Tiger Mouskie: Personal Experience

The thing that sets me apart from other applicants is my commitment to the goals that I set for myself. In june of 2016, right after school ended for summer, my friend and I set a goal that, by the end of summer, we would catch a tiger muskie. We spent the beginning of summer searching through garage sales and thrift shops for all the necessary materials. We lost many afternoons repairing his 12 foot fiberglass dinghy just so we could have a chance at catching this elusive fish. After all this work and preparation it was early august and we both decided it was time to finally throw a line in the water. We went out on a local lake and started fishing. After about five hours of fishing, with no luck, it became dark and we headed home. The next morning we headed out to try again. …show more content…
At this point we became discouraged we were pretty sure that all our work was for not, and we were never actually going to catch a tiger muskie. The next morning, despite our exhaustion and dismay, we headed out again to the same lake. After about 3 hours of fishing, there was hope, we pulled a tiger muskie to the side of the boat. Unfortunately as if it was mocking us it broke off right in front of our eyes. After some more fishing we went home. The next morning we got up even earlier more excited than we had been all week. We got on the water at 6am and we were prepared to stay out all day. Fortunately we only had fish out there for about 2 hours when we finally brought our fish into the boat. Although it may seem insignificant I followed through on my goal and completed something that at times seemed