This is Me

I realized after having this blog for a few months that I had no picture of myself on the blog. I had pictures of my wife, my Father-in-Law, and of carp before I had pictures of me! Good job Matt. Anyway, this future model for men everywhere in the bow fishing world is me. My stylists must have been on vacation that day. I decided to wear this outfit to bow fish, but I had good reason to wearing this incredibly mismatching outfit that would make everyone, including my wife, cringe upon sight. I had previously been fishing this similar spot with some hip boots on with Levis underneath when I discovered a hole with my foot. I instantly sank up to my waist in water, and no longer saw a need to have my hip boots on anymore that day. I was just as fortunate in forgetting to bring a spare change of clothes as well. Anyway, the next time I went I improvised by wearing some water shoes and swimming shorts. I also brought a change of clothes. This too was a mistake. The water is understandably gross (hence the change of clothes), but the part that sucked was my legs were open to the fish themselves. While I was walking I had fish run into my legs four times and it scared the daylights out of me every time. I had this happen when I was wearing hip boots too, but I was shielded a little from the impact due to the thickness of the rubber, that was not the case here. Regardless of the uncomfortable nature of the exposed legs I had my best shooting day ever. I shot and killed 19 carp during my six hour outing. I am hoping to beat that next year though. It's important to have goals in life, especially in bow fishing kills.