A Little Bit of Much
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Posted by Patrick Corkum on May 11, 2010
Like to fish? I don’t know what took me so long to find this, but… I found TakeMeFishing.Org. I plan on going up to NY for their free fishing weekend. If you don’t fish and have kids, take this opportunity to take your kids fishing! I have so many great memories and stories to tell of fishing with my kids. Here’s the list of states and their free fishing dates.
Posted by Patrick Corkum on April 2, 2010
So, I went fishing the other day and was out for a few hours. I fished for a good hour and a half casting in my lure over and over and over again in different spots, hoping to get a bite. Then, I decided to cast somewhere that I didn’t think anything would bite, and wham…. I wasn’t ready and missed setting the hook. About a half hour later of repeatedly casting and reeling, another cast and wham, missed again. Another half hour or so later… same thing. You end up getting so accustomed to dealing with the mundane that when the sacred shows up, you miss it, you just are not ready. Are you ready or are you too caught up in what is going on in your life everyday to set the hook when the time comes?
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.