Guy's Fishing Trip

 ** Guest Blogger **

Eric Hendrickson

My friend Roby (who is also a construction superintendent on my Caldwell hospital project) and I decided to have a "Team Building" fishing trip to the Elk River in Elk City on June 24th.  Roby had his grandson, Jacob, come, and Silas also came with us.

We caught a lot of good fish.  There were no huge ones, but the average size of 15 fish was about 8 pounds.  The biggest was 17lbs.  Look at the different colors of the flathead.  The yellow ones were really cool.

This was a great experience for Silas and Jacob and they also are building a friendship.

Roby is a great friend and fishing buddy.  He has a great place there in Elk City.

Below, my fishin Buddy.

We thought it would be fun to guess the weights of the fish.  It was also a learning lesson for the boys on how to gauge the weight of fish by just looking at it.  R is for Roby, E is for Eric, J is for Jacob, and S is for Silas.  A is the actual weight.

We cleaned up after cleaning fish by swimming in Roby's pond.  I couldn't believe how cool the water was after I got a few feet below the surface.  The boys also took Roby's cardboard boat out for a trip around the pond.

We caught more than expected for this time of year (spawn).  Roby and I are going out again at the end of July.