Minnesota Moment

We
took
an
evening
boat
ride.

While
we
sped
along,

I sat
up
front


– facing
the wind –

taking in

sights
and smells

over miles
of inland
waters


as
the
guys

joked
and
laughed

from
behind.


Through
a
channel

and

into
a
cove,



we
stopped




to
rest



and



cast
fishing
lines.





Someone
else

was
fishing

from
a

nearby
dock.



No
lured
luck.



We
moved
on
again



to
test
deeper
waters.



The fish finder
showed

many sizes

swimming
at 30-50 feet.


We waited
for bites

while
wafting


on
wavy
waters.


Still no luck.

We moved closer to shore to please the boys who then took their first seasonal dip.

A cold, short one!


Dad stretched out
a pinched nerve
causing him days of
back and neck pain.


Heading home,
Isaac found
a friend.


EDGAR rode back to the landing on Isaac's finger,

helped him
land the boat,
and then

– with a little push –

soared into the sky...




only to be instantly
snapped up by
a patrolling dragonfly.


Meanwhile, Aaron spotted his last chance.

Near the pier, just below the water's surface,

floated a "just-barely-alive" minnow.


Aaron scooped it up, hooked it to his line, cast and pulled in our day's first catch –


a perch.

He used the scavenged bait to pull in two more like this one before the minnow fell off.
And then – with just the SMELL of a minnow – he cast again and pulled in a fourth perch.

"YEAH! WHO
caught fish today?" Aaron asked as we pulled away

leaving others
to catch

what he'd
released

another day.


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