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Our fishing season, even for Joe, is officially over. Joe went back to catch a fresh salmon several more times with no luck. This Saturday he bated his deer hunting spot (yes, it is that time again already) then went fishing. When he lost his favorite lure, he called it a quit. Nonetheless, we had a few good-sized trout in the freezer. So we had a sushi roll dinner to celebrate our mostly successful trout season.
And our weather turned to winter last week, the temps dropping to low 30s. On this Halloween we woke up to a white wonderland outside. We had a few inches of snow over night.
We carved our pumpkins last night. It's going to be a chilly night for trick-or-treating up here. Happy Halloween!
Fall is in full swing now. After our getaway last Sunday we had to try to catch salmon again. Only to stay till dark and Kayo managed to catch a touch of cold. No salmon.
Yesterday afternoon after stormy weather, the sun came out. Well, guess what? We went chasing salmon again. Finally, Joe hooked on a good sized salmon!
An almost 30" female salmon. Except she was so close to spawning that her body dark colored and her tail decaying. We had to let her go. Still exciting though.
For my birthday (a day early) Joe grilled BBQ ribs last night. Only Joe is still wanting to go back to catch one fresh (edible) salmon to bring home. To be continued....
Last weekend we took a little getaway to Green Bay. Honestly we needed a break from our salmon fishing obsession. More importantly Kayo needed to stock up on Japanese rice and soy sauce. It was time for a little road trip to a bigger city! Unfortunately the Murphys were out of town, but we stayed at their home on Lake Michigan, which gave us plenty of vacation feel. Thank you!
The highlight was a sushi dinner, as part of Kayo's early birthday present.
And a dessert drink (alcoholic) to finish the excellent dining experience.
This last week of trout season has been a blur. Especially since we learned that fall salmon were in the river and the fact that there were only a few days of trout season left, our fishing fever got worse. Joe's boss even let him leave work 1 hour early to go fishing on Tuesday.
Thursday we both got to go to Apple Creek. There were indeed large fish in Big Hole. We just couldn't catch them! Joe managed to pull out this beautiful Brookie. The highlight of the day was our lunch on the river bank. I (Kayo) had a rough day: I fell and bruised my shin in a shallow water, got water inside my chest waders, and lost three lures! All on one outing, and all I got was this dark long shadow of a big fish slowly swim after my lure almost to the shore, which became a haunting image in my dream.
Friday was our work day with no fishing plan. At 4pm Joe called and asked if I wanted to go fishing after 5. Well, we couldn't resist. We took a quick trip to the big pool below water falls where large salmon could easily be hanging out. In the setting sun light we did see dark large shadows swimming around. Joe missed one, and my lure once bounced off the back of a salmon! We stayed till DARK, too dark for us to see and tie fish hooks.
Early next morning (frosty and chilly), the last day of trout season, Joe's cousin Al joined us to go back to the falls. As much as we wanted a big fish for ourselves, we hoped the same for Al who could only fish for a few hours. So Fish God granted our wish. Al landed a very nice 16" Brown earlier on. Then, Nothing.
After seeing Al off, we took our serious battle to Apple Creek. At this point we were counting down the hours left to catch salmon. Our hope to catch one became our wish just to see one in the river.
We even went back to the falls where we thought we could see one for sure. Well, we could never prove it. Thank Fish God for letting Joe catch another Brookie, the very first fish of the day, just before 5pm. We could finally call it a quit. Defeated, but hopeful and satisfying sorts. A good fight. We certainly had our wins earlier in the season. And regardless of wins and losses, we look forward to the next season.
P.S. Dear Fish God: the last lure you took away from me (or I lost) was totally unnecessary. I'd like to negotiate.
P.P.S. Fishing has indeed taught me a life lesson that we can't always get what we want!
