My Niece and I had a wonderful day on Canal Lake. She had never caught a fish before so the pressure was on for me to deliver a special day. The plan was to go to MarDon Resort and get a recommendation from them. It was there that we were directed to the Seep Lakes for trout. Seemed like a simple plan so off we went.

For those of you not familiar with the Seep lakes there are about 60 of them out there. The fish bite in some of them, but not all. Canal lake is one where they do. Now finding Canal Lake is no small task. Let me just say it is 20 minutes on a crummy dirt road past the Middle of Nowhere. Luckily for me a fellow fisherman was kind enough to let us follow him to a lake where “she can have a 20 fish day”. The man was good to his word. Her number for the day was 14, and could have easily been 20 if 10 of those 14 had not swallowed the hook. So with limits in the cooler we headed for home.

My FB (Fishing Buddy) made a couple of observations that I found enlightened for having only spent one day on the water.

The first one is “I can’t believe how nice everyone is to each other”. She said this after noticing how respectful people were of each other’s fishing spot and having 2 people offer to share their bait with us. The world always needs respectful people that are willing to look out for each other. I am glad to see that fishermen are leading the march.

The second one is “I think it is funny have everyone thinks they are using the best bait”. We were told to use a Woolly Bugger by one fisherman, worms by another and shrimp by a third. In the end pink Power Bait with a Krill sent worked for us. Being free to believe in and choose our own bait! Gets to the heart of what it means to be an American. Should I ever decide to enter politics that will defiantly be a plank in my platform.

Bottom line is my niece/FB has a memory that will last her a lifetime and I discovered a great place to fish. We both want to say THANK YOU to the helpful lady at MarDon Resort, the kind fisherman who led the way to Canal Lake but mostly to the Man Upstairs for this wonderful world and the incredible weather. Can you believe this is February?