Saddam's Fishing Hole

These pictures are a bit old but I've been meaning to post them for a while. The lake you see is a man made lake that sits next to another of Saddam's old palaces. Actually, this was a recreational area for Saddam and his gang. All along the lake are different villas that he and his cronies would chill out in. The lake is feed by the Eupharetes River and is filled with fish. Where I'm standing is on the porch of what is now being used as a vistor's center at one of our camps. They keep fishing poles out for anyone to use. Now, it is well known that I have not caught a fish since I was a teenager so I'll I did with the pole was strike a pose. The fish that you see filling up an entire cooler were caught by far more patient people than I.