Study Break

Ned Parker, a friend of mine said it was needed to take a break from some studying and maybe do a little fishing. Him and one of his friends, Jon Jones were headed for the Skunk and I was invited along. We parked at Ada Hayden Lake, and then I got to finally meet Jon Jones. Genuine guy who I hopefully will get to hang out with more in the future. We crossed the road and found a car hit buck with a little chunk of antler sitting next to him; in the pack it went. We got to the little dam and Ned somehow found a little smallmouth bass.

The dam was small and not that fishable so we headed to another spot I knew of out by the Peterson Pits just outside of Ames. We set up on the sand bar and chilled out there until dark. I managed to catch two medium sized chubs and Jon wanted them for catfish bait for later. Then of course Ned does his thing and catches a small carp. Shortly before we left he also pulled in a sizable sucker which Jon wanted for bait as well. Ned proceeds to drop it into the water and at this time Jon starts screaming "NOOOO! Grab it, don't let it get away, NOOOOO!" Ned damn near goes for a swim to retrieve the fish. He throws it on the bank and we commence laughing until our lungs burn.

It really was a great break from studying and we will be doing that again in the future.


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