Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Mother's Day Fishing Spots

Sunday, Mother's Day, I got to decide what we , Hubby and I, would do to celebrate the day. The choice to go fishing, to try out my new fishing poles, was at the top of the list. Hubby had been given forewarning earlier in the week since I didn't want to spring the concept on him at the last minute. However, he wasn't aware that the fishing poles were "pink." I had introduced him to my new aquisitions when they arrived. However, Hubby is color blind and I have been told that he discerns pink as gray. So, being the fair woman that I am... I told him just a few minutes before we were to leave on our fishing excursion. ;) We spent a couple hours fishing off the point by the tree in the first picture where the ground is worn from traffic.The roots provide terraced steps or a place to sit while waiting for a fish to come along. We did see small fish darting along in the shallow water a couple feet off shore just to tease us, not interested in any lure we had to offer at that time of day. Turns out we had another fishing pole and reel combo hanging in the garage that is suited for the other better half of this partnership. The black "Berkley" rod and reel combo just needed a little tweaking for it to be ready to put the line in the water. It wasn't long after we left our first fishing spot that the locals moved back in to take over their home again. Time to try a different location that had been given as a fairly good place to catch fish by the Iowa DNR weekly fishing report. We headed to the bottomside of the Spillway from Big Creek Lake into Saylorville Dam at Polk City,IA. It took us a little bit to find the access road which was long enough for other people to get the same idea. Things got to be a little crowded...especially since I wasn't real positive about my casting skills. I know what I need to do now. Go fishing when everyone else is at work,or practice casting over and over. A very skilled fisherman remarked at how the fish had been biting a week ago in the pool below the spillway. Several boats were taking advantage of the water in the middle. I think they were herding the schools of fish to the northside of the pool because that is where the fisher people were first to start getting strikes. The picture below is one of the most noted bridges found in Central Iowa. It is referred to as "The Mile Long Bridge", spanning the Saylorville Dam, at the west edge of Polk City. It was the backdrop to our second and final fishing spot for the day. Mother's Day here at Timber Life was spent with the man I chose to be the Father of my children. It was a very nice day...;)

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good post, glad to see you out giving that "new pink rod" a workout. Sounds like it was a nice day even though the fishing was a little slow. Glad you and hubby enjoyed yourself.

CDGardens said...

Mel - It was a nice day and observing the skilled individuals gives the novice some ideas.

Yes, I did give my "new pink rod" a workout. Looking forward to doing it again and again....;)

The Hunter's Wife said...

Sounds like you had a good day and a beautiful day at that. And you liked the new rod?

CDGardens said...

The Hunter's Wife - Yes, most certainly I like my new fishing pole. I just need to work on technique.

It was a very lovely day to be out ... ;)

SimplyOutdoors said...

That definitely sounds like a great day. And for you to be able to pick whatever you wanted to do, and then ultimately pick fishing, makes it even better.

Keep practicing those casting skills. Before you know it, you'll be a pro.

CDGardens said...

Simply Outdoors - The day turned out positively great.

The old addage of "Practice makes Perfect" happened to come up in the fortune of my Chinese Fortune Cookie the week before...Maybe it meant casting? ;)

Windyridge said...

You should consider writing a women outdoors book!

tipper said...

Sounds like a very nice Mother's Day! And I love the idea of pink rods-very neat-and funny that you waited to spring the info on your hubby : )

CDGardens said...

Windyridge - Thank you for thinking I would be an interesting author to read. ;)

Tipper - Sometimes I have to add a little interest to our excursions. When I told him, he said "all he would tell anyone who saw it, that it was me doing the fishing." ;)