ccmtcanada Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 We woke up on Monday to be greeted with an amazingly mild and calm morning!! When the kids were up we asked what they wanted to do today....and surprisingly, our 15 year old daughter wanted to go fishing!! Soon after that, our 5 year old was excited to go to. We didn't want to venture too far, because we were not interested in hitting the cottage traffic at the end of the day, so my oldest suggested a local conservation area. We all agreed and with that, we packed some snacks and drinks and left in the car. After paying $1.10 per litre of gas to fill up and another $5 for worms...we headed off...and 15 minutes later we were walking to the pond. We divided up into teams to see who could catch the most fish, so it was bly and our oldest, and me and our youngest. Should have known right away that whoever had me would be handicapped....LOL. We immediately began to pull out sunfish after sunfish...throw in a few bullhead that rounded out our day. The final score.... Bly and our oldest - 51 fish - All sunfish Me and our youngest - 36 fish - 33 Sunfish and 3 bullhead Here are some pics from our non-stop day....first pic is her first fish of the year! Bly and our youngest went for a walk around the pond and they found literally thousands of little tadpoles. We had read that raising them at home is probably better than letting them stay in their natural habitat if cared for properly, so we let her take about a dozen home with us. We have all we need to feed and properly aerate the water, so we're hoping that they make it. My little one said..."when their tails fall off and the legs come out, we'll bring them back here to say goodbye". Very cute to hear that. Here's a pic in their new temporary home... All in all, we had a GREAT time out there. There was no whining, no bickering...just a lot of fishing, smiles, laughs and well, sunburns on bly and our oldest....serves them right for winning....LOL I put sunscreen on our little one before we left the house...hehe.
Steelcat Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 Thanks for the report~! Nice to see families go out fishing together Keep us up to date on the tadpoles
jediangler Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 You gotta love the conservation areas for non stop action.
snag Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 We'll have to do a family outing when my little guy is older.
Randy Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 That picture of the youngest holding up her fish is PRICELESS. WTG (way to go) to all of you.
Joey Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 Sounds like it was a great day Cliff. Beautiful family you have Joey
easton13th Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 Looks like a great day! Glad to see some valuable time spent! Easton
ketchenany Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 Hey Cliff if you get a chance take them up to Glen Haffy, amazing trout ponds. I used to take my daughter when she was very young and she loved it a great palce for a picnic and hiking . . .
lunkerbasshunter Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 nice report! Looks like you had a great day!
Victor Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 thanks for sharing your family day! i really should do that with my family sometime
solopaddler Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 That's what it's all about, thanks for posting!
fatherof3 Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 sounds like a great day spent with the kids.Nothing better
BLACKFISH88 Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 awesome report cliff I'm sure they will be outfishing you for years to come
frozen-fire Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 nice report! those look like bufo americanus (american toad) tadpoles! they metamorphose quite quickly and also do well on boiled spinach or you can just use some algae pulled from local ponds/lakes. you'll have tiny toads in no time
b2kptbo Posted May 22, 2007 Report Posted May 22, 2007 Looks it was fun for all. Very enjoyable report...
DT10Sam Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 Excellent report.........I am always grateful to see fisherpeople making it a family affair and have their young ones out there enjoying our great outdoors. Regards, Sam
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 Wow!An entire family that likes to go fishing! Priceless!
Rizzo Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 There was no whining, no bickering sweet...I clearly need to take my *%!%&* kids fishing
Rattletrap2 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 Nice report CCMT Canada! Sounds like a great outing!
Moosebunk Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 Wicked numbers on the pannies for the fam. nice.
Mike the Pike Posted May 23, 2007 Report Posted May 23, 2007 Nice to see the whole family fishing together Cliff your youngest daughter looks like she just loves fishing. Thanks for sharing.MTP
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