Bad Day

It's really hard to believe that!! How could it happen to me? Oh my god!! This never ever happened in my life before, it's just unbelievable!! It's my first time and I hope it will be my last time...

Back to last week...
Last week, we were planning to fish at Lake Erie as we know that the weather will turn into 55F this weekend according to the weather forecast. Lastly, we decided to have a fishing trip at Lake Erie this weekend.

Here it comes to the day...
Today, the weather is extremely nice and warm. I can feel like Spring season is really here. I miss Spring so much after having a long Winter Season. Nice weather, relaxing mood... everything seems to be fine and perfect. However, it was not so perfect as we expected...

Here it goes...
We woke up early in the morning, and stopped by at Meijer to get some fishing stuffs. After driving for 30 miles, we got City of Romulus. On the way to Lake Erie, we saw lots of fishing boats heading to Lake Erie as well. We do not have fish boat, so we decided to lease a fishing boat...

So now, you guess what had happened...

Bad sign 1...
Oh ya, the leasing office was closed!! It's because they haven't start their leasing business after a long Winter break. They will resume the business at the end of April. Actually we should call before we get there. But we did not, as we do not have their business contact. So what did we do? We decided to find another place to fish. We were so aggressive, it's simply because we do not want to waste such a nice day! After discussion, we decided to fish at Ohio State.

Bad Sign 2 Starts...
We drove cross the boarder and got Ohio State, it was another hour drive. We were fishing in the same lake, Lake Erie. It's just at different State. We fish at Maumee County at Ohio. It was so crowded at Lake Erie upstream today, as the Walleyes season starts today!! We did not even know about that. That's why it was so crowded at upstream. What a coincidence!! We met some friends there, they are from Michigan too. We decided to fish together...

It was too crowded at the Lake Erie upstream. We can not even find a spot to fish. So, we decided to fish at downstream. Everything seems fine in the first half an hour. We enjoyed our fishing. Guess what had happened?? We get caught by Ohio Department of Natural Resources patrol!!! We got TICKETS!!! I did not even know what was going on, I was at the other side when they get caught. They charged us for the violation of fishing without a valid non-resident Fishing License. As you may or may not know that, we have to get a valid license in order to fish. I bought seasonal fishing license last year in Michigan. I was going to buy one this morning, but they closed. However, Ohio fishing license is another story. Even I hold Michigan Fishing License, I still can not fish at Ohio state. I still will get charge anyway. Maybe, they will let me go with Michigan Fishing license.

The violation charge costs $80 each!!! We got five tickets, which is $400!! That's a lots!! We got nothing, but the TICKETS. That's really piss me off!! We were really mad!! It was a bad move!! Actually, fish at Ohio State was not under our plan. It was an exceptional!! We never think about fishing at Ohio State and never ever thought that we will get tickets. However, all these happened!! What can we say? Bad luck???

They did not even let us go after issued the ticket. They hold our operation licenses until we paid off our penalties. It's simply because we are non-residents in Ohio. They afraid we will sneak out of state without paying the penalties.

The weather is nice, but had been screwed up by all these. SUCKS!!! $80 dollars penalties!! It's just hard to believe that!! We got nothing, no even one fish but the tickets!! That's really piss me off. If we got couple fishes, that's will make us feel better. It's really not worth for this trip!! Well, let's "assume" that is the expenses for traveling to Ohio State. I never been Ohio, so... Hmmmm... What else can I think? Positive thinking always make me feel better... $80!! I can pay for phone bills for two months... haiz... :(

Our moods have been screwed up by all these. So, we decided to head back Michigan earlier than what we expected. Before that, we stopped by at New Empire Dim Sum restaurant to have our lunch. Without paying the penalties, we probably can have a luscious lunch at Ohio. But after the penalties, we all broke!!!

All these happened just in a day, but it's seems like a century long. Unbelievable!! Like I said, I am here to experience my life. Now, you know I am really do!!!