There was a free fishing day for kids under 12 years old Saturday. They should call it speed fishing! You sign in on a clipboard, they hand you a cup of worms, a pole that is all ready to go, and you fish. Each of the boys pulled out a fish about 5-10 seconds after their bait hit the water. In fact, it was amazingly similar to the fishing game they have at carnivals or fairs...throw the pole over and out comes a prize!
I am pretty sure it took us longer to put sunscreen on the boys than it did to fish! Avery only had a couple of minutes to sun her legs.
J got a 2 1/2 lb rainbow trout and W pulled out a 1.9 lb trout. There was a hatchery employee right there to smack the fish (I still am in shock over that-and to be honest, I think the boys are too...they didn't have very much to say over the whole experience) and to net your fish. Wham Bam. W was making sure the fish didn't touch him in this photo:
We told the boys that fishing is never that fast. I think they were a little in shock over our 5-minute fishing trip. I didn't want them to think it is always that easy!
We were happy to see some friends of ours there as well. One - because it was good to see them and two - because Geoff had some good instruction on how to clean the fish. Thanks Tim!
