Today we finally got a little cloud brake and J and I took advantage of it and drove the 20 some miles out to the Bonneville Dam to go Shad Fishing. It was beautiful out, and as tired of the rain as I am, I have to say everything is amazingly green out.
J fishing at the dam
J caught the first fish. I had the camera handy so this is what his face looks like while he reals in a fish. I love that kind of happy!
This was his first one, it was the smallest fish of the day. As you can see the fish bled a little, but was fine. It sat in the water for a minute then slowly swam a little way off. Right after it disappeared into the water about 3 feet from J a small Sturgeon (about 6-8 feet long) surfaced and made quite a splash right where the Shad had disappeared at. We think it smelled the blood and came up and ate it. It was neat to see it so close. J is going Sturgeon fishing with his dad and brother end of the week, so I think this got him a little excited to catch one of those big guys.
This was my first catch of the day... Still not sure how I snagged this.
My fish
This osprey was hovering right over me watching me fish. I was actually afraid to catch something figuring it would try to take it from me. I put my pole down, picked up my camera, and we just watched each other. You can see he even has his head cocked checking me out.
We also drove around and sat and watched a barge go through the dam.
It was SO nice out. The wild flowers are just now in bloom.
I wish I had a better camera to catch this shot. There was vetch covering this hill and the starling were all over it, eating bugs I am guessing. The dark clouds moving in behind this emerald green hill that was covered with bright purple vetch and lupine, along with the birds swooping and diving, was really quite an image.
J fishing at the dam
J caught the first fish. I had the camera handy so this is what his face looks like while he reals in a fish. I love that kind of happy!
This was his first one, it was the smallest fish of the day. As you can see the fish bled a little, but was fine. It sat in the water for a minute then slowly swam a little way off. Right after it disappeared into the water about 3 feet from J a small Sturgeon (about 6-8 feet long) surfaced and made quite a splash right where the Shad had disappeared at. We think it smelled the blood and came up and ate it. It was neat to see it so close. J is going Sturgeon fishing with his dad and brother end of the week, so I think this got him a little excited to catch one of those big guys.
This was my first catch of the day... Still not sure how I snagged this.
My fish
This osprey was hovering right over me watching me fish. I was actually afraid to catch something figuring it would try to take it from me. I put my pole down, picked up my camera, and we just watched each other. You can see he even has his head cocked checking me out.
We also drove around and sat and watched a barge go through the dam.
It was SO nice out. The wild flowers are just now in bloom.
I wish I had a better camera to catch this shot. There was vetch covering this hill and the starling were all over it, eating bugs I am guessing. The dark clouds moving in behind this emerald green hill that was covered with bright purple vetch and lupine, along with the birds swooping and diving, was really quite an image.
