Ever have one of those days.....

[ssutton219]

I dont know whether to cry or smile......



I have had one of those days today!!


I opened my big mouth last night about maybe do some fishin today and my shawdow (4yr old daughter) decided that she needed to go too. I cant break her heart if I wanted to...I wake up to 15-20 mph winds...great fishing...try explaining that to a 4yr old and I got..."It doesn't blow under the water where the fish are daddy..so...I get my license bait and I get ready to leave wally world...now she wants soemthing to drink so I pick up 2 bottles of water..and wait in line and wait in line and wait some more...lady and her grandson are trying to put things back and get the total down to what they have on them so I pull out some cash and help move the line some..5 bux aint gonna break me and who knows it might be the thing that opens that kids eyes to kindness...and I was hopeful Karma would let me catch someting....




Off to the local hole..wind is blowing and dirt gets in jesi's eyes and she starts to cry..so I have my poles, chairs, tackle box and have no free hands..so I put everything down and wash her eyes out...she decides we need to try another place..yes I listen to a 4 yr old...on the way I get stopped by a train...sit and sit and sit..truck starts to get hot...GREAT another issue I really don't need..so I turn around and go way out of my way and after 2 hrs I am finally fishing...got the poles in and decide its time for a cigar....as I pull out the case and pull the cigar out jesi screams and says her bobber is gone and at the same moment my pole starts to hit..so I jump off and jesi's bobber is still there and I have no worm bummer but thats fishing...until the wind blows and flips the chair up and the case and cigars end up in the drink...wouldn't of minded the cigars but it was sicking to watch the case sink.....


Icing on the cake is while I am pissed I lost the case and cigars and I am not relaxing and lost the fish.....jesi the lil angel she is told me she was sorry I lost my case and cigars and thet this was the best fishing she has everdone...Yeah cant be upset now just had my heart melted...



so...if your in wichita and you catch a fish and he smells a lil different...enjoy the fish who ate my ciagrs..LOL



Now off to the bourbon and pick something good to burn.





Shawn

[karmaz00]

wow eventfull day.

[slyder]

The wind blows down there too huh?

[Cypress]

Awe, how cute

[Legion]

Not that is a bad day but a great ending

[cp478]

so wichita really has puffer fish!

[Coop D]

Great story man!!! Especially if you have a little girl as well!!!

[docruger]

awww thanks for sharing

[Cigary]

I remember those days with my kids,,,you have to remember that you can't take things so seriously when you take the little ones out. They just want to imitate what they see you do and I can remember takiing my son out to train him how to play golf. Although it was time consuming he learned to love it and play it quite well. I have to think that as a Dad you were't going to really be able to enjoy fishing that day anyway,,,it wasn't about you as much as it was about your little girl. Do it again and just appreciate that you and her are able to share that time together and make a memory that will last a lifetime.

[Rmac58]

That's cool.

[MickeyFinn]

One day a quite years back my daughter said WAIT dad lets try right here. She landed her very first bass and I will never forget that day even though her boyfriend sees the smile now more often than I. Kinda sucks we don't fish together alot now, treasure the moments dude.
Dave

We had caught nothing all day and we were feet from the truck.

[ssutton219]

Originally Posted by MickeyFinn

One day a quite years back my daughter said WAIT dad lets try right here. She landed her very first bass and I will never forget that day even though her boyfriend sees the smile now more often than I. Kinda sucks we don't fish together alot now, treasure the moments dude.
Dave

We had caught nothing all day and we were feet from the truck.

On that note....My step-daughter for her b-day many yrs ago wanted me to take her fishing, so we went out to her great-grandpa's pond where I fished 3x before and never caught a thing. I cast her line out and she decided to reel it in right off the dock and before I got my pole in the water she had hooked a 8# catfish. 1st fish in 4 trips out there for me and she and I continued to catch fish.


I do cherish every momement my kids want to spend with thier dad..it wont be long and they wont need me like they once did!





Shawn

[mc2712]

Is it funny how we think thats was a bad day and the kids always seem to think thats the best day they have ever had. Great story.