Fishing Report

So it seems that I am limited to catching only 49 fish per trip. Yesterday I went fishing on the Whiterocks River in Whiterocks Canyon with my brother Clark.

Clark told me Friday night he'd pick me up at 6am. So I got up at 5:20, got dressed, ate some jam and toast and headed outside. I knew I was early but I had to water the grass we planted and my garden. 6:00 came and Clark hasn't shown up yet. So I wait. 6:08 I decide it's time to call. It goes to his voice mail. 6:18 comes and I try again. Voice mail again. But right after I hang up he calls back saying he's on his way. He's only 3-4 blocks away so it wouldn't be long.

We stop for gas at Circle Maverik and head on our way. When we get to the end of the road we park the truck and dawn our gear. First the sunscreen, then the bug spray, then since it's only 7 I put my jacket back on. It was 57 when we shut the truck off. I strap on my .44 mag first, then put on my fanny back pack. It's a fanny pack that has shoulder straps so what else would I call it? Then I put on my fishing vest. All that gear was surprisingly comfortable. I hadn't ever fished with both the fanny back pack and the fishing vest on at the same time.

We made the short hike over to the river (100-200 yards?) and start fishing. Clark immediately waded through the icy cold water to the other side. After restringing my pole because I put my reel on wrong, I was able to make the first cast of the day. FISH ON! First catch was a fine little native (aka cutthroat trout). Natives are beautiful little fish that are fun to catch. Within minutes I had caught a couple more brook trout in just that first little hole.

We fished our way upstream. Clark had to scale a rock cliff face to stay on his side of the river. I on the other hand had to backtrack a bit and go up the side of the canyon to get around a cliff so I could continue fishing. After getting back down to the river, I finally spotted Clark.

I yelled something to him and he yelled "moose!" My comment? "What?" He says, "Bull moose!" I turned around to see some bushes moving and then a small bull moose just yards away. He went up the hill and on his way. This was the only big animal we saw that day. There was always the chance of seeing a bear. Whiterocks canyon has always been well known to have bear in it. On a side note, today I found out my neighbor was camping in the campground there this weekend. They did see a 2 year old bear. That was when his wife decided it was time to go home.

As we fished on I was ahead of Clark on the fish count for a while. I did catch a nice 10 inch native that had a beautiful orange/red belly. Something that can only be appreciated in person. Eventually Clark did surpass me on the number of fish (I'm limited to 49 remember?). I did catch and keep the bigger fish of the day. A nice 12 inch native. Clark had a total of 66 fish. I caught 6-8 natives and the rest were brook trout (a char technically). One of the fish that Clark kept had a minnow in it's mouth. Quite the sight to see considering the brookie was only 9 inches long and the minnow was probably 2-3 inches.

Now you are probably wondering why I'm limited to catching only 49 fish. On the only previous fishing trip of mine this year, I only caught 49 fish. Hopefully next time I will surpass the 50 fish mark.

Where's Mosiah when we need him?

In church yesterday they talked about how King Mosiah was setting up the system of judges that was used to rule the people after he died. Do you know how awesome this country could be if we had a Mosiah for president? In Mosiah 29:26 it says: Now it is not common that the ^avoice of the people desireth anything ^bcontrary to that which is right; but it is common for the lesser part of the ^cpeople to desire that which is not right; therefore this shall ye observe and make it your law—to do your business by the voice of the people.

How true it is that the lesser part of the people desire that which is not right. That right there is what is wrong with the government today. Too bad the majority of the people can't keep the lesser part in check.

Tag

Amy's Game:

List:
3 joys
3 fears
3 goals
3 current obsessions/collections
3 random/surprising facts
-Tag five people at the end of your post by leaving their names .
-Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.


Family
Fishing
Hunting

Not being able to work
Tipping over a semi.... wait.. I did that..
Having a bear charge me and not having a gun.

Buy Crystal Ranch
Own a Business
Take a month long vacation and not have to worry about work/money.

Amy
Lily
Stuff

There are many days I hate my job.
I'm always looking at new jobs.
I can't think of any other things.

now it's your turn.

The "project"

This is what the project has been the last couple nights after work. Since the geniuses who built our house and put in the cabinets didn't put an actual cabinet above our range. They had just a shelf that was held up just by the little shelf pins. So the project was two part. First being put in the shelf at the right height and make it strong enough to support the microhood. Second was to install the microhood. After two nights of working on it it is done. Looks pretty good considering it's a Whirlpool and our fridge and stove are Frigidaire. This is one appliance that is staying with the house when we sell it.


Yes, we will be taking the old microwave off of the counter soon. Amy has a home for it already too.

Name That Place

OK since Jeremy likes games, here are some pictures for you to ponder.

Another project...

Another pet project I'm working on is getting to know who owns what land bordering the "gulch" here in town. I want to push for a community fishing pond here in town and that would be the perfect area. I know of two landowners that would be happy to see it happen. I just need to find out who the others are so I can talk with them. Just a good way to improve the city and get my face out there so when the next election comes around, I will not lose.

OK...

So it's time I post again on this blog. I've been busy doing many things lately. Staying warm being one of them. Work has been crazy. We merged with another company and so we have sort of put the two stores together. The one down side to this is I still have to do a lot of paperwork for all of the items sold or transferred to the other store. Supposedly we are supposed to finally meet someone from Red Man. We merged with them on 1 Nov 2007 and we have yet to meet anyone from upper management from their end. The regional manager is out of SLC and hasn't even made the measly 3 hour drive to come meet his newest employees. Pretty lame and annoying at the same time.

In other news. I've been emailing Sam's Club to see what their criteria is to decide where to put a new store. They gave me some bull about not having a population minimum but at the same time most locations have around 100,000 at least in the "trade area". They claimed that there were only 42,000 people in the "trade area" here. So I asked how big the area was. They said it took in all of Northeastern Utah including down to Moab. That's one large area. So I went to http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html

The following is what I found. A lot more people than they claimed. I emailed them back to let them know their poor math skills. We'll see what they have to say about that.

Colorado

rio blanco co 6180
moffat co 13680

utah
uintah co 27955
duchesne co 15701
daggett co 947
carbon co 19469
grand co 8999
emery co 10698

wyoming
sweetwater co 38763
uinta co 20213

totaling 162605