Remember that summer job??

mrsref
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:09:22 +0000

I was the mate on a Lake Ontario charter fishing boat. In busy times we would do two six-hour trips a day. The captain paid me $20/trip, but I made much more in tips. I think the fisherman felt sorry for the poor girl who had to touch fish…little did they know that I have been baiting hooks and releasing fish since I was five years old!

The days were long and cold…I left my house at 4:15 am and would get home at 9:15 pm…only to turn around and do it again the next day.