Today we went on an excursion to Seven Sisters Hydro Dam which is about an hour and a half east of Winnipeg and is located on the Winnipeg River. It was one of the earlier dams built for hydro power in the province.
John & Amy were our guests on this outing and were the fishing "experts" with the equipment. Helmut had never been fishing before in his life and my experience consists of going with Dad when I was 11 or 12 years old and ending up as the catch of the day ( another story).
The first order of the afternoon was to investigate the top of the dam and plan for the best location to fish. Then we had to stop to have our picnic lunch - the area does not afford tables so we put up our lawn chairs near the parking area, spread our table cloth on the ground and proceeded to make our sandwiches etc. It was chilly and windy.
After lunch week took the equipment up to the top of the dam and located a place on the deep side where John thought there might be a chance to fish. The three of them set up the fishing poles and lines and I tried to watch but Abby was restless so the two of us went for a walk around the area and when she was nice and tired we went back to the fishing area and I did some crocheting ( I went prepared).
Helmut caught the only fish that our party took in (or anyone else that we met on the dam). It was his very first fish of a life time.
About 4:30 pm we packed up for the drive home.
The last pic is Helmut cleaning the fish - also a first. We ate it fried for supper. it was a pickerel - very tasty.
2 comments:
I guess you are never too old to learn new tricks. It looks like you had a lot of fun. Well maybe. I used to take something to do for an afternoon of our trips. John loved to go rock hunting on hot barren hills or road cuts. It was like fishing in a way, but I found it more enjoyable to read or do something else. Maybe someday I'll learn to either knit or crochet. (Fish?)
Good job! That's a fine pickerel!
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