My grandpa is part of a Walleye club and they hold an event for kids where they get to fish for the first time on a nearby lake. My grandma signed Johnny and a couple of my cousin's kids (Romy and Malaysia) up for it. Even though it was kind of cold and windy yesterday (go figure that it would be warm and sunny today), Johnny still had a blast! I'm not sure that the other two had that much fun, but hopefully I'm wrong. All the kids who participated received a free t-shirt and fishing pole for participating, which was awesome! Then the kids go out on the dock and fish. It was super crowded, but Johnny was able to get his pole baited with a worm and start fishing. My grandma was already there helping the other two, and my dad was there to see Johnny fish for the first time. My grandpa showed up a little while later.
Within fifteen minutes of getting there, Johnny caught his first fish!!! It was so exciting! :) As soon as he reeled it in from the water with John, he started shrieking! It was so funny. I don't know what he expected to come out of the water, but apparently he wasn't expecting a fish. Silly boy. :) The really sad part was that when Johnny saw it with the hook in the lip he got kind of sad and said, "Mama, look. He's got a boo-boo on his lip." Oh goodness, my precious big-hearted little boy. I love you. That was always the saddest part of fishing for me too. I think he might of thought we were going to take him home for a pet. We're hoping as he gets a little older, he'll be able to understand what fishing is really about, and the whole cycle of life thing. Right now we're just trying to let him think how he wants to as a little four year old. He wouldn't touch the fish (he has a thing about his hands getting sticky or dirty), but he did enjoy looking at it. He was really proud of it! :)
Johnny tried to catch some more fish after the first one, and did get a few bites. He wasn't quick enough reeling his line in, though, so they got away! He was having so much fun, he didn't care, thankfully. Finally time ran out and everyone was cold, so we decided to go home. We decided to donate the fish for a homeless shelter rather than subject Johnny to the cleaning table and eating the fish at home. He's just a bit too sensitive for that. He can learn about that when he's older. :) It was a great first fishing experience! Most of the really awesome photos I captured were on my Canon Rebel, since that was my primary camera. I haven't uploaded them yet, though, so I'm going to add the photos I took with my phone (the first photos I've posted on here in a looooonnnnnggg time. Let's hope it works!). Once I upload the other photos, I will add them to this blog post. [Hopefully I'll be able to post photos from the past two years - yikes! - here and there and catch them up too. Let's hope. :)]
Being silly before we left to go fishing:
He's so cute! :
He's getting so tall! But he's still my little boy!:
Life vest - check. New fishing pole - check. Worm bait - check. Let's go fish!:
Johnny and daddy headed out on the dock:
My little boy putting his pole out for the very first time!:
Johnny fishing on the crowded dock:
This is the best photo I could get on my phone because it doesn't have a quick shutter speed. I got much better ones on my Canon Rebel, but here's my handsome little fisher:
The lake was beautiful, though a little chilly and windy:
Johnny, his cousin Malaysia, and his great-grandma (my grandma)...Romy is behind my grandma but he wasn't looking at the camera:
Johnny, daddy, and papa fishing! (Right after I took this photo with my phone, I was taking photos with my Canon Rebel when Johnny caught his first fish! Those photos are on that camera, so hopefully I'll get them on here soon):
Johnny and his first fish!:
Looking at the fish's "boo boo lip":
The last we saw of Johnny's fish before Papa took it away:
Look at that adorable little face:
Johnny with his two cousins after we finished fishing. Of course his eyes would be closed! Still cute, though. Especially since he's wearing his cousin's gloves!:
Johnny looking stylish in his fishing t-shirt and daddy's hat on the way home:
His fishing t-shirt!:
Exhausted after fishing!:
1 comment:
awww, i love sleeping pictures of little kiddos. looks like he had TONS of fun fishing! cute!!
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