Yeah, but I caught a trout.
There’s something special about catching a trout, especially a wild one on a lake that hasnt’ been stocked.
Because, as I’ve written about before, these are magical fish.
When you catch one, you’re not just happy at the moment it happens.
There’s a lingering euphoria, a deep sense of satisfaction, that lasts for days afterward.
Bass, pike, walleye…they’re all fun to catch too.
But there’s nothing quite like catching a fresh trout on a pristine lake, just after ice-out.
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It’s hard to describe. You feel like you’re a successful hunter-gatherer. You feel like the cat that’s caught the canary. You feel that you’ve accomplished something.
And you keep chucking to yourself: ”I caught a trout! “, over and over.
And it makes you happy.
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It doesn’t matter what happens for days (or even weeks) afterward.
The fact that you’ve caught a trout makes things a little bit easier to take.
Case in point:
My car’s rusting out and it will cost a lot of money to fix.
Yeah, but I caught a trout.
I’ll probably get yelled at for not getting that report done on time.
Yeah, but I caught a trout.
I have to deal with so-and-so today, and they’re really annoying.
Yeah, but I caught a trout.
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Try it yourself, and see.
It works.
And it’s cheaper than a $100/hour therapist.
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May 11, 2011 at 8:33 am
Normally I’d make fun of you for your lousy photography…you cut your head off. But you are right. Catching a hard to catch fish is satisfying.
I can’t eat fish (allergic) so I toss ‘em back or give them away. But I grunt like a cave man and say “me good provider”
Eyeteaguy
May 11, 2011 at 9:25 am
@Eyeteaguy
I deliberately cut my head off. So the trout-stalkers can’t identify me.
You can never be too careful.
May 11, 2011 at 4:55 pm
I’d recognize that bod anywhere. Canoe looks strangely familiar too.
Dude. You obviously don’t have the math gene — you didn’t catch A trout — you caught TWO trout. Speckled ones at that — the pinnacle of spring fishing. Next on your to-do list? Catch your limit (5) of speckled trout in one day.
May 11, 2011 at 5:07 pm
@Clown
Yeah…but I caught a trout…TWICE.