Yesterday was the best day yet. We started fishing at our normal time 8:00 am and we head out to different location. Within about 30 minutes there is a fish on my line. I was very excited. So we have the first fish in the boat and this fishing is a lot of fun. So instead of waiting until after 10:30 to catch my first fish, this day is looking a lot better. By 9:30 I had already caught more fish on Tuesday than I had any of the previous three. It was a lot of fun. I was really starting to get the hang of it and catching all types of walleyes. There were a few of the fish that I had caught that we so little, that my guess is that this was the first time they had ever been caught. Our guide Bob and I on a couple of occasions both had fish on our line at the same time. It was really fun. I catch about 8 fish before lunch which feels much better than only catching a couple.
During shore lunch I go for a swim which was really nice because it was so very hot. The water was colder than I thought it was going to be, but no so cold. Being that far North, the sun is out most of the day so it really keeps the water temperature up. The shore lunch was very good. We had fried fish again, but it was a different kind that used corn meal and the main breading component. We did not catch as many fish in the afternoon but we still had a lot of fun. The sun was very hot but not so intense because of how far north we were.
While at dinner we spoke with the dock guy Bobby, and he said that they have a really big bear problem there. He said that they feed one black bear every day at 2 pm. They call this bear chuck. They go to a place far away from the camp to feed him but he just sits there and enjoys his lunch. They have had a lot of bear problems in the past but they seem to have it under control. Bears are creatures of habit so if they find food at a certain place or certain time they will go back there and look for it again. That is why if you see a bear once, and you feed them you will probably see them again. No pictures today, because the internet is too patchy but there will be more next time. I promise. It was a great trip and a lot of fun. I am on my way to be as good of an angler as Ted Williams. More to come.
Peace out.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Birthday Present
To My sister who rocks on her Birthday. She said she wanted some pictures with me and the fish. Here you go.
Ten Minutes Faster
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The 2nd fish of the day. I forgot to take a photo of the 1st one.
So today was a lot of fun. Another amazing weather day. Nice and warm / borderline hot with few clouds in the sky. Not so much breeze but we still caught some fish. It took me ten minutes less today to catch my first fish than yesterday. Who says I am not improving. Donna was the big winner catching a lot of fish and a couple big ones. One of the reasons why the fish were not jumping in our boat is because there was a high pressure front right near us. I guess when that happens; it pushes the water down and condenses the water which makes it harder to swim for the fish so they do not want to eat as much. They kind of just save their energy for another day. Now you know when there is a high pressure over you, the fish will not bit as much. I still caught 4 fish but should have had a couple more because there were a few that just took the bait and one time I thought I tied my jig the right way, but I did not and that is now at the bottom of the lake.
The shore lunch today was good and bad. The good part was the baked fish. It was very good with some mustard and orange and dill. It was very tender and very flakey. The bad part was that I got bit/stung (I do not know what it was because I did not get a chance to ask him) by a white-faced hornet. That was not that awesome. There is still a little pain on the top of my foot. So that is a bummer. I just hope that I killed it and that is the last person he gets. But the shore lunch was very good.
Some other cool stuff that happened today, I saw a bald eagle for the first time. It was sitting in a tree and just took off and flow over the lake. It was too bad I did not have a fish to throw at him so we could see him catch it and fly away. That would have been awesome. We also learned a lot of fun facts about loons. They have solid bones and can stay underwater for 3 minutes. They fly to the coast for the winter because the lakes up here freeze. Their feet are really far back on their body so when they land on the water they cannot land on their feet (like a goose or a duck) but they just sort of crash land on their stomach. It is pretty cool to see when you know what you understand what they are doing.
To address the comments about me being in some pictures, I am always caring the camera and I never think to give it to someone else. Just Like Sir Edmund Hillary. I will work on getting in some photos and we have one day left. I hope I can catch the big one and a lot of them tomorrow. We shall see. More to come. Happy Birthday Casey.
Peace out.
The 2nd fish of the day. I forgot to take a photo of the 1st one.
