I have a question.. Does a fishing trip still qualify as a fishing trip if you didn't actually catch any fish???? I haven't decided yet, that's why I decided to title this post "A day at the lake" instead of "A fishing trip". Our Memorial weekend started off perfectly with BBQ's, playing games, swimming, sleeping in, and enjoying time with family and friends. Jon and I decided we wanted to go fishing+hiking on Memorial Day, and Jon said Payson Lakes was the perfect place (pictured above). He told me it was one of the prettiest places, and it was plan B for where he was going to propose to me. How can you say no after hearing that?
So Monday morning at 5 AM, Jon, our friend Dave, and I, headed up to go fishing at Payson Lakes. It was beautiful watching the sun rise, and being the only ones there so early. I loved being away from home for a few hours, with nothing but birds and chipmunks to keep us company. The scenery was amazing! The fishing.. not so much. I thought I was a patient person until I found out I had to cast my line out and then just "sit and wait". It was great at first, then I had a lot more fun taking pics, talking with the guys, and throwing pieces of my granola bar into the water to try to lure the fish in.. Jon eventally caught the cutest little baby fish, so we were positive there were actually fish in the lake. After a few hours, we found a dead fish on the shore with a hook and line stuck in it, that looked like it had just died that day. Jon picked it up with the line hanging out of it's mouth and said, "Hey Madds, hold up this fish and pose with it while I take a pic, then you can pretend you caught one!"
It was brilliant. So of course I had to, and I debated posting the pic on instagram with the caption "caught this beauty today" but I decided the real story was funnier anyway haha. After the fishing trip we hit up Chick-Fil-A for some cookies and cream shakes (amazing), went swimming, and then passed out on our beds from being so tired.
The good news is we found a pretty place to come visit every once in awhile, we got really tan, no one around us caught any fish either, and we still had such a fun day! The bad news is, the little boat we were gonna rent fell through, and between the three of us we caught two fish, one of which was dead. Then again, at least one of us caught something! So maybe that's good news after all:)
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