Photo 140 - Catch of the Day

Finally, we got another break in the bleak cold of winter. We decided to use it to go up to the lake and fish. Fish that were not biting even after a long winter of no bugs to eat. Short Person was getting really, really frustrated that she wasn't catching anything, declaring that she was ready to leave over and over. When, suddenly, there it was. The whir of the line as it spun off the reel and she was in heaven.

By the time we left for the day, she had caught at least three and had lost a big one that broke the line and sped away.




Writing this post reminds me of the very first time we took her fishing. She had just turned two and couldn't wait for the opportunity to go out with her dad. So on "Free Fishing Day" we joined a crowd of people that took their kids up to a nearby trout lake to fish. She loved trying to cast, and loved reeling, but it was a long morning and we weren't catching anything. We decided to move to a different location and go fish off the dock.

We'd been on the dock for about 10 minutes when the bobber went down and a fish took off on the line. She reeled it up, her dad pulled the fish out of the water and held it there for her to look at. She peered in close and then without warning, the fish started bouncing on the line, jumping furiously for its life.

Short Person let out a blood-curdling scream, like she'd just seen the walking dead, and took off full speed ahead down the length of the dock, not to get near that fishing pole for the rest of the afternoon. We couldn't even get her back on the dock.

Luckily, she recovered from the incident. Now, she's not afraid of the fish-- or the worm.