In Which Pierce Catches Dinner

Large Mouth Bass

I was working on a sewing project when Pierce poked his head in the doorway and asked "What's for dinner"?  I told him I was planning to make Lasagna, tossed salad and bread.  "Hold off on that for a bit.  I'm going to catch us dinner tonight", he said with a grin.

So off he went, down to the pond that he and the Photographer stocked a few years back.  For the most part, fishing here has been catch and release - simply to give the fish time to grow to a decent size.

I hadn't seen Pierce for a few hours and decided I better go ahead and start dinner when my cell phone range.  "I'm bringing dinner home.  Tell Dad to meet me on the back patio" he said with a huge smile in his voice.  I informed the Photographer that his presence had been requested and opened the pantry door to get cornmeal for the fish.

The Photographer came back into the house and grabbed his camera.  Sensing something was up, I asked what was going on.  My guys seemed to think that Pierce may have caught a state record sized fish!  Lots of photographs, weighing and measuring ensued.  Sadly, Pierce missed the record by 2 inches but was more than happy to provide us with dinner last night.