Kansas

Dennis, his wife Nancy, friends named Barbara, Doug and Amy plus Zeus and I fished from Nan’s family’s pontoon boat on Lake Clinton. We targeted Drum, called that because they have stones in their heads, which they rub together during mating season to create a sound designed to attract a mate. Even though they are considered a nuisance fish, I enjoy catching them.

While waiting for this trip to begin, I fished from the boat dock. A Bluegill swam out from under where I was sitting and I caught him. After I photographed him and let him go, he swam under the dock, only to come out and be caught again on the next cast.

The rest of the day we fished and swam and drank beer from the pontoon boat. Doug caught the only fish, a twelve-pound Flathead Catfish.