So today was a lot of fun. Another amazing weather day. Nice and warm / borderline hot with few clouds in the sky. Not so much breeze but we still caught some fish. It took me ten minutes less today to catch my first fish than yesterday. Who says I am not improving. Donna was the big winner catching a lot of fish and a couple big ones. One of the reasons why the fish were not jumping in our boat is because there was a high pressure front right near us. I guess when that happens; it pushes the water down and condenses the water which makes it harder to swim for the fish so they do not want to eat as much. They kind of just save their energy for another day. Now you know when there is a high pressure over you, the fish will not bit as much. I still caught 4 fish but should have had a couple more because there were a few that just took the bait and one time I thought I tied my jig the right way, but I did not and that is now at the bottom of the lake.
The shore lunch today was good and bad. The good part was the baked fish. It was very good with some mustard and orange and dill. It was very tender and very flakey. The bad part was that I got bit/stung (I do not know what it was because I did not get a chance to ask him) by a white-faced hornet. That was not that awesome. There is still a little pain on the top of my foot. So that is a bummer. I just hope that I killed it and that is the last person he gets. But the shore lunch was very good.
Some other cool stuff that happened today, I saw a bald eagle for the first time. It was sitting in a tree and just took off and flow over the lake. It was too bad I did not have a fish to throw at him so we could see him catch it and fly away. That would have been awesome. We also learned a lot of fun facts about loons. They have solid bones and can stay underwater for 3 minutes. They fly to the coast for the winter because the lakes up here freeze. Their feet are really far back on their body so when they land on the water they cannot land on their feet (like a goose or a duck) but they just sort of crash land on their stomach. It is pretty cool to see when you know what you understand what they are doing.
To address the comments about me being in some pictures, I am always caring the camera and I never think to give it to someone else. Just Like Sir Edmund Hillary. I will work on getting in some photos and we have one day left. I hope I can catch the big one and a lot of them tomorrow. We shall see. More to come. Happy Birthday Casey.
Peace out.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Fish on!
Today was a chamber of commerce day. If this place had a chamber of commerce, there are so few things around here that who knows what town are we in. Not too much wind, very pretty skies and just a great temperature. It started slow in the fish department, and it took me almost 3 hours to get my first fish. It was a good thing the weather was so nice because if not it really would not have been fun waiting 3 hours to catch a fish.
the first fish -- Lunch.
The coolest part about today was the “shore lunch.” This morning we were spending all of our time catching walleye for our lunch. We caught four nice walleye that we saved for lunch. The others we just threw back for the next time we needed them. Around noon we found a spot on the lake for lunch. We docked our boats and got out and made some lunch. It was camp potatoes, beans, corn and fired fish. It was very good and very relaxing. I am glad that I caught one of the fish that we ate because I would have felt bad eating had I not caught any fish. Bob, our guide said that tomorrow’s shore lunch is going to be even better because of what he is planning on making. Bob is the guy that is holding all of the fish in the pictures. Once lunch was over we fished for about 4 more hours and only caught a couple more fish. It was a very pleasant day and we had a good time. Sitting in a boat for 8 hours can be exhausting though. I am going to try and stay up a little later tonight. Hopefully get some ready done and listen to some more podcasts. I will let you know how it all shakes out. More to come.
That is shore lunch.
Peace out.
the first fish -- Lunch.
The coolest part about today was the “shore lunch.” This morning we were spending all of our time catching walleye for our lunch. We caught four nice walleye that we saved for lunch. The others we just threw back for the next time we needed them. Around noon we found a spot on the lake for lunch. We docked our boats and got out and made some lunch. It was camp potatoes, beans, corn and fired fish. It was very good and very relaxing. I am glad that I caught one of the fish that we ate because I would have felt bad eating had I not caught any fish. Bob, our guide said that tomorrow’s shore lunch is going to be even better because of what he is planning on making. Bob is the guy that is holding all of the fish in the pictures. Once lunch was over we fished for about 4 more hours and only caught a couple more fish. It was a very pleasant day and we had a good time. Sitting in a boat for 8 hours can be exhausting though. I am going to try and stay up a little later tonight. Hopefully get some ready done and listen to some more podcasts. I will let you know how it all shakes out. More to come.
That is shore lunch.
