I was thinking about asking if anyone wanted to go, but logistics would have been an issue. I would not have felt right telling guests that *You have to go to my Mom's first before we go home.* So it was a solo day long trip for Mom.

Was not sure how to go about fishing, but ended up getting up early Sunday, drove to Lake Erie Metro Park. So I arrived at "Bottom Line" and of course they were out of minnows....
It was a day long fight with conditions, & plastics, I totally feel I could have been done in 1/2 the time given the conditions, with Minnows, but Oh well.

Got on the water, and had two Walleye the very first drift, and then picked up 3 more over the next three hours. Needing 1 more, took another 1.5 hours, but Mom gets her 6 Pack for Mothers Day.

The conditions became worse and worse, as the day wore on, thus the slow catch rate, and of course fighting the lack of experience using the Motoguide.

Conditions looked like THIS...... Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online. Had to post a link, as I could not get it to upload the video. I'm not as Youtube-easy as Steve.

Anyway got done, happy to be back on land, dry or wet, just happy to be off that type of water condition, and loaded onto trailer. Took my time, got the cover on, and headed to my Moms.
2.5 hours of driving, and I get to Vestaburg.

Park in front of house, and Moms like WTH are you doing here? Said I have your Mothers Day present. Proceeded to clean the Walleye right there on the tailgate, for Mom, and cleaned all 6.

Mom is almost 70, and had no issues with a 6 foot rule, as I guess my Sister was there the day before and treated her (Mom) like a leper. Mask, would not go into house, etc, however Mom seemed kind of sad.

So I was inside talking to Mom, and she started crying as said, she had not been out of house/yard since March 13th. She said no contact, no interaction, and Sister would not hug her. I was like WTF? and walked over and gave my Mom a HUG. I was done hugging, but she held on for a long ASH time. So i just stood there, hugging her until she was done, hugging me.

After that it was like a different Mom, she was alive, vibrant, and I showed her how to eat the Wings, and advised on cooking the cheeks.

I have been getting non stop texts about her dinners, lunch's, etc, as she cooks the Walleye, but cant stop thinking, that the real power was in a simple HUG.

Here are the Walleye, and its a 26 gallon Livewell, and the others ore up under the bait bucket.

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