Descriptive Fishing Place

Improved Essays
I see the swift movement of water in front of me. I smell the trees beside me. I feel sand between my toes and rocks scraping my feet at the bottom of the cold water. This is my home. When I look out across the clear water I recall many memories from growing up. Going down to the Creekbank, the first thing that can be spotted is a large tree with writing on it. If one will look close at this tree they will spot names listed up and down. These are the names etched into the bark by the Grimes family from generation to generation. Going farther down the Creekbank, many arrowheads have been found there by my family and I. It was always fascinating as a kid to listen to the stories of Indians living here and to think about how the rock ended up on the Creek. As I gaze into the distance I envision an infringed rope weathered by many summers of use. My dad would tell stories about him and his brothers jumping into the cool, lucid water on a humid summer day. Just up the Creek I notice the spot where many people have started a new life at. This location is where Providence …show more content…
This man made, twenty foot high stacking of boulders and concrete make for an ideal fishing hole. I have caught two of my biggest fish at this spot, one was a bass weighing five and a half pounds. The other was an Alligator Gar weighing in the upper twenties. Both an exciting rush to be caught on a Creek. The Dam always gives me a sense of adrenaline being near the raging water for many reasons. First, when you hear the distinguished pounding of water hitting water you know you have to be close to the Dam so the wait on turning a corner to see a big drop causes great suspension. Secondly, being around a creation of such great size causes me to feel small which causes a sense of amazement and surprise. These reasons make the Dam one of my favorite places to be on the

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    The process of heat-treating Knife River Flint requires a lot of time, preparation, and materials. The Knife River Flint that was used in this experiment came from Mercer County, North Dakota, which there are five different Knife River Flint Quarries in Mercer County. The three closest quarries to where the Knife River Flint in this experiment was collected are the Crowley Quarries, Medicine Butte, and Dodge Quarry. With the help of Russell Redhorn, a Native American monitor I was working with at the time, we were able to collect a large quantity of Knife River Flint cobbles from an area about eight miles south of Zap, North Dakota.…

    • 718 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    His home was found on the western slopes of the ridge in the middle of very tall pine trees and hardwoods such as Oak. It was a campground back in the…

    • 573 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    1. Introduction The Glen Canyon Dam is a dam on the Colorado River in Arizona. It was engineered and constructed in several years, from 1956 to 1964. The main purpose of the dam is to generate electricity for communities and to provide water storage for the Upper Colorado River Basin, which ensures that sufficient water can be released to the Lower Basin [1] [2].…

    • 1401 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Disappearance of the Roanoke Settlers In the year of 1585, 107 settlers landed on Roanoke land. They were planning to establish a colony with John White as the leader and governor Ralph Lane. As they began exploring the country, their abundance of food and supplies slowly diminished and John white saw that he had to go back to the homeland, England. He told his men that if anything went wrong, they were to carve signals on a tree indicating what they were going to do.…

    • 422 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Have you ever been to a national park? Most people have been to a national park in their lives, but few have heard about Providence Canyon. That is because it never became a national park, instead, it became a state park. I believe this was a terrible decision and their are numerous reasons why I believe this that I will explain in this essay.…

    • 482 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Many people believe that Eastern Oregon is void of beauty. The mountains are bare and the air is dry. However, if these folks would follow me to the Snake River for a fishing trip, I think they’d change their minds. If they were to join me on the river, they’d hear the sound of motor boats traveling up the water, and they’d smell the engine exhaust and hear the laughter of the fishermen.…

    • 739 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    It’s a large rock of 20 feet high, and it’s in the whole current of the river rush. It was in the middle of the water were the water would flow through. On the way we came across the Shoshone Indians. We learned about their religions.…

    • 596 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    To the left are picnic tables and to the right is a beautiful flowing creek filled with different animals, plants, and mosses and sometimes quartz crystals. I remember being able to see the fish as they swim underneath the icy cold water because the water is pure and crystal clear- it was not contaminated by human filth. Splashing a trudging through the water made my legs numb but I wouldn’t have had it any other way..…

    • 460 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Inner Boston Harbor's Thompson Island is a gem of an easy access spot if you're looking for fishing the flats for striped bass or deeper and structured-waters on the same plus bluefish. Access is good: kayak fishermen can use the little-more-than-a-mile-from-the-island hand-carry at City Point, ditto the ramp at Malibu Beach, Neponset for powerboaters with trailers with four-wheel drive. In addition to flats fishing on the island's back side, Thompson holds within its contours two tidal marshes and a large sandbar and bunker that connect the island to Squantum's Squaw Rocks mussel beds at low tide, themselves a good bait source. And because most anglers prefer Boston harbor's outer islands, the Brewsters and so on, or the Faun Bar off Deer…

    • 1376 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    I was born a slave in 1852 in Gainesville, Alabama. My mother would always tell me she specifically remembered the year, because in that year, months before I was born my father was brutally terrorized and murdered. He and my mother had tried to escape and got caught. They made it as far as Birmingham, AL when Master caught up to them and had his dogs attack. Master John was what some considered a nice white man and treated us kindly.…

    • 1391 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    As Benzie County evolves and grows the roots of the community stay. As our waterways have been used for shipping and logging over many generations they have also been used as a place of home, for salmon. In such a small place of the world such a large ecosystem full of beauty lies beneath the water where few get to experience its perplexing style. I am fortunate to grow up live in such a water driven environment where I can understand nature to the ability of a human.…

    • 680 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Depositional environment: The Depositional environment throughout the Cooper Basin formations is wholly non-marine, with the Patchawarra formation being a fluvial/deltaic depositional environment, with point-bar sandstones the most common reservoir type. Trap structures: Traps in the Cooper Basin are recognised as being structural e.g Anticlines, Stratigraphic e.g. facies change or a combination of these. Most traps in the Patchawarra formation are combination traps and lie somewhere between purely structural and purely stratigraphic.…

    • 306 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Mandan Native Americans

    • 811 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Missouri River, in what is now North Dakota, was once considered the heart of the world by the Mandan Native Americans. Here, the Mandan thrived for centuries. Their rich cultural heritage has been long studied for rightful reasons. They were masters at commerce and lived in agricultural villages where the women led the field work and men led the yearly hunts. The Mandan people’s spirituality is shown in their daily lives through customs such as bundles and age-based societies.…

    • 811 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The village structure and welcoming society of the Mandan and Hidatsa fascinated European and American explorers who traveled the Northern Plains. These men documented their experiences in travel journals and artistic depictions that defied the popular image Western America. Although these paintings are masterpieces of American art, they often omit or subordinate the heart of Mandan and Hidatsa society: women. The placement and role of women in the art of George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, and Fredrick Wilson reflect the artists’ cultural perceptions, experiential perspectives, and agendas in their portrayal of the indigenous peoples. George Catlin…

    • 1688 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Deer hunting with my dad always brings joy to my life. He has taught me everything I know about shooting a gun, and being able to patiently wait for the animal. My dad is a great teacher and super supportive if I miss a shot. Instead of getting enraged, he encourages me try again. Deer hunting is one of the many events my dad and I can do to bond, and strengthen our father and daughter relationship.…

    • 1035 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays