Fishing With Papa

Well, it had been too long since the Bowen boys had been fishing, so we decided to give it a whirl! The Crappie are supposed to start biting in early spring and so we tried our hand at Roosevelt Lake. Did I mention supposed to start biting? Let's just say this was more of a 'get to know ya day' at the lake. After about 2 hours of not catching anything at our first 'hot spot', we decided to move to another location, only to realize that our boat wouldn't start up again. After taking the engine shell off and tinkering for about a half an hour, we finally got it started up again. We headed across the lake to our next spot. The fish finder sure seemed to think there were fish underneath us, but Danner said "the fish must be fasting today!" We were fishing for Crappie mostly with worms and minnows and after a while, I must admit, I think Bridon and Danner were more interested in the worms and minnows than catching fish. Then, finally, Papa Bowen reeled in a fish! It was a Bass, not a Crappie, but nevertheless, it gave us hope! The boys thought for sure they needed to be using the same crank bait that Papa was using so they started casting back and forth and every which way. We spent the next hour worrying about getting a hook in our ear or one of the boys casting himself in the lake, but they did get a little better after a while. We tried several different spots with the same results. Papa ended up catching one more bass the rest of the day! That's right. Papa - 2, Bowen boys - 0. Actually we started the day with a bet and it was Papa and Danner against Dad and Bridon. So team Papa/Danner took the win for the day! We lost a few lewers in the water, had a few cast into trees or onto the bank, lost a hat in the water (we got it back), almost got stranded, and had our share of "I think I got a bites", but hey, we wouldn't trade it for anything?!
Meanwhile. . . Kyler and Coleson were home with mom enjoying the nice weather and going to the Family Easter Egg Hunt our ward had that day. I don't have any pictures of that because I sent my camera with Tommy. The primary was the one putting it on and so I had to be there early to help set up. It was so cute because all of us had our little kids were there that morning. Bro. Hawks, 1st counselor in our bishopric, took all of these little kids and had them help him hide Easter eggs. It was one of the sweetest things I have ever seen. The kids hunted Easter eggs and then we had a picnic of hot dogs, chips and orange slices. Yummy! What a fun day. (3/8/08)