"The Property"

The picture here was taken by my brother, Frank.

It had been a long time since I had last been on the Chestatee River outside of Dahlonega. We couldn't have picked a better day than this past Saturday. The sky was bright blue, as you can see. The temperature was very moderate and the humidity was low. The fish were running and after eating lunch in Dahlonega, Luke and Lily and Kate and I tried our hand at catching some fish. We knew from the very beginning that the fish were there, as our salmon eggs kept disappearing. I caught a few fingerlings trying to grow bigger off of my bait. Lily was the first to hook one. Unfortunately, she couldn't hold on; she got a bit too excited when the fish came to the surface. A little later, I hooked a rainbow trout and brought him to shore. Unfortunately, he was small and he swallowed too much of the hook and he expired before I could disengage the hook and release him. A little later, Luke hooked a much larger trout and brought him to shore. We placed both fish in the freezer and brought them home to Dunwoody. Now they are frozen in Mom's freezer awaiting our attempt to clean them for cooking. All in all, it was a nice day in the mountains of North Georgia.