My niece Cait and her husband Steve came up to spend the weekend with us.
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| Cait and Steve with their new boat. |
It was a hot summer weekend and the fishing was slow.
I wasn't catching too much except for my lure on the front of my boat!
Fishing picked up for Steve in the late afternoon on Saturday when he caught this one that we estimated to be at least 4 lbs.
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| Steve with his first 4 pounder |
The next day, we decided to try a larger lake to see if the fishing would be better, and to find some smallmouth bass. This lake has a lot of submerged rocks and it didn't take too long to find some smallies.
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Frank with a 2-3/4 lb. smallmouth bass
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The best fish of the day was Steve's largemouth bass. We got a scale on this one and it weighed in at 4 lbs. The poor bass had a long steel leader and hook in its mouth, but Steve and Cait got the hook out before releasing it back into the lake.
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| Steve with his second 4 lb. largemouth |
The highlight of the weekend for us was when we were sitting out at night with our feet in the water looking at the stars. We had a lantern hung in the tree and we had a flashlight that we would shine in the shallow water to see the baby fish swimming around. This is a favorite activity for Frank and I at our cottage in Maine. We call this sitting spot our aquarium and find it fascinating to watch the fish and other reptiles like frogs and turtles swimming around. So here we were sitting peacefully enjoying nature when I saw this moth dancing on top of the water. I picked up the flashlight to get a better look and Cait said "What's this"? I moved the light to shine it right in front of Cait and we were startled (especially Cait) to see this large snapping turtle right at her feet!
The curious snapping turtle
The turtle wasn't afraid of the light or us and got closer and closer...
Later on the turtle was joined by a friend.
And so our weekend came to an end. Steve got to go home happy with the memory of the two 4 pounders he caught and Cait got to go home with her toes intact!
