My name is Karen and I have a fishing story for you. Each year my family travels to Michigan to do a little salmon fishing. We are always very lucky and catch some really big salmon. Our annual trip started years ago when one of my husband’s friends asked him to take a fishing trip to Michigan. Harold, my husband, has been going for the last 28 years now. We usually fish in the Betsy River which looks a lot like our own Cartecay River here in North Georgia. Our catch weigh in from 12 lbs to 30 lbs.
We like to fish in Benzonia, a little village in Benize County MI. It is about 30 minutes from Traverse City. Over the years we have added to our little fishing family, our children and several of Harold’s brothers and their families make the trip too. It is not uncommon for us to have a fishing party of 20 people or so.
The ladies always take a day and go looking for antiques and cherry pies. Michigan is the cherry capital and each year they have the National Cherry Festival on the shores of West Grand Traverse Bay. They have great cherry pies.
That’s my fishing story, we have several of the fish mounted in our cabin to remind us of our family tradition and the joy that fishing has brought to our friends and family. If you haven’t been fishing with your family lately I encourage you to plan a trip today, even if it’s just for a day.
Karen owns a cabin on Mountaintown Creek in North Ga. Be sure to visit her cabin rental website.
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