Fishing with nerds - results (skunked)
So on the weekend, I took an alum and two UW students fishing. The plan was to go to timmins for walleye opener day, but a buddy texted me a pic of ice still on the lake. So we headed for Eastern Ontario near the Quebec border to spend the weekend fishing on the St. Lawrence river. Good fishing there.
Except, see pic, the boat died. On our first trip out we had to get towed back to the dock. Had it in to a mechanic a couple of times and no luck - no boat for the weekend.
So instead we went on a 'tour'. Basically just driving around checking stuff out. We ended up:
- Driving around staring at the locals
- spending some time at a huge flea market
- visiting the farm where the McIntosh apple was discovered
- shot some guns at the farm
- visiting a co-op dairy near the Quebec border and having some authentic poutine
- having my family over for a camp dinner of venison sausage
- and just general driving around
So no fish (I think this is the first time I've ever been skunked in almost 10 years), but still a break from school/work for a few days.
I've promised everyone that once the boat is fixed I'll take them on a day trip and actually get some fish.
