Our latest fishing trip :)

Most of my posts are about beads, beadwork and beading. But there are other things I enjoy and tops on my list (after beading) is fishing! We have small fishing boat and had some time on Sunday to get out on the Mississippi for a few hours. We did catch a few but are getting soft-hearted - with our freezer nearly full, we are less likely to keep the fish we catch these days. Here are few shots from our latest excursion :)

Dan caught a nice channel cat

It must be that vintage Coors hat he got at a garage sale Saturday!

My first fish of the day was a Freshwater Drum - He was way too little to keep :(

On our way back in we saw the "Twilight" riverboat which does overnight excursions from LaClaire to Dubuque.

One of our dreams is to someday live on a houseboat - spend the winters in New Orleans and the summer in Wisconsin or Minnesota. We liked this little houseboat!

Pulling the boat out

Our fancy rig

Dan's tackle box... and mine. I bet he can't hook his onto a beltloop!