We split up and off we went on a very cool morning to catch some catfish...and maybe a Bass!
Captain Joe and The Robinson's
Captain Tomcat, Sean & Jared
They drove us to their secret fishing hole and then they throw out these water parachutes which slows the drifting down.
Everyone caught plenty of fish
Jared's Trophy Catch
Sean's Trophy Catch
Combined Hagadorn & Robinson fish
The boys weighing in their fish
Kevin (back when he was the shortest), Tom, Joe & Mike
In most cases this would be the end of the story but not in this case! As you know your mother and Catherine loved fried catfish so we brought our share to the lake and froze it. Well Ryan was there that weekend and while shutting down the trailer he accidently shut off all the circuit breakers...that's right including the refrigerator! Well two weeks later we were meeting at the lake and unfortunately I was the first to arrive...yup the freezer thawed out and fish juice drained out of the freezer and all over the floor!! What a smelly mess!
WOW - big fish! Did you cut the heads off and let them take it to school for show and tell like Dad use to do for us??
ReplyDeleteThat was the best catfish....at least what we were able to eat was! I think it's about time to get back to Santee or at least Gaston to get some more catfish! Especially since Stephanie & Shawn didn't bring home any Grouper! They sure did grow them big in Santee! ...and yes, I almost died, certainly did cry to loose all that catfish. The smell was awful,that's for sure! Especially when cleaning it all up
ReplyDeleteI guess I was busy as I didn't see this POD. Great pictures. I do remember seeing them at one point but don't remember the refrigerator incident. What a shame to waste all those fish. Still a fun trip. Look how young all the Hagadorn and Robinson guys were. Cute then and now
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