Fishing Jackson Lake

Tyler with our catch!

Jackson Lake finally is free of ice and Tyler and I took advantage of it yesterday.  Corey was supposed to go with us, but he has been sick the last few days, even missing school.  It takes a lot for Corey to miss anything because  he doesn't like to be left out, especially fishing.   Watching the videos we brought home and seeing the fish was pure TORTURE for him.  Especially since he felt so much better that afternoon.  

We fished from 6:30 am till 11:30 with 10 fish hooked and 5 landed.  Most of the fish were hooked before 9 am.  The sun hit the water around 8:30 and the fishing, for us bank fisherman, dropped off soon after.  We had hits up until we left, but they wouldn't grab the spoon, so we couldn't catch them.  

Tyler out fished me again.  He and Corey out fished me in November of last year when we went to Jackson Lake for the first time with my Venture Scout Troop.   I caught the biggest fish on this trip (a 22 inch Lake trout), but he landed the most (3-two lakers and a brown).  We both lost nice Lake trout at the bank along with some long distance releases out in the middle of the bay.  My brown was 16 inches and his was 15.  

We had a nice morning and saw 500 elk or more on the way up.  They are scattered from Antelope Flat, north of Jackson Hole, to Moran Junction.  We saw deer, one moose, and a grouse ran across the highway in front of us just after daylight.  We were way out in the flats in the sage brush, just above the Snake River where it winds under the Teton Range, its kind of an odd place for a grouse.   

We fished heavy spoons deep and slow and the fish hit pretty soft.  We hope to go back on Monday (Memorial Day). Jared and Lyndie had to get in on the pictures with Tyler when we got back.  Jared loves to fish and likes posing for pictures no matter if he caught them or not.   Lyndie wasn't too sure about the slime, but she liked the fish. 

Tyler's First Laker (21 inches)

 

Tyler's 2nd Laker (19.5 inches)

Tyler and Lyndie enjoying the catch!

Lyndie had to hold one herself!  "Look dad, a brown trout!"

Tyler is trying to get Lyndie to hold my 22 inch Laker!

"Here Lyndie, hold this BIG ONE!"

She is thinking about it!

"WOW, This fish feels cool!"

Now she is like, "WHAT IS THIS STUFF?"

 "SICK!  What is this CRAP on my hands? "

"NASTY!,  I'd better wipe this stuff off fast!"

Lyndie is saying, "HOLY CRAP, look at the size of those teeth!

"Tyler, you should be ashamed of yourself!  Don't you know those things are slimy and disgusting?"

Jared and 'his' best catch!

Lyndie helping big brother!

Jason's Lagoon Trip

I went to the Lagoon amusement park in SLC, Utah, on Friday with our junior class.  I rode the crazy rides and made some video of them.  I used our new little Flip video camera.  It was a good day. The lines weren't too long, the weather was nice, and it was free for me!  What more could you ask for?  

 The first video is of the Wicked roller coaster.  I'm not on it, I just wanted you to see what it looks like.  It is the best ride ever.  You climb to 110 feet, then drop down the other side!  There is a corkscrew, 50 feet off the ground, and some fast, high banking turns!    

The 2nd video is me riding it.  8 teachers went on the trip to help with the 150 kids we had.  We, as teachers, rode together for the first time.  I went on this one 4 or 5 times before we left.  I did less screaming each time I went on it.  This is the first time through and the drop down the other side was a little TENSE!  The bright, purplish dot that appears occasionally is the sun.  I held on to the camera and the cart for dear life the first few times through.  The last time through I left the camera in my pocket and rode the whole way without hands!

Not that you wanted to see the look on my face as I ride THE WICKED, but here is the same ride with a different view!  The corkscrew footage is pretty good.  

This next video is of me on the Colossus Fire Dragon roller coaster.  It has a double loop; fun and thrilling, but definately not WICKED!  Once again, the purplish, bright disk is the sun.   NOTICE HOW HIGH I AM BEFORE DROPPING INTO THE TWO LOOPS!

This last video is of the Blast Off ride. You go from the ground to 200 feet in 2 seconds, make a change in directions and then free fall 150 feet, only to be lifted again.  Supposedly you experience 4.5 G's (gravity=9.8 meters per second squared--multiplied by 4.5) on the initial drop from hitting the top.  I didn't realize it was possible to chew on your colon until I rode this thing!  The ride hurts, in a fun-kind-of-way; it'll make you giggle!  The video is made to show the acceleration of the ride up, and then the fall down.  So you are looking between my feet as I sit on the ride.   Watch the #5 on the ground.   

Two peas in a pod

Adam and Emily's kids came over after school the other day.  I told the kids they had to get their homework done before they could play this is what I found in the living room. ( It's a good thing they have small buns.) I couldn't believe they could both fit on the chair and I guess it was comfortable because they were there for about an hour.  Jantzen and Corey are quite the bookworms.  They both love to read.

Guess Who lost a tooth?

Dad pulled it out.  April 23, 2009.