Peace and Quiet

Today I got to do something I love to do, but rarely get to. While vacationing in Peoria, we went to a private pond and went fishing. A good size pond, a friend and I rowed the boat out to the middle and sat for a couple of hours and just fished. No cell phone, no computer, no business, no kids…just us and the beautiful water and a nice breeze.

I didn’t count the fish, but we caught in my estimation more than 30 bluegill, perch, and one catfish. We used a variety of bait and tackle, but in the end, it didn’t really matter what we used; as soon as our line hit the water, we had a fish on it. Almost all of the bluegills were keepers, averaging about the size of my hand or larger. We chose not to keep them and clean them because we only left due to an approaching storm front.

It was an excellent time. I love to fish, but the boys are still too young to enjoy it and I hate to go by myself. It’s always a good time though, when you don’t really even have to use bait to get a fish on a hook. I’m surprised they didn’t just jump out of the water and into the boat on their own.