I'm a pretty honest person (except the occasional fish story), so what do you tell the school secretary when you are picking your daughter up early from school to go fishing?
"We have an appointment with Dr. Walleye MD" (I'm saving Dr. Crappie DDS for a couple weeks).

We left at 2pm for the 1 1/2 hour ride to the river. On the way we played the animal game (pick an animal for each letter of the alphabet), and the sign game (find a sign with each letter of the alphabet). I got a telephone call from a buddy asking if I was on the water "not yet" I said. Good, pick me up some fuel, I'm out. That would have been nice to know 20 minutes ago as I had two cans in my truck, I said. I wasn't out of fuel 20 minutes ago, he replied.... touché. Fortunately, a Meijer gas station was at the next stop. A $19 dollar fuel can and $20 worth of gas and we were gone.

We headed to the rescue at 4pm and found them about 2 miles up river. Come to find out, he has a sending unit/fuel float issue for his gauge. It was reading 1/2 tank, then went empty. Obviously, it was empty.

We fished unfamiliar waters (for me) directly on the Canadian side of the river (still in US waters). The water here was 4 degrees colder than the west side of the river. The fish on this side were still milking and spewing spawn. Using Abby's custom fuscia St. Croix rod, and a jig (picked by her) we managed to boat one male walleye. Switching to my rod and a different bait, we caught one more fish. Abby fished for awhile on her own but enjoyed the "you catch them and I'll real them in" approach.

Daddy packed plenty of snacks! We learned about the fish finder, trolling motor, drove the boat through the crowd, and even learned what a "slob" is (that would be a person that throws trash in the water).
It was a great day on the water. I have never been one that needs to catch his limit to be satisfied. My daughter has been fishing with me since she was three and as long as she has a good time, that is success in my book. She is the future of our sport. Like myself today with my father, I hope that some day she is taking me fishing (I hope the future Abby has a cool boat).

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