Today's Fishing report

Neal Patrick came home today, so the first thing he wanted to do was to go fishing. We decided to leave after dinner and got down to lake around 7:00. The weather was perfect. I had briefed NP on the "secret bait" and informed of my results from the days before. Suprisingly he bought into the secret bait without hesitation. We didn't catch any fish for the first 15 minutes, but as more of the scent of the secret bait got into the water, the bites started coming. We caught over 30 fish in an hour. I caught 14 and NP 16. I had a lead of eight fish(crappie), but NP said he "Georgetowned Me"(an expression he coined after Carolina losing the lead, then the game to Georgetown, in the waning minutes of the NCAA playoffs). I had to laugh, what a great new term. Just goes to show even a Carolina Fan, can make light what of was sad for us. I was proud to see my son could
do this, because the loss was heartbreaking to him.

Neal Patrick came up with another term for us catching all those fish on the secret bait. He said we "King of Hilled It". I remembered the episode he was referring to as soon he mentioned it. I had to laugh because Hank Hill went to bait shop(which had turned into a drug house),Hank thought was buying a new bait. This bait was so good, that the fish literally jumped in the boat after it. (I had the same experience for the 2nd time, using our secret bait this evening. The fish jumped out of the water almost on to the dock trying to grab the bait.) Well it turned out Hank Hill's secret bait was crack cocaine, which he thought was just a new kind of bait. The fish became so addicted to it, that they would do anything to get caught. What I'm using could look exactly the same. I got a good chuckle and a new term for when we are successful with this new bait.

We were suppose to quit fishing once NP tied me. NP had me put up rods and the rascal threw a few more casts while I was putting away my reels. During this time he caught 4 more fish, so I went back and grabbed my rod. I caught two more fish, but it was getting dark, so I let him win. I did catch the largest crappie, which was almost 2 pounds.

I also came up with a new term "NP coach K'd me". The reference to the Duke-Clemson game, were extra time added to the clock. This created just enough time to for Duke to score the final basket to win. Yes I was "Coach K'd", but It's great to be Coached K'd by your son. I love having NP Home. He is my fishing buddy, so I'm looking forward to another great summer in 2007.