Life after turkeys... Girls, worms, and fish

[Marc]

Finally got the girls out for a bit of fishing...  Kierra (the oldest at 5) and Saidee (the youngest at 3) have both been bugging me to take them out.

Unfortunately most of my fishing spots have dried up (literally)...  Although there is water this year, I doubt there are fish in ponds that were bone dry last summer.

Saidee was extremely interested in catching fish today, and managed a few from my lap.  Kierra got one decent shot on the camera of Saidee's first bass:



Kierra caught a pig of a bluegill:




Sisters for life:







As you might be able to tell, Saidee likes to make funny faces for the camera...

Although taking two young girls fishing is enough to test anyone's frustration levels, fun was had by all...  My only regret is that I did not take more pictures.  At least I have a few for them to look back on when I am gone, and for me to look back on when they are teens and no longer want to (or should) sit on my lap...

[Bowguy]

Very cool, beautiful little ladies there. You should be proud

[wvmntnhick]

Awesome man. Glad everyone had a good time.

[hookedspur]

That's Great !!!

[renegade19]

 

[perrytrails]

Good stuff!!

[GobbleNut]

A couple of little cuties that like to fish,....it won't be long until you are having to shoo the boys away, Marc!  Great pics.

[kyturkeyhunter4]

 

[Greg Massey]

Great job, and pretty girls. Nothing like a day of fishing.

[econo]

Great pics !!!

[PEHunter]

Quality time for sure. Beautiful family.


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[turkeyfeathers]

Great stuff right there !! Well done dad. Been taking my now almost 14 year old daughter fishing when she could barely walk. Been putting crawlers on her own hook since 4 and likes bass thumb. That's going to be our summer right there. Cute girls. Print them pics if you haven't already. Those memories are priceless.

[mgm1955]

 

[greentag]

thems some pretty little girls,and that was a monster bluegill,bet that one gave her a fight.i dont have any kids but took a friend of mines little boy and girl fishing today,it was the first time they had ever been and the little girl caught about 25 bluegill,the little boy caught 3,she was a natural,i stayed busy taking hers off the hook and re baiting it then turn around and untangle him,to turn back around and she would have another,she skunked the boy but to be fair he's only 5 and shes a few years older,but that didnt stop her from rubbing it in on him though.

[Marc]

thems some pretty little girls,and that was a monster bluegill,bet that one gave her a fight.i dont have any kids but took a friend of mines little boy and girl fishing today,it was the first time they had ever been and the little girl caught about 25 bluegill,the little boy caught 3,she was a natural,i stayed busy taking hers off the hook and re baiting it then turn around and untangle him,to turn back around and she would have another,she skunked the boy but to be fair he's only 5 and shes a few years older,but that didnt stop her from rubbing it in on him though.

That is a good day on the water...

I do not believe in taking young children fishing, I believe in taking them "catching."

Unfortunately, due to our drought, many of the small farm ponds I previously had access to either went dry, or nearly dry.  The pond in the picture got extremely low, and when the water level came back up the vegetation exploded...  It was a lot tougher to fish, to find fish, and very tough for my oldest (at 5 years old) to cast (which was disappointing to her)...  We probably caught about 18 fish for the afternoon, and the youngest helped bring in about 7 of them.

The picture does not do that bluegill justice...  We caught a couple of bass with one considerably larger than the one pictured, but that big bluegill was the only one to take out any drag.  I actually thought she had hooked into a good sized catfish, and she thought she had a marlin on the line from her reaction.