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Fishing with Hot Dogs at Bass Lake

6.18.2018


It's that time of year again we've all been looking forward to for weeks!  We made our first trip to Bass Lake on Friday.  Hip-hip-hooray!  It was too cool and overcast for swimming, so the boys opted to go fishing and play in the sand instead.  Bron even met us out there for a little while.  It was paradise for three full hours.  Never mind the fact that everything unraveled fast as soon as we got home and the boys were all in bed by 7pm.  The good memories made at the lake far outweigh everything else that day.

This is our last season at Bass Lake, so we're not taking any days there for granted.  Our membership to the lake is paid through Bron's company... the one he switched from about a month ago.  When Bron was in his boss' office, he admitted to Todd that my biggest hang-up about the job switch was the loss of our membership to Bass Lake.  And that's when Todd suggested I keep using it!  He has no one else to give the membership to at the moment, so why not keep using it.  Wow!  I wish I could hug him.  It means so much to me!  I'm hopelessly attracted to bodies of water and Bass Lake feels like a local Eden.    

Funny story, while at Sportsman's picking up fishing hooks and sinkers, the boys got talking to a man about Bass Lake.  He said he used to fish there when he was a boy.  And that's when Jed and Levi started with the fish stories.  "We caught a fish that was thiiis big!" they bragged holding out their arms from side to side.  I laughed.  It starts young, I tell ya.

So let's play two truths and a lie.

Over the last two seasons at Bass Lake we have:

A.  Caught a fish that was three feet long
B.  Caught a fish that was promptly eaten by another bigger fish (essentially a two for one scenario)
C.  Caught a turtle

Answers are at the bottom of this post.

Our First Bass Lake Trip of the Season!

6.09.2017


If ever there was one thing I was made for, I was made to be a mother in the summer time.  Sunshine, water, and nothing on the agenda but being together and making memories.  Without a doubt, this is my happiest season.  It's when I leave the chores locked up in the house, the phone in my bag, and just enjoy my boys fully in the moment.  There's no better feeling!

Yesterday, we packed up the car and visited Bass Lake for the first time this summer.  It didn't disappoint!  It's a magical spot.  The boys caught their very first "Big Wally" of the season using hot dogs as bait.  In fact, the fish was so big, it took BOTH of them to pull it up!  Then they careened down the water slide and played in the sand.

Conrad surprised me.  Despite the cool water, he's a regular fish himself!  When I sat him at the water's edge, he kicked and splashed and couldn't seem to get enough of the water or the sand.  I had to save him several times from completely face planting in his efforts to get everything into his mouth all at once.  Haha.

A few pictures from our afternoon.  I can't wait to spend many more peaceful days at this little piece of paradise beneath the Perrine Bridge.

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