Prayers Answered :-)

On Thursday, October 22nd, I went jigging for salmon in the Sacramento River again with my dad and brother.  I prayed for three things: 1. that we as a team would catch a fish, 2. that we would get a salmon, and 3. that we would have a safe and blessed fishing trip.

My Father is very loving and humorous.  I got my first prayer answered shortly after jigging.  Here's the fish that I caught.

Fish barely bigger than my lure!?!??

My dad was laughing at my expense.  He dubbed my fish: "The unlucky fish!"  All day long, he reminded me of how my first fish was the sign of the rest of the day.  Every time he ribbed me, he was laughing.  So I called on my Father to send us a salmon.

Early in the morning, we helped these three fishermen out because their boat wouldn't start.  The battery was drained.  They were about to go home for the day.  Fortunately, my brother had just purchased a brand new backup battery the night before.  We loaned them the battery and took off.  Their boat is the one on the left.

Boat to the left landed 5 salmon!

At the end of the day, we met up with the boat that we loaned the battery to.  They caught five salmon!!!  They gave us a beautiful silver bullet hen.  There's the answer to my prayer for a salmon :-)

Finally, we called it quits around 1:30 PM having only "catch and release" of the tiny fish from the early morning.  Every time I am out fishing with my 87 year old dad and my brother the "Captain," I truly thank my Heavenly Father for the blessing!  The weather was fantastic.  My dad was having a great time at telling me of how my "unlucky fish" ruined our day :-)  What a blessed day!

I know where I inherited my mischievousness from

Beautiful water

Beautiful day