Fishing Fun

We had a great time fishing off Grammie and Papa's doc in Michigan.

Tracey caught fish after fish off the dock... sunfish and bass

Caroline wasn't really interesting in fishing.  She held her pole for a few minutes, then went off to play.  Then, she came back to her pole and then promptly and perfectly caught a little sunfish all on her own the same time Tracey was landing her first bass.  Then, she went back to playing in the yard for the rest of the evening.

 

All the while, our diligent Howard, held his pole and waited and waited and waited to catch a fish of his own.  He was so excited to land his own fish... and Tracey caught more than ten, and Caroline caught one within minutes of holding her pole... and we kept encouraging Howard but the fish kept eating his worm without taking the hook.

Finally, Daddy put a lure on his big fishing pole and Howard caught his first fish!  He was the most excited little boy I have ever seen and kept yelling, "I got a fish!  I got a fish!"

 He caught a bass and was so proud of himself.  We were very proud of him too, especially with the determination and grit he exhibited to get that fish.

And Hubby was able to go fishing while we were in Michigan... not on my parent's dock, but on the boat of a close friend on Lake Michigan.  Hubby had a blast, and we were thrilled to get to take some fish fillets back home to Colorado with us.