Fishing Has No Boundaries Friends!
I've got a challenge for each of you. Find time in the next year to take a day out of your schedule and antee up to take someone new fishing. Trust me, sharing your passion may be as big a kick as hooking a trophy! This past weekend, I zipped up to Brainerd's 8th annual Fishing Has No Boundaries event. Essentially, the non-profit program helps get people with different disabilities out for a day of fishing. The good folks at Camp Confidence host the annual event and put on quite the party. The anglers are people who might not always get the chance to fish, but have the same passion as you and me. This is year number three for me. My fishing buddies Saturday were Troy Hunstad and Jimmy Francis.
Troy and Jimmy with their catch!
Troy hails from Monticello and Jimmy calls Brainerd home. We headed out on a very windy Saturday morning on Gull Lake with four dozen minnows and a tub of nightcrawlers. The guys wanted to do a little bass fishing, so that's just what we did. Both Troy and Jimmy snapped a pile of largemouth right away in the morning. They found fish in 10-20 feet of water tucked in tight to the weeds.
Troy with a nice Largemouth...
Troy stuck to a jig/minnow and jig/crawler set up. Jimmy switched up, catching his fish on minnows and plastic worms. Troy eventually won the "big fish" award with a roughly 2 1/2 pounder. Jimmy got the "most fish" award, although both guys caught more fish than we could count. In fact, we ran out of live bait just after the noon hour. Not a bad day of fishing!
Bass number ten for Jimmy
We kept a few of our smaller fish so the guys could take a few fillets home for a fish fry. If you've never been a part of one of these events, you're truly missing out. Here's a snapshot from the 2009 event. 2010 was even more of a success! Thanks to the volunteers at Camp Confidence for an absolutely awesome event! See you in 2011. Who knows, maybe we'll have a few new boat captains next year too! http://www.brainerdlakesfhnb.org/
Cheers!