Gone fishin'

We went fishing to Lake Cochiti and it was FULLY AWESOME! On the lovely drive to get there Ty mentioned how he wanted to catch a fish called a Pike and that maybe it might just happen. Now these fish can get very very big measuring up to 40 inches. We got to the lake and I launched Ty off on the boat. I parked the truck and then met Ty down at the lake.

 When Ty went last month he caught a fish over by the dam so we went back to the same spot in hope of some luck. Ty caught a couple of Big Mouth's and we were able to keep one. Both of our lures kept getting stuck in the rocks and we had both lost some of them. Ty was nice enough to lend me his fishing lure and I started to cast off. After about 15 minutes I thought I got it stuck on a rock or a tree limb. I started yanking and told Ty that I was stuck again. Ty came over to help and that's when my line moved out towards the lake, I CAUGHT A FISH! It took a lot of coaching from Ty to keep my calm and not to lose the fish. Then the fish surfaced. . . holy fire this fish was huge!!! Ty was shocked and then he recognized the fish, a PIKE! That's when I squealed and Ty had to keep my calm. Once the fish was up next to the boat Ty caught him in the fishing net, a nice squeezed fit.

 Ty had me stand on the back of the boat because he didn't want me to get in the way of the nasty teeth. He also gave me direct orders to not get scared when the fish flopped and to not fall in the lake. . . what a nice and caring husband right?:)

 Here are some pics of the nasty teeth on these things. This is way I get nervous swimming in lakes and rivers.

 Here ya go folks. This pike weighed in at 5 pounds and 27 inches. Ty did an awesome job of the filets and the we had a BBQ. This fish was yummy and we hope to catch many many more of them!