fishing fun

On Saturday, we took my parents boat out for the first time to Lake Cle Elum. We had high hopes of water skiing and soaking up sun, but because the weather was so cold we opted for fishing.

It was Ezri's first time, Eden's too of course, and it had been a few years since the rest of us dusted off our poles. Our adventure began with a hunt for calm water, which we found across the lake. I'm not sure if calm is the word of choice, but it was as still as we could find considering the wind. Ezri manned the fish finder and we decided to put in anchor, which was entertaining in and of itself as Dad and Levi struggled to find a good hold. Once anchored we got our poles in, baited with power bait and worms. Levi caught a few tree stumps and old logs, while Dad wrestled with a new reel that wasn't cooperating. Ezri sat with her pole in the water for a while, but was more excited about eating licorice and watching the fish finder. I think Eden would have jumped in if we didn't have such a tight hold on her. Mom was cracking us up as she texted a friend hiding under a blanket, and Levi's Mom helped juggle lunches and babies.

We weren't having much success, but definitely lots of laughs. Levi and Dad decided we should rig our one working pole differently and troll. Dad spent a good half an hour getting it all ready and off we went, as Levi let out line. Just as Dad said "I'm not sure how much line is on that reel, make sure not to let too much out" Levi looked down in time to watch the last of the line escape into the lake along with the flashy business Dad had worked on, thus ending our fishing for the day. We had no fish to show from our adventure, but our hearts were full from the time we had together!