On The Lake - (Booneville, MS)

It was a warmer, prettier morning.  It was going to be a good day for canoeing.

But we decided to get some one-day fishing licenses and take the Foldcat out instead.

We drove to the nearest place and picked up licenses and a box of nightcrawlers.  Sheesh.  $10 each for one-day licenses.

With a boat ramp inside the campground, it was really convenient to launch.  We unrolled the boat, added the accessories, and pumped it up.

We had our lake map and picked out a couple of potential fishing spots.  It was a lovely day on the lake.

On our way to our chosen cove, we encountered several loons.  They dove and called back and forth all around us.

We got back deep into our cove and anchored.

Before I could even get my line in the water, Linda had caught two bluegills.

They didn't bite much after that, but Linda still ended up with 6 or 7 fish to my 1.  I almost got shut out completely.  Losing the fish count is one thing, but getting shut out would have been much, much worse.  :)

After checking out a couple of other spots, we eventually made our way back toward the campground.  Right at the mouth of the cove, there was a flock of coots and a great blue heron.

As we puttered closer, the flock took flight.

It was pretty cool, but these birds don't fly very well and it seems they were also tired.  They simply spread out in front of us.  We gave them plenty of room as we went around.

As we floated by the campground, Linda took a couple of shots of RVs from the lake.

After about four hours on the lake, we went to the ramp.  Twenty minutes later, we had the boat cleaned up and dried off, deflated it, rolled it up, and had it and the accessories loaded in the truck.

Back at the rig, I liked the way the sun was shining on the trees across the lake.  I went out behind our site and got one last shot for the day.

Now we had a box of nightcrawlers we needed to do something with.  I think we used two.  :)

So Linda wandered down the road looking for camping fishermen to donate the worms to.  She didn't come back for quite awhile, so I figured she was talking someone's head off.

I went to rescue those poor folks.  :)

She found a husband and wife that had their boat parked on the bank just out from their campsite.  They were having a great week fishing.

It turns out Linda's kind gesture was rewarded with a bag of already cleaned catfish from these nice folks.  :)

Hey that was a really good trade.  Fresh catfish for dinner!

After dinner, Linda played on the computer and I took a little nap.  Then it was football for the rest of the evening and Linda retired to the bedroom to watch what she wanted.  :)

We had another great day ... on the lake.  :)