Biiiig fish!

One big fish, to rule them all. Okay, ignore the nerd reference to the one ring...

28 and 3/4" walleye was caught by colleague this morning at 8:30 AM, I literally yelled out loud "HOLY SHIT!!!!!" It barely fit in the hole! Hey, mind out of the gutter you, it really barely fit.

The ice fishing trip in itself would have been a success without a fish, but this was one big memorable highlight. It's literally the biggest walleye I've ever seen caught, not to mention it was caught ice fishing! It made everyone happy, and it will soon be mounted on the wall at work. I don't know why it's such a big thing to catch a larger-than-average fish, but it just makes me happy.

Another highlight of the trip was the deep frying of a turkey. Why? I'm into cooking, I like big cooking contraptions, I like big pieces of meat, and this is something I'd never seen before and I'd always wanted to see. It was pretty cool.

Tonight, the fun doesn't stop with The Alarmists playing downtown... but first I'd better shower, as I reek of minnows, beer, and deep frying fat, all on top of the 37 hours without a shower-associated b.o. ... plus there wasn't any t.p. ... okay that last one was a lie!