Saturday, August 17, 2019

Family Reunion at Uncle Harry's Ranch

Fishing Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Weather: Calm wind, hot, clear skies, T-90s
Moon Phase: 95% Moon
Location: Uncle Harry's Ranch
Best Bait: worm underneath a slip bobber
Who Fished: Alex Covili, Dayton Duncan, Dunc
Every year in August we have a family reunion at my Great Uncle Harry’s Ranch.  He has passed on, but his family still owns over 300 acres near Woodland Hills, Utah.  They have a pond on their ranch that’s stocked with rainbows and its fun for the kids to catch a few while up there. 

This year my young cousin Alex (13), was in need to catch a fish for a merit badge in scouts.  His family is not known to be fishermen, but hoped I could help.  Challenge accepted.  Alex had to catch a fish by himself, clean it, cook it, and eat it.  I helped with the catching and cleaning, but left the cooking and eating to Alex and his mom.  It was exciting to see how happy he was to conquer the challenge.  Good job Alex!
My youngest son, Dayton joined in on the fun and caught a few of his own, including the biggest fish of the day with this chunky rainbow…

Saturday, August 3, 2019

No Bug Spray Equals No Fun...

Fishing Time: 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Weather: Dark, hot, T-80s
Moon Phase: 5% Moon
Location: Golf Course
Best Baits: topwater spook, and Keitech Frog
Who Went: Bobber John, Dunc

Snuck out of the house with Bobber John for a couple hours to see if we could find a good topwater bite at the golf course.  The plan was going well until we forgot the bug spray.  They were so bad you couldn’t stop swatting yourself for one second.  It would have been funny to hear us from a distance in the middle of the night yelling, cursing, and swatting at the air.  The frustrating part is that we were catching fish!  Bobber John even caught a nice sunfish on a topwater spook! We couldn’t take it long though and were out of there within an hour.  Next time we will be a bit more prepared!