Peace out.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Change of plans
Well I am back and there have been some changes since the last time I wrote. I have moved out of the sales department and I am now working in production. I really like it a lot and I am learning a lot more than I thought I was going to. It is a good time. The best part is getting finished with work at 2:30 pm each day. The worst part is that I have to start work at 6:00 am, which for those who do not know, it is early. I tell you this because now I am on a fishing trip with Dad and Donna in Northern Ontario. We are staying at this place called Pine Portage Lodge. We will be here for 4 days.
Getting here was a lot of fun. It was the first time I have ever been on a seaplane. In case you are wondering yes, all of us fit into this plane that is at the top of the post. Taking off was pretty neat. We were flying pretty low because the pilot thought we were going to see a moose, but we did not, which was too bad. The flight was pretty bumpy but we landed in the water safely. I would not have done very well if the flight was about 20 minutes longer but everyone made it safe and sound. Once we landed we went to our cabin (cabin #5) and then back down to the main lodge for lunch. The lunch was really good. The only way that they get stuff here is by seaplane or by truck on logging roads. This place is out there.
The cabins are pretty basic. Just 3 rooms and a bathroom. There is no TV, no Radio, and no phones. But they do have a wood burning stove. Who thought I was going to be using a wood burning stove in August. That is pretty crazy but we are pretty far North.
Once we finished lunch we got out gear and went fishing. I was with the guide Bob and Dad and Donna were in the other boat. I caught 3 fish. All 3 of the fish were northern pike. It has been very windy so the fishing has not been so awesome, but they are out there. Hopefully tomorrow when we go out in the morning we will catch enough fish so that we can have fish for lunch during a shore lunch. That would be great. We are going to need more than 3 little fish to have food for lunch.
It is pretty crazy here because there is no cell phone reception but there is wifi which is how you are getting these updates. I will try and keep you all in the loop as best I can, but we are hoping to catch a lot of fish and do a lot of fishing. I know we will be staying in touch. More to come.
Peace out.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Final thoughts
Well yesterday was a great last day. It was very relaxing and we had a great time. I met one of my friend's for the states MAMA (her mother's brother) and he is awesome. He has lived in Kolkata his whole life and really know everything that is going on. He helped us so much get all of the last minute things done that we needed to get done. Just a very nice man and very happy that we could make it to India more. I have a great time and the Indian people are wonderful. Their biggest downfall is that they do not smile enough. Everyone looks bummed out. If more people smiled here everyone would feel a lot better. I am off to go on an airplane for about 2000 hours so I will see you in a little bit. The airport always has good stories. Let's hope that we do not have any international incidents. Also Happy Birthday Sarah.
More to come,
Tommy
More to come,
Tommy
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Truckin'
First let me start off with a correction from a previous post. The lady in Canada did hold true to her word because people have received the postcards. So all is well with that. I am sorry that I spoke ill will of them, but it is a little odd that it took so long to get the postcards to the states. I now have faith in our northern neighbor and I will trust them to look after my house the next time I go out of town. In other news.
So yesterday we traveled to Durgapur. We had some very good meetings there and it was a good trip. We traveled by car which was nice and the road was a toll road so it was very nice to drive one. The one issue is that there are a lot of trucks and that means that everyone uses their horn. A LOT. It is unreal. We thought it would be close to about 4 times every kilometer. It is just insane. Also they love to lay on the horn and really get into it. You think this would make the person in front of you upset. Not in the slightest. They just look ahead and do not say a thing. It is quite odd. I wanted to throw an egg at the cars that did not understand that the horn was for them but I was talked out of it. It sure would have been fun though.
As for the trucks, they are way cool. All of the trucks are built from the ground up. When they are ordered, they are driven down the road with just a chair and a steering wheel. It is a site to see. I am sorry I have no pictures of this but just picture a 10’ high truck that went under an eight foot bridge. That is what it looks like. Once the owner gets the truck, then he outfits it himself. Let me tell you they spare now expense. They go all out. Paint, inside, outside, things that hang from the roof, and the truck bed is painted. The back of the mud flaps always say Good Luck (which is what you need to get through india quickly) and the back bumper says “obey traffic rules.” Which no one does but it is good to say anyway. It is really too bad that people in America do not do this because it would be awesome. So that is the story with the trucks, pretty cool site to see when you are driving.
