Fishing with Papa and Chad

Every year my dad goes on a fishing trip somewhere, and it seems like the last few years I have not been able to go with him due to work or school. However, this year I had been planning for it for a while and a week after graduation I hopped on a plane to Tulsa, OK where my dad and Chad picked me up. We drove a couple of hours NE to stay at my dads friends lake house. We just spent the next 4 days fishing and relaxing. It turned out to be a perfect way to celebrate graduation. I was happy to spend some quality time with my dad as well. This is the only picture I can find from our trip:

Most of the fish we caught were catfish like the one above. We set limb lines (which are just strings with hooks baited tied to tree limbs that hang over the water). The water was so high because there had been flooding so we were able to take the boat out and catch a lot of great limbs. First we caught a bunch of Shad with fishing nets and then used them as bait to catch the catfish. We spent the rest of the time just lure fishing and experimenting with bow fishing. We were also able to catch up with my grandma who lives near and some other family. I am already looking forward to next years fishing trip.