Sunday Evie asked her dad if he could call grandpa to go fishing.  It’s a very good sign when a 6 year old “asks” to go fishing.  So, I think we have a real “fishergirl” in the making.  She’s becoming quite a good angler for her age and she loves it.  This time she said that she wanted to keep some of the fish to take home to eat!  Wow! That’s new for a little kid to want to eat some of her catch.  So, out we went and did pretty well.  She caught about 18 fish in about 1 1/2 hours.  The bluegill and crappie are just eating size and she kept just eight of them.  For bait she was using night crawler halves and a bobber.

We had an excellent time and I highly recommend that if you have a youngster in your family, “take them fishing”.  You’ll enjoy it and so will the child.  I believe that if you teach a kid to fish and they like it they’ll be less likely to get in trouble in their teen years.  I know that it helped me.  When ever I felt down or troubled or whatever problems I was facing as a kid, I would go fishing.  It most always helped me to clear my mind by thinking things through and having a good time doing it.

I still do that.

Tight lines

Jim

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