Another good weekend.
Sometimes there's something to be said about getting away, even if it is a three hour jaunt to my aunt and uncle's house. They happen to live on a farm with two ponds right at the house. The "low" pond is the one right behind their house and about three acres in size, while the "high" pond is the one up the hill and probably about twice as big as the low pond.I spent Friday night at the ball park, and we dropped a nailbiter, 29-28. Three errors by our first baseman, plus some untimely walks, cost us. It's okay, because we're still not full strength. We'll get closer as one of our regulars will be back on Wednesday I hope. I went 3-5 at the dish with two singles and a triple.
Saturday rolled around and I got up fairly early so I could pack for the trip. I also cleaned out my exploder so we had room. With golf clubs, a trolling motor, 3 bags, some food, fishing rods and tackle boxes, we were pretty loaded. We stopped for lunch at one of the most expensive truck stops I've ever eaten at. After the lunch, we continued to John and Lori's.
We got to their house around 1:30. After unpacking, Dad and I, put on fishing clothes and headed to the pond. It was still as clear as it was two weeks ago, but there might have been more moss. We fished all around the pond, catching hundreds of little bass. I did catch one of the nicer ones that measured about 17 inches. I screwed up as I had a monster on that broke me off right by the boat. Mom and my cousin Steph actually joined us in that boat and that was an adventure. The little boat was definitely crowded. We fished for a while longer before those two got cold. It wasn't exactly hot out and there was a pretty fair breeze from the south. I told Dad that it was time to go to the high pond to fish for channel cats. He agreed and John came and joined us. After a couple of hours we had 7 or 8 healthy channels with two caught by dad that went between 8-10 lbs.
I spent about an hour cleaning fish. I was finally able to take a shower and relax as we ate supper. After supper, we lounged around and decided to play golf the next day.
Sunday, we did play golf. John, Dad, Steph and I. I struggled but still shot 85. After golf it was back to the pond. Dad, John and Steph went in the boat in the low pond, while I went back to the mudhole known as the top pond. I caught 3 bullheads, 2 snapping turtles and 2 big channels that would probably go 8-10 lbs each. Those I put in the low pond. After a shower and supper, we played poker, and followed that with a game of Oh Hell.
This morning it was on the water by 8:30. We fished in the boat until almost noon. I caught a monster bass probably going about 5 lbs and just full of eggs. I also had two other healthy ones too. It's kind of nice not to have access to any technology up there. Granted we're only five miles west of Beatrice, NE, but my cell phone doesn't even get service.
It was a great weekend.
posted by Rusty @ 5:30 PM
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