One of our meetings yesterday was at a Steel plant. The security that is there is much different than the security in America. The security guards have automatic weapons there. Pretty intense. The security is just as lax, but the weapons are cool. Because security is high you never drive a car in, so you always walk through the gate and then get picked up by the guy who you are meeting with. Well yesterday it was a little different. Every car we have gotten into here in India, never has the radio on. I guess they think Americans do not like music. The thing is that everyone has a nice radio. To be honest I do not think the cars are sold with radios because all of them are nice aftermarket radios. Sorry for the tangent back to the story. So we get in the car and I am sitting in the front (on the left side, looking for the steering wheel) and this guy has the radio on. I am pumped. Because I am in a foreign country, I have keep my jokes and things to a minimum. Not today. We get in his car and after hearing about 15 seconds of the song, I just grab the volume and crank it. Our guy is stoked. He is so happy that we like the music. He asks if I know the song, I do not. The rest of the 5 minute ride was with the radio loud and everyone having a good time. Well we see him later that night, and he was so excited that he made me a copy of the cd in the car and gave it to me. I told him that I would send him some discs as well. Music crossing boarders. Life is good.
So our days are winding down here both in India and out trip. I am really glad that I got to see India during the development. They are working on a lot of things and who knows when it is going to get done but they are committed to catching up with the rest of the world. I look forward to come back. Hopefully I will get to see a cricket match the next time. All in all it was a good trip and I think everyone had fun.
Kids playing cricket on the side of the hotel the other morning. This picture was taken at about 6:30 in the morning.
More to come.
So yesterday we traveled to Durgapur. We had some very good meetings there and it was a good trip. We traveled by car which was nice and the road was a toll road so it was very nice to drive one. The one issue is that there are a lot of trucks and that means that everyone uses their horn. A LOT. It is unreal. We thought it would be close to about 4 times every kilometer. It is just insane. Also they love to lay on the horn and really get into it. You think this would make the person in front of you upset. Not in the slightest. They just look ahead and do not say a thing. It is quite odd. I wanted to throw an egg at the cars that did not understand that the horn was for them but I was talked out of it. It sure would have been fun though.
As for the trucks, they are way cool. All of the trucks are built from the ground up. When they are ordered, they are driven down the road with just a chair and a steering wheel. It is a site to see. I am sorry I have no pictures of this but just picture a 10’ high truck that went under an eight foot bridge. That is what it looks like. Once the owner gets the truck, then he outfits it himself. Let me tell you they spare now expense. They go all out. Paint, inside, outside, things that hang from the roof, and the truck bed is painted. The back of the mud flaps always say Good Luck (which is what you need to get through india quickly) and the back bumper says “obey traffic rules.” Which no one does but it is good to say anyway. It is really too bad that people in America do not do this because it would be awesome. So that is the story with the trucks, pretty cool site to see when you are driving.
One of our meetings yesterday was at a Steel plant. The security that is there is much different than the security in America. The security guards have automatic weapons there. Pretty intense. The security is just as lax, but the weapons are cool. Because security is high you never drive a car in, so you always walk through the gate and then get picked up by the guy who you are meeting with. Well yesterday it was a little different. Every car we have gotten into here in India, never has the radio on. I guess they think Americans do not like music. The thing is that everyone has a nice radio. To be honest I do not think the cars are sold with radios because all of them are nice aftermarket radios. Sorry for the tangent back to the story. So we get in the car and I am sitting in the front (on the left side, looking for the steering wheel) and this guy has the radio on. I am pumped. Because I am in a foreign country, I have keep my jokes and things to a minimum. Not today. We get in his car and after hearing about 15 seconds of the song, I just grab the volume and crank it. Our guy is stoked. He is so happy that we like the music. He asks if I know the song, I do not. The rest of the 5 minute ride was with the radio loud and everyone having a good time. Well we see him later that night, and he was so excited that he made me a copy of the cd in the car and gave it to me. I told him that I would send him some discs as well. Music crossing boarders. Life is good.
So our days are winding down here both in India and out trip. I am really glad that I got to see India during the development. They are working on a lot of things and who knows when it is going to get done but they are committed to catching up with the rest of the world. I look forward to come back. Hopefully I will get to see a cricket match the next time. All in all it was a good trip and I think everyone had fun.
Kids playing cricket on the side of the hotel the other morning. This picture was taken at about 6:30 in the morning.
More to come.
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