Take a Kid Fishing!!!!!
ByMy daughter is out of School. It’s summer time!!!!
I Asked her if she wanted to go Fishing in the morning and she was all about it. Told her we was leaving super early in the morning to get a Jump on day light. So the alarm clock rang I Turned the coffey Pot on and went and turned her light on in her bedroom. And said you ready to go fishing? And before i knew it she was up and ready to hit the lake. It’s something else to see a Kid so excited about going in the Outdoors!!!! Ya know when it’s time for school and i have to wake her up i would have to tell her a few times to get out of bed. But that morning. She was all Bright eyed and Bushy tailed about going fishing with her Daddy!!
We loaded up the Boat and we start down the road. I give her the Map and ask her Where we going? She kinda looked at me a little weird but then she grabbed the Map and I pointed to her where we was at. And I said lets go North!!! So I guided her to the Page above Grand Rapids in the atlas and she gazed at the map for a good 5 min. Looking at lakes and wondering where she is getting her next Big lunker will be at. Well She found it. And with a Big Smile on her face she looked at me and said Daddy this lake right here looks like there is some Big Fish in it. ;c) We have us a Lake!!!! We went up to Canadain Lakes. South of Big Rapids.
There are three lakes there that run together and channels on um so u can jump lake to lake.
First spot we went to. We anchored up and we started to Fish for some gills. And we started to catch a few. Not to many Big ones but enough to keep her HAPPY!!!
Caught a Few nice Gills. And I put 2 of um on a Big Bobber hoping to hit a Pike.
We was at the hole for about 20 minutes catching some fish and then here comes these guys spreading stuff for weeds. And then they cut 5 foot from the boat and then go over one of my lines. Um ya!!! If I didn’t have my daughter with me those ol Boys would of hand there hands full with me because that sent me threw the roof.
But they got out of our way and we pulled up anchor and went to another spot.
Never fished this lake a day in my life So i looked for changes on the bank that might draw so fish to it. And Dropped anchor again. No sooner than we threw out. BAM!!! Big BASS!!! Get the NET Daddy Get the Net!!!! It’s a Big one DADDY!!! Man hearing those words coming out of her mouth was the coolest thing to hear!!! She Gets the Fish in and she is wanting it to be mounted!!!! Can we Keep it Can we Keep it she said. I said ya know you need to let these Big Ones go. And that just Bummbed her out so bad. But i Snapped a couple Pictures and Showed her how to release it. And then it swam off. And she looked at me and said it was happy Daddy.
Well we Fished there a little More and then went to another Cove and Hit some Fish and then we went to Hot Dog Island. Every Where we go I try to Bring some Hot Dogs or Something so we can make a little camp Fire and Cook Some Food. We ate Lunch and she was about all Tuckerd out froma Hard days Fishing.
We had a Blast. Try giving your Kid the map one day and say Where we Going? It’s a Good Time!!!
