No longer a fisherman

Yesterday we took the kayaks to Lake Dorothy ,a small 102 acre lake outside of the town of Lake Tomahawk. Most of the land around Lake Dorothy is government owned so it is a very quiet lake. A perfect lake to Kayak and fish.

Once we got into the water and started kayaking, I cast my line into the water and immediately something took my bait. I reeled my line in and caught a nice size bass. Once I got the bass into the kayak it came off my hook and was flopping around inside the boat...... my worms and everything else were scattered throughout, but I got the bass and I did not tip the kayak! Tim came over and measured the bass. It met the legal requirements to keep but I looked into its eyes and decided I just couldn't keep it so I released it. I caught 5 more bass. The last one that I caught was a big one because it fought the entire time, it even pulled the kayak towards shore. Naturally, right before I was ready to lift it into the kayak....it broke lose. Good for it. It was fun trying to land it but after that episode I decided I love to fish but I would no longer keep the fish. The best part of fishing to me is the fight. Once you capture the fish it is kind of sad to remove it from it habitat. So from now on I'm a catch and release girl. I told this to Tim today and he just laughed.

Guess what we're eating for supper tonight...the 19 inch bass he caught at Lake Dorothy yesterday.

This morning he is back out fishing our lake. He hopes to catch a couple more bass so we have plenty for supper.