Boot Beach 2010.....Day 1

Well once again February has rolled around and the annual Boot Beach Camping trip was finally here. I think this is the third year we've fished during presidents day weekend, and it has never let us down yet. This year was no exception......so, here is how the story goes.....

My original plan was to come down thrusday afternoon, but those were changed since i had a JOB interview, and i wasn't about to pass up anything with the word JOB in it, so i did my interview on Thursday, and Friday morning i headed down to meet up with Dad for some fishing, while hopeing to here a ya' or na' on my hopefull job before cell phone service was lost........
At 11:30 cell service was lost and i arrived to find dad in the camper tying up some jigs, and getting things ready for some fishing. He told me how great Thrusday had been, with him catching 3 steelhead, with two being hatchery keepers...this trip was looking good already!

We had some lunch and fished a few spots, and then headed back to the camper and hit one last hole before calling it a day and heading for some dinner.
Luck was on my side and within just a couple of casts it was "FISH ON!"
This guy put up a great battle, lots of big powerfull runs and more than a couple of great jumps. After a few minutes, he was getting tired, and a quick visual inspection showed an Adipose fin still attached, indicating a wild steelhead that must be released.

A quick flip of the pliars, and me manageing to dump everything out of my pockets....He was ready for a quick "Grip and Grin" photo, and sent on his way back up river.

And that concluded fishing for day one.
We headed to "town" and along the way came into cell phone service once again. Low and behold i had a message from Barlean's with them wanting me to call them regarding my interview. With some phone tag and left messages, i finally got a call back just as dad and i were getting ready to eat some good looking Pizza! A short minute later it was a high five with dad, i had been offered the job!
What a day.....what a year! For the first time in over a year i felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders! I was to start on Wednesday at 8 a.m.......man...what an awsome day!



Stay tuned for days 2 and 3.......


From the North where things are looking up....which is nice

Mark...."The Iron Skillet"