2017 Aug - Summer Fishing with my Niece

 Here is my niece, Caitlin enjoying the boat ride with her friend Jeremy in his fishing boat he named "Fury".

Fishing is slower in the summer but I did manage to catch one nice Smallmouth bass.

Esther caught a nice Smallmouth Bass

 I didn't get any pictures of Frank's fish but I did get this one of him when he borrowed my hat for awhile!

Frank in my hat!

It was a slow day for everyone, but Jeremy caught his best fish when we got back to our dock.

Jeremy with a nice Pickerel

When we are not fishing, we are always amazed at the wildlife you can see when you take the time to look around. The wildlife tend to come out at night to hunt for food. Here we found a crayfish and a snapping turtle.

2017 Aug - Fishing in Steamboat Springs Colorado

Esther with a Colorado trout

We had a wonderful vacation in Colorado and we spent a fair amount of time fishing.  The town we stayed in had the Yampa River flowing through it.  This river is known for it's abundance of trout.  Most people fly fish in this area, but we wanted to travel light so we did not pack all of our fly fishing gear.  This made it more difficult to find spots where we could cast a lure from shore. I am not a trout fisherman but I did manage to hook into 5 trout and I landed 3! The best one is pictured here.  I believe it was a cutthroat trout because it had 2 reddish lines along it's throat.  At first I thought the fish was bleeding, but I was glad it wasn't because this river is catch and release.

Close up of trout

Frank with a fat Colorado Pike

We also fished in a few ponds where I did not have any luck, but Frank did! He landed 3 Pike during the week.  They were not the huge like the Pike we are used to catching in Maine but he had fun landing them anyway.