Fishing

One of my favourite things to do is fish. I always fish in Lake Winnipeg off our dock. I don’t catch that many fish but I still enjoy it when I do. In the last 2 years I have caught 3 freshwater drums (also known as a Sheephead) and 2 Walleye. I caught a walleye this year by just jigging but it was so small it slipped through the net. This year I caught one freshwater drum and it was around 30 inches. I caught it on a pickerel rig I just set out and let it sit there. By the time I got to the reel it was on for so long that it didn’t fight, but it was so heavy it felt like it was fighting.  One time this summer we went out on the lake on a boat and my dad caught a baby bass. My first fish I ever caught was  also a bass when I was a little kid. Once, when we were in Belize, there was an Eel beside our dock that I kept casting for and it would bite right through the line. It bit through four lines connected in total . It was really heavy and all I could do was pull its head out of the water. On that same trip my dad caught a baby nurse shark right off our dock.

My dream fish is a Pike or a catfish. I want to catch a pike because they can get really long and because they live here and I think it would just be really fun to reel in something else from a Freshwater Drum or Walleye. I like Catfish because they get really big and also live here. My papa said last summer at his house there was huge catfish rolling around the bank by the river at their house.

This is what a pike looks like                                      And this is what a catfish looks like

 

If you want to catch pike, walleye, or bass, look at this website for some tips.

https://www.eaglenest.ca/fishing/species/

 

 

 

How to play Four Square

At recess, my favourite thing to do is play four square. It is played with a ball, that can be a basketball, or a bouncy dodge ball, or even a soccer ball. There is 4 squares, one is called 1st square, one is called 2nd square, one is called 3rd square, and one is called Ace. The person who is in ace serves from the farthest corner dropping the ball and hitting it underhand to either the first square, which is to the left, 2nd square, which is straight across, or 3rd square, which is to the right. If the ball hits an inside line the person who hit the inside line is out, but if the ball hits an outside line, the ball still counts as in and the other person will have to try and hit the ball to another square. If the ball hits twice in your square, hits an inside line, bounces outside the square after bouncing in the square, or if you catch the ball before it bounces, you are out. Also, if you hit the ball outside the square than you are out. When you are out, you join a line outside the square and once you are the next person, you go in the first square. The first person in line is always  the judge and gets to decide who is out or who is not. These are the rules of four square, if you want to learn more about this amazing game, follow this link!

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+play+four+square&rlz=1C1GCEB_enCA918CA918&oq=how+to+play+four+square&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.5510j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on#kpvalbx=_-BxuX6v0LuyEytMPmKyv8AI49   

 

This is a picture of the game. Thanks for reading!

Who I think will win the Stanley Cup this year

If you don’t know, last night the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders to make it to the Stanley cup Final against the Dallas Stars. I am not really cheering for anyone, but I think the Tampa Bay lightning will win I think they will because they lost in the first round right away after tying the Detroit Red Wings for the most wins in a single season in NHL History, so they are really hungry to win this year. I could see a game 7.  This will be a fun series to watch because neither team is that experienced.    I kind of hope that the Lightning win the cup this year just because they touched the Prince of Wales trophy, which it used to be a superstition not to so  I hope they can end that.

I think the Lightning will win as well because they have Victor Hedman as their number one defenseman, but the Stars only have Heiskanen, and the offense definitely don’t compare. The only place Dallas might tie the Lightning is in their goaltending. Khudobin has been playing amazing in the playoffs. But even though Tampa has a stacked team against Dallas, Dallas could easily take the series because this year there has been so many upsets, I just think Tampa can still take the win.

Here is ESPN’s thoughts on it

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29909296/2020-stanley-cup-final-predictions-stats-schedule-dallas-stars-tampa-bay-lightning

Joke of the Day

Today i’m going to share a funny joke.

I was at a party and then my friend said,”This is no fun! All I’ve  been doing today has been waiting in lines. First, I had to leave my apartment because I had to come here on a plane. Once I left my apartment, I was going to go get my car. So I waited in line for such a long time, and finally I got into the underground parking lot. I got in, but I left my speeding tickets for too long and my car was towed. I called the towing company, but they kept me on hold for almost 30 minutes, which is basically waiting in line. They finally took me off hold, but they said it would cost $2,500, and I didn’t have time to pay, so I said I would call them back and went to get a cab. Well, there  was a long line, and after 30 minutes of waiting, I finally got in a cab. The driver had to get groceries, so I waited for 30 minutes in the cab for him to get his groceries, and it took him 10 minutes to load them in. Oh, did I mention, traffic was SUPER bad, so it took forever to get to the Airport And for some reason, the cab driver wouldn’t just drop me off, so I had to wait another 10 minutes to get into a parking spot. Finally he got a spot, but it was so far from the Airport that I had to take another cab to get closer, which then I waited for 15 minutes to get one. Once I got one, I finally got to the airport, but the wait to check in was really long, and then the baggage drop off line took forever. Then I had to go to security, and that took forever, and then after that I had to go through customs, which made no sense because they should have just mixed both the security and customs in one. Then I got to my terminal, but our flight was delayed! So I had to wait another hour. The hour was finally up, and everyone rushed into line, so I was the last one. Then there was a big line in the plane because everyone took forever to put their stuff into overhead bins. Once we landed, there was a delay at the other airport, so we waited in the airplane to get to the terminal. Once we got out we had to wait at the baggage claim and of course mine was the last one,so I had to wait the longest. Finally, I got my luggage and then I took a taxi to my hotel, but there was another long line. It took a while, but i finally got a taxi and then I wanted to go to my hotel. But for some reason, there was a huge traffic jam, and it took a very long time to get to the hotel. Then there was a line to check in, but once I checked in I went in the elevator, and there was a long line for that too! I got on, but right before my floor, a father and his little girl came in, and the girl pressed all the buttons, so I had to wait for the elevator to go on  every floor before mine. I got into my hotel room, and then got ready for the party. Then I left my room, but the same little girl did the same  thing again so I had to wait for a long time again. Then I finally got a cab but the traffic jam was just bigger, and it took forever to get to the party. And apparently, this party was super popular, so there was traffic all the way up to the front door. I finally got in and here I am.  I’m pretty thirsty, but guess what? There’s no punch line!”

This joke is supposed to basically just bother your friends because it takes a longer time to say it then read it and also because the joke is that there is no joke.

If you like corny or lame jokes like this, look at this link!

https://www.southernliving.com/culture/best-dad-jokes