This week was the beginning of Joels spring break. We decided since we were finally getting a beautiful warm weekend we'd spend it at the New River fishing. The view was beautiful and it was such a wonderful day. It was in the mid 70's with a great breeze.
Even though the weather was nice the fish were hunkered down and no one around us caught a thing.
Tuesday afternoon Joel and I decided to go out again incase it rained on Wed. so off we went after lunch. It was another great day. It started off with Joel finding a crawfish. I've never seen one alive in person. His claws were blue/green.
He's pretty big!!!
Later on we found a section that looked like a private beach so I hung out there while Joel walked out into the river near the small rapids.
While I was fishing I noticed a baby turtle trying to make it to the water. He was so cute.
He finally made it out into the river. Poor little guy had a tough job for himself.
Joel got out pretty far into the river. I saw a few slips so I had the camera ready just incase he went for a dip :) In the mean time I saw a guy in a kayak going over the small rapids. While I watched he all of a sudden just fell over into the water. I was expecting him to bounce right up but he didnt. Then I heard him yelling and waving his hands at Joel. I thought he was drowning and couldnt imagine anyone trying that without knowing how to swim. So he finally got to the calm area and kept yelling to Joel but it was pretty deep and the current was too strong so Joel couldnt get to him. Then he got to me and yelled if I had a rope which I said no. He really just wanted us to pull him in and his Kayak. He swam over to where I was standing and Joel and another fisherman came over to help him out. To our suprise the guy was in shorts and a tshirt with a life jacket. The water was freezing! We were shocked he wasnt in a wet suit. His paddle was still floating down the river and the poor guy couldnt seem to get hisself together. He finally left to go get his truck and wouldnt accept any help.
Our day ended with no fish but a lot of fun. We're hoping to get something on the next trip!
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