Kaitlyn's+Fishing+Tournament

​​I never expected a prize like this. I only expected to go and have fun at the fishing tournament. Even if I won I only expected a high five or a congrats. Maybe, a little more like a certificate to Subway, or maybe even a pathetic little paper that said, "**//You Have Attended the Council Bluffs Fishing Tournament".//** Even though this was my first tournament, I was still very exited to go.

It was a sunny, hot and blistering day at Lake Manawa.My brother, my sister and I attended this tournament. I was very thrilled to be going to my first tournament ever! We go here in this one spot so often I feel like its my home. This time the ground was icky, creamy, and slimy mud! There were many gigantic trees everywhere around us. We where on a hill fishing, we walk down a hill and then the ground is flat. We are at Lake Manawa in the canal part. The canal is like a stream that runs off the side of the lake. We where fishing on the flat part, the trees are on each side of us left and right. The clearing was about the size of a school bus. That would be more than enough spaces for my dad, my brother, my sister and I.

Well, my dad was up at the truck getting more tackle for my pole, so I was using his pole. You might be wondering what is tackle, well it is the hook the bobber stuff like that.I was getting bored, I wasn't catching anything! It was taking so long, itseemed like I could climb up the tallest tree in america, get a bobber that had gotten tangled in it and still not have a fish on the line of my pole ! I was extremely frusterated. I started to reel in. I felt like I had a snag in a large rock. But no, the minute I saw the fin flip out of the water, I knew it was a fish. I didn't know what to do, my dad was still up at the truck! I said "DAD!" He grabbed the net and came sprinting down so fast, he almost fell because of the mud. By now I almost had the fish in so my dad took the net and dragged the fish out of the water. Yes! I had caught a blue catfish.

We drove it over to the judging station where they would weigh my fish. It was 9 pounds! It was so heavy, people I didn't even know had to help me hold it up for pictures!

They kept saying "Wow"

"You did a great job."

The next thing I knew a man in shorts and a t-shirt came over and said," Congrats young lady you have won the tournament." It was funny because he said " You even beat the the oldest one." He went away for a minute and came back rolling a bran-new bike, he had given me a bran new bike! My bike was was pink and grayish checkers on some parts. It was so beautiful I could put it in a bike pagen t. I was extremely joyful. I also was extremly exited to tell my mom!

Me, myself and I had won. I was thrilled. I will never, ever forget this exiting and outrageos time!