had a couple bites, but didn’t stay long. While we were fishing in this pool down at the river which is maybe 20 feet wide, a guy decides it would be a great idea to park himself on the other side and fish the same spot. I was a bit annoyed, but made conversation with him (maybe it would drive him away). Instead, he tells me that he was there on Saturday fishing and people were shoulder to shoulder and he was annoyed that people brought their kids (since dads shouldn’t bring their kids on opening day because it is a day for adults to fish), but he bit his tongue. For those of you who aren’t fisherman, that is called irony. For those of you that are, let your blood pressure drop, it’s okay.