Monday, April 02, 2007

Camping Day 3 - Fishing Derby continues....

I think I'll just throw all the fishing photos here. In TX you are allowed to fish in the state parks without a license...so that is the only spot the boys and Mike have fished. I'm not sure why...they love to fish but haven't taken the time to get a license etc.

This little fishing hole had Crappies, Trout and even bass. I know as we caught some of each. All but one fish was released. A memorable quote from the trip was a comment by Nolan. He was explaining that he'd caught a Crappie but what he really wanted to catch was a Trout because "I have never caught a Trout - only King Salmons". ::snort:: We set a whole day aside for fishing and exploring the nature trails....and every spare moment was spent down at the fishing hole. Mike has the patience of Job to take this crew fishing....it's amazing.
Total fishing derby scores: Josiah - 57; Jared - 37; Mike - ? pretty high; Arielle - 15; Nolan and Jamin - 6; Zander - 7; De'Etta - 1;

Zander first tries to catch baby fish like a bear....Then settles for cathing an "aligator snake"


Even I caught a fish - I'm sure it can't be my first but it's the first I remember...a benefit of my thyroid fog is that I get to experience lots of things as firsts over and over. ::snort:: Most the time I read and went on exploring hikes with Zander and Stacia.

Jamin read, sketched and shot a bow
Josiah is a fishing fool...as is Jared...
Stacia was constantly eating the fish bait (velveeta)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's relaxing just seeing y'all relaxed!

DeEtta @ Courageous Joy said...

LOL - glad to hear it. I don't mind providing relaxation for others. LOL

Anonymous said...

Sis:

I don't know... do people eat crappies? Never have seen one before. I'm with Nolan on the king salmon thing. :)

BUT fun is fun! What a wonderful way to spend a day. My parents and I use to fish a lot.

l/p

Kristine said...

Glad to be catching up on your past week. I read about Stacia eating the bait, and I thought :o I was very relieved to find that it was Velveeta, lol!