When I think of fishing, I think of patience. I am not very patient. So I put "Catch a Fish" on my list of
101 things in 1001 days because I knew that it would both be something new and a test of my patience. I spent New Years weekend at Lake Lure in North Carolina. The weather was beautiful on December 31 so I decided to try out fishing. I have tried a few times before but I have always been unsuccessful. Fishing for me usually starts out with excitement to try it out and then after casting for fifteen minutes or so, I get bored and give up.
I knew I wanted it to be different this time. We dug up real worms this time so had live bait to put on the lines (Full disclosure - I never touched a worm. The worms were dug up and put on my line for me. I am not proud of this but I really did not want to touch the worms). I went and started casting on the dock. I was sitting with a whole group of people so it was nice to have people to chat with as I cast, waited and cast again. After about forty five minutes, I saw the little bobber start bobbing up and down a bit. I was not feeling any tugging on the line though so I just watched it and when I reeled it back in, I noticed all the worm was gone! I knew I had to try again so I quickly had another worm put on my line, cast it to almost the same spot, watched it start bobbing up and down a bit and when it bobbed under I yanked it and felt something fighting against me. I pulled it out of the water and it was a tiny fish! After taking a few pictures and looking at it, we threw it back into the lake. I was really excited to catch a fish. I just hope next time I can catch one that is big enough to actually eat!
When I think of fishing, I think of patience. I am not very patient. So I put "Catch a Fish" on my list of 101 things in 1001 days because I knew that it would both be something new and a test of my patience. I spent New Years weekend at Lake Lure in North Carolina. The weather was beautiful on December 31 so I decided to try out fishing. I have tried a few times before but I have always been unsuccessful. Fishing for me usually starts out with excitement to try it out and then after casting for fifteen minutes or so, I get bored and give up.
I knew I wanted it to be different this time. We dug up real worms this time so had live bait to put on the lines (Full disclosure - I never touched a worm. The worms were dug up and put on my line for me. I am not proud of this but I really did not want to touch the worms). I went and started casting on the dock. I was sitting with a whole group of people so it was nice to have people to chat with as I cast, waited and cast again. After about forty five minutes, I saw the little bobber start bobbing up and down a bit. I was not feeling any tugging on the line though so I just watched it and when I reeled it back in, I noticed all the worm was gone! I knew I had to try again so I quickly had another worm put on my line, cast it to almost the same spot, watched it start bobbing up and down a bit and when it bobbed under I yanked it and felt something fighting against me. I pulled it out of the water and it was a tiny fish! After taking a few pictures and looking at it, we threw it back into the lake. I was really excited to catch a fish. I just hope next time I can catch one that is big enough to actually eat!
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