Fishing for Lake Trout is about the only non-fly fishing my guys do. It is a lot of fun for J because it involves catching minows for bait, which means setting a minow trap out the night before. When his cousins were with us later in the week, I think setting and checking the minow trap was as fun as catching a big fish.
Those Lake Trout are way out in the deep part of the lake, so Andy rows out the fishermen to set the minows on the hook and lower them to the dark deep. Then he rows them back to the pier and the wait.
Sometimes they wait quite a long time. But it is the time to sit and chat. For the younger ones, to check the crawdad traps too. The waiting can be close to an hour, with constant visual checks of the tip of the rod to see if there is any action on the minow. I think this is the "relaxing" part of fishing.
And then comes the reward:
Grandpa always lets J win the fishing contests by letting J pull in the largest fish of the day. It seems to be a tradition! Thanks Grandpa!
1 comment:
That's awesome! My dad aka Papa isn't a fisherman, but let's my kids win at board games. I think it's great!
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