We had quite the adventure this weekend! I suggested to Walker we try our hand at fishing for squid off the public pier downtown. Neither of us have done this before nor do we have a ton of fishing experience in general but we made a plan and stuck to it. If anything it would be a adventurous outing.
First we biked to the outdoor store and picked up fishing poles, some tackle, and our licenses. We spent the afternoon watching a few videos online in preparation. We finally headed out around 6:30 or so (apparently the later the better but since we were biking we didn’t want to go too late). The bike ride there was rather fun, the last mile was on a bike path near the shore through a completely dark park. If I hadn’t had my head lamp it would have been a bit dangerous.
Finally we were at the pier. We walked down and chose a spot. Walker got our jigs strung up on the poles while I unpacked our snacks and took pictures. Then we cast into the water below. We had high hopes but quickly realized we didn’t know quite what we were doing but that was no matter-we were having fun. After a little while the wind picked up and it started to sprinkle. Our snacks were running low so we decided to pack it out. We finished the wine we brought along and headed back out on the dark path.
So we didn’t catch any squid. While it would have been rather rewarding and tasty we both agreed that the adventure of it all was what really mattered and that we enjoyed ourselves while doing it. Plus now we have poles for our next fishing adventure!
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