Hello Again,
Here it is, the fourth week of the E-TEAM blogs and I am happy to say that this is a week where I get to be home with my family! I just returned from the Table Rock tournament in Missouri and the tournament in Eufaula, Alabama. I got home Saturday morning which gives me a few days to get ready for the FLW Tour event next week in Charlotte, NC. I will be leaving on Friday, the drive is normally a four and a half hour trip but it will take a little longer due to the fact that interstate 40 is closed at the Tennessee / North Carolina boarder due to a rock slide that happened last fall. Anyone who has traveled through there can see why this is not the first time it has happened. I really love living around the mountains but, to travel from point A to point B can sometimes be tricky.
One of the most common questions I get asked is “What is your home lake?” That would be Douglas Lake. I also live close to Ft. Loundon Lake but, on the rare occasion that I go fishing when I I’m home, Douglas is where I normally go. I fish so much that when I’m home, it’s one of the last things on my to-do list; this is why I don’t like to fish local events. My favorite to do when we go to Douglas is to take my daughter Lilly with me and go bluegill fishing (many people call them bream pronounced “brim” but I have always just called them bluegills) and we occasional catch “sungrannys” as well. I have taken Lilly bass fishing before, but if you want to have fun with a kid and fish then let them go with you when fishing will involve catching as well.
I have recently acquired a new fishing partner, her name is Olivia and she is two years old. Both Olivia and Lilly love to go in the boat, even if it is parked in the garage. There have been many times I hear them giggling about dangling a lure down to the dog and then snatching it away from him at the last second. When we go bluegill fishing, it will always involve either crickets or worms. Lilly has her own cricket tube that she just loves to take to the bait and tackle store to get it filled with juicy crickets. I think she has just as much fun catching the bait as she does the fish.
As much as the girls like to play in the boat while it’s parked, they really enjoy a good boat ride, even if it is just to cool off. Lilly always liked to watch me put the boat on the trailer, especially when I floor it to power the boat onto the trailer. She even loves my new Evinrude E-TEAM boat, thinks it’s just so cool. So, if you get a chance and want to go fishing, take a kid with you even if it is not the Bassmaster Classic – to them it can be even better.
We wanted to go fishing yesterday, but the weatherman forgot to mention the cold weather and rain heading our way. We settled for a little time on the boat in our garage! Take a look at the disappointment in Lilly and Olivia’s faces
Good Fishing,
David Walker
