Fishing!!

So I have a confession to make. I have never caught a fish. I have gone fishing at least 15 times and have never ever caught one. I have gotten many bites, but nothing ever stayed on the line. So when people tell me they want to go fishing I often roll my eyes and think about what a waste of time that is. I don't make a very good Saskie. 

So yesterday Dave wanted to try fishing where he has actually caught fish before. We went out about 3pm and I was sure that we wouldn't catch anything. Isn't there some sort of rule about only fishing in the morning or the evening? I have to admit that I wasn't very optimistic, but if anyone could do it, Dave could. 

We went out to Backwater Creek which is really only a few miles from the apartment and is surrounded by farms. The creek doesn't seem very big or very deep. I was thinking that if Dave DID catch a fish it would only be about the size of a minnow. 

Now you can imagine my shock when after only about 15 minutes Dave landed a big Jack just about longer than Jimmy!! Jimmy was excited until it landed in the grass. Then he nearly had a fit when it was flopping around with it's big teeth showing! 

It wasn't much longer until Dave caught another one!! Not as big, but certainly big enough to eat. For some reason this one scared Jimmy even more than the first one. It took a lot of convincing to get him to sit close enough to the bigger fish for a picture. I had to pretend to pet it and tell him how wonderful it was. Wont be long until he is a good little fisherman. Hopefully better than his Mom!