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Well I got my wife and 3 kids (ages 10, 6, and 5) up this morning at 5:00 to head from Pine Top to do a little fishing at Sunrise Lake. Here is the play by play of how it went: 5:45 - Arrived at the lake and started walking to our usual fishing spot. 5:45 and 10 seconds - The youngest two started whining about freezing to death. 6:00 - Lines were in the water and the youngest two were curled up in balls in my wife's lap. 6:05 - My wife had all of the whining and crying she could handle and took the youngest two back to sit in the truck. 6:15 - My 10 years old tripped on a rock and fell into the mud and water. 6:20 - My 10 year old was certain he was near death from the cold and was suffering from frost bite (in his mind) . 6:25 - I am the only one fishing because everyone else is in the truck watching a movie. 7:00 - The wind really picks ups and the waves start caping over. My wife calls me on my cell phone because the kids want to know if we have caught anything but won't get out of the truck, and they are all dying of starvation. 8:00 - Not one single bite. I concede the battle to the fish, my wife, and kids. I carry all of our gear, chairs, tackle, etc back by myself cause no one is getting out of the truck to help dad. To sum it up, the fishing was lousy and I may need a straight jacket before this weekend is over, but it is sure beats being back in the valley at work. Also, we saw about eight different groups of elk between Pine Top and Sunrise. Three of the bulls were saw were already looking massive and will be monsters in a few months. Wife and kids hanging out back in the truck