First Time Fishing!

Emma and Kaleb have been after Daddy to take them fishing for the past two years and today Daddy decided that there was no better way to celebrate Canada Day than to take his kids fishing at the Nicholas Island lock. So - Emma came bursting into the bedroom at 5:00 am to wake us up and let us know it was time to go fishing and was met with a "I didn't mean this early" groan from her dad.

We got away at 7:45 am (if you know our family this in itself is a huge feat!) and it only took us 5 minutes to get to our destination. We got down to the dock and the kids set up their chairs and their poles and both started demanding that daddy hook their line - NOW! It was quite hilarious to see because not only has Daddy not taken the kids fishing before, he doesn't know how to fish so he was teaching himself at the exact same time!!! So there he was, trying to figure out the kids fishing poles, baiting them, casting them and then trying to do his. And of course, as soon as he would go to start on his own one of the kids would say that they needed their's cast again - and so it would go! But, by the end of the trip Emma was making some perfect casts - I'm sure even her mom's cousin & wife, Brandon and Nicole, would be proud!!!

Then, the kids decided that the fake bait wasn't good enough and they wanted Daddy to put real worms on their hooks. All I can say is that I'm sooooo glad that I wasn't the one doing it!!! Emma had a blast with the real worms because the fish were pretty smart and would keep on nibbling them, bit by bit, and never actually take the hook! And she was pretty brave too - she wanted to do the worms herself!

Daddy's first time hooking the worm - ewww!!!

Kaleb, well, he was the first one to get a nibble - and when he looked at his bait he couldn't believe that the fish had eatten the tail off of it! It was quite hilarious watching this all unfold!

where's the tail???

Oh, and all at the same time there was Navia wanting desperately to be a part of all the action - she wanted to fish too! So, the two of us took a few walks around the area, watching the boats go in and out of the locks, seeing how many fish we could see in the water (and there were quite a few to count!) and watching the mommy duck and all her babies. This made is a little quieter around the dock for the kids and all the other fisher"people" around - hee hee!


In the end the morning was a perfect morning because both kids had a lot of nibbles, Kaleb had a fish jump out of the water and splash him and we didn't have to bring home any fish - YAY!!! Oh - and Braden - well - not one nibble!!! But . . . he did say that he loved the morning and can't wait to take the kids out again!

The big catches of the day!!!