Well, took a few pics of my son but it's on a mini-card and can't locate the converter. Anyway, no porn to show but what a story to tell!
Got there about 6 PM on Friday, set up camp and the mosquitoes were like clouds! We hit the water as soon as possible to avoid them but that was a joke - they were all over the lake; even in the center!
With a son with Asperger’s, bugs are a major fear but he was a trooper and dealt with the deet and swatting the ones that didn't care.
A few hits Friday but we were focusing on his first chance in the toon which frustrated the hell out of him as far as maneuvering. I had time in the new tube which I didn't set up correctly but figured it out by Saturday as far as the separation bar and how to clip the seat to the bar. this caused me to be very close to the water even with chest waders. No issues, made it fine and the scuba fins really shot me through the water.
Had a major group of undesirables (several families; maybe 40 in all) at the launch location a few of us went to two weeks ago so made it down about 1/8 mile and found a spot next to an older gent and his late 20's son - good people, good campers. They forgot their net and lost many due to not having one. They asked if I had an extra and did so they had it for Saturday.
Since my son isn't physically buff, rowing got the best of him so I did the "limousine" set up hooking him to my toon while he sat in the tube. Quite a site to behold!
Did get a 13 incher in the net but it literally jumped out of the net, spit the hook and jumped back into the lake. That's a first for me! LOL!
Got it on a crystal olive bugger that did so well before. They were hitting worms on a wedding ring and PB for the most part.
Later Saturday, one of the undesirables started shooting at Canadian Geese killing two and injuring one. The worst part was that we were lined up with the shot so I was freaking about skipping bullets and the fact my son had to watch that crap. They waded out getting the two dead ones and the injured one, they beat it against the tree to finish it OFF. Too far away to ID the jerk but I wasn't going to let that crap go.
I rowed as fast as I could to get back to camp but no cell signal so I took a run to the pay campsite and gave the camp host my personal info, cell number and the story where she forwarded it to the Sherriff. Once back at camp just before dark, the Sherriff boat shows up as they started shooting fireworks! He spent at least 45 minutes in their camp so I hope he found the geese and pistol. Couldn’t see if they had anybody on board when they left due to darkness. Did I mention the 9 foot bon fire they set up (no exaggeration)?
After the Sherriff left, we listened to their music till about midnight but it didn’t keep me from falling asleep. Left as soon as I could on Sunday morning and took a different route rather than pass by the undesirables’ camp.
All in all, I was very proud of my son for sticking out the bugs and wished it was a better trip for him not to see people like that. We still had a great time doing the father/Son time together. Met some nice folks as well!
