1st Fishing Trip!!

Thomas and I are both on Spring Break this week, but Tara is working, so were in town doing fun stuff for a few days.  Thomas began saying, about 2 weeks ago, that he had big plans for the two of us during our time.  I decided that my plan would be to take him fishing for the first time.  After a little research, I found that fishing is allowed, and not bad, in the Lake at Piedmont Park, directly across the street from Thomas' School. 

Our spot in the Shade

The first cast into the lake

We picked out a SpiderMan fishing pole and a basic simple pole, reel and tackle kit for Daddy (clearly been too long since I've been), and got a license on-line (the system was down at Walmart).  We forgot to dig worms from our yard, but made do with the caterpillar that we accidentally smushed on the dock.

Waiting isn't easy

When my reel got tangled and jammed (before even casting once into the water) Thomas suggested that we could just take turns using his.  When his jammed in the same way (after catching 2 small catfish) and I suggested that we tie a line to the end of my pole, he just went right along with it all.
 

"I caught a fish! I caught a fish! I caught a fish!"

After 5 1/2 hours on this little dock, we'd had snacks, lunch, met 2 great dogs, smushed 2 caterpillars and most importantly ... caught and released 6 catfish and 2 bluegills - 3 of those 8 caught by Thomas in his first ever Fishing Trip.  We both had a great time and are now looking forward to some time playing in the yard tomorrow.

It's a 'dancing' fish!