Best catfishin' ever!

Washington DC -- aka-John's back yard -- Delia and I sure had a good time at DC. John, Katrina and little Caleb were great! I got to run a marathon, play with Caleb, visit Keri, Collin and Abe, and best of all...I got to go on the best catfishin' trip ever with John!

We traveled so far (2 blocks I think) to get there. I must say (Dad), that I have officially validated that little smokies do work with catfish!

We caught a total of 8 fish and three of them were over 9 lbs! John led the way with a 12 lb beast (pictured here). Then he caught a 10 lb catfish. I caught one (thankfully!) that was 9 lbs. All in all they were the biggest catfish that John or I had ever caught or seen pulled in the water.

My marathon legs were sore (this was Monday night), but when John hooked that 12 lb beast, I was running around that dock reeling in poles and grabbing the net and climbing down rocks to get it. I even went ankle deep in the water to make sure I got it. You can take me away from the country, but you cannot take the country out of me! Needless to say, John returned the favor when he went ankle deep to net my 9 pounder (pictured here).

We have had some great fishing trips this year. I cannot wait until perhaps next spring when we can all get together and fish. What a great catfishin' night this was! John's back yard...are you kidding me!!! He can get off work and be fishing in 12 minutes he told me! Little smokies are validated!