More of Ben's manhood adventures

So I took two sick days last Thursday and Friday and went fishing with Michael Hawthorne and a friend of ours named Steve, whose boat we are always borrowing. We went to Caddo Lake, which is right on the border of Texas and Lousiana. We actually fished in Lousiana. We caught mostly crappie, over forty of them, fishing old-fashioned style - with bamboo poles. We stayed at a Marina called Johnson's ranch and hired one of their guides named Henry. It was definately a cross-cultural experience. I swear I hardly understood a thing he said. It was a cross between east Texas country and Lousiana Cajun spoken from a 71 year old guy who is chewing, smoking, fishing and operating an outboard engine. When I caught my first fish, a catfish, I figured it was too small and just threw it back. This is what he said, "I'm fishing my ass off back here and you're throwing 'em back!" He was hilarious.

Here is a picture of the lake. It is a swamp full of cypress tress and alley lake boating pathways. Very beautiful.









This is the dock. Usually filled with old guys hanging around trying to understand each other through their thick dialects and chaw filled lips.














Here is a picture of Henry, our guide.