Not only did I catch some fish this weekend, but I looked pretty while doing it. I thought the FisherGirl Team looked so good in their hot-pink inflatable PFDs that I decided I just had to have one of my own! I would even venture to say I was the best looking girl out there on Sunday (okay, maybe I was the only girl out there, but I still looked good).

This past weekend was possibly my last fishing trip of the season so I took Friday off work and tried to make the most of it. Friday was foggy, cold and rough - a perfect day to be bundled up in my Integrity bomber jacket - and my dad and I dragged the lines around for four hours before calling it a day and heading back home with no fish in the box. The up-side of that is that we had no work to do when we got back to the dock as no fish caught means no fish to clean! Saturday and Sunday presented huge improvements in weather as the fog disappeared, the water calmed down and we were bathed in sunshine both days. The fishing was still a bit slow, but we got lucky and managed to add some serious poundage to our total catch this season as I brought in a 27 lb. spring salmon and my dad caught another weighing in at 20 lb. Now I’ll let you in on a little secret: I almost lost my dad’s fish on him. His was a fighter and as it threw its head back and forth and skimmed across the top of the water, I dove for it with the net and…missed. Bad things can happen when you miss netting the fish. I could see the trailing hook dangling dangerously close to the net; if that hook caught on the net and the fish threw it’s head, it would have popped the leader and left two disappointed anglers watching it swim away free. Lucky for me, the hook didn’t catch, I made another dive at it and, even luckier for me, the fish turned and swam right into the net. Together we hoisted it into the boat and I breathed a huge sigh of relief that I hadn’t cost my dad his catch!

So as I wrap-up another fishing season, I have to thank my dad for being such a good guide and steering me onto so many big fish this summer. Even if we hadn’t caught anything, it’s just great to be OutThere, but it really is so much more fun when you have big fish to brag about afterwards! I hope all you other anglers are having successful seasons too, and that you’re staying safe on the water with your Mustang PFDs.