Another Fishing Trip

Last night Ryan and I took the girls to Utah Lake to try to fish again. We were hoping that we would have better lucky then we did at Burreston Pond. Sure enough on Ryan's second cast he caught a fish. He let Megan help him real it in but it got away. So Ryan tried again and he caught another fish. (We think it might have been the same fish.) This time he got it!! We were excited to caught our first fish.
We kept fishing hoping that we would be able to catch more. After a couple of hours of nothing and trying different spots we decided to go home. I saw a fish but could get it to take my line!! I was really frustrated because I all caught was moss.
When we got home the fish was still alive so we put it in some water in our kitchen sink to let the girls look at it. Megan did want to touch it but Lindsey wasn't afraid and kept trying to pick it up. Megan was very upset when Ryan killed it and began to fillet it. She cried for a good half an hour. She didn't want the fish to be dead. She wanted live fish.
When Ryan was done, I fried the fillets and had cut them into little piece for us all to try. I realized that I'm going to have a problem fishing. I really don't like fish. Megan wanted to try the fish. She told me that she had fish at Grandma Hathaway's house and liked it. So I gave her 2 little pieces and she ate them and wanted more. So after me, Ryan and Lindsey all tried a piece, Megan ate the rest... My little picky eater loves fish!! She said she won't cry next time we kill a fish if she gets to eat it!!

My First Fishing Trip!!!

I went fishing for the first time yesterday. I've wanted to go fishing someday. But is wasn't high on my to do list. Megan has wanted to go fishing ever since she saw the Barbie fishing pole at Walmart. Ryan and I decided it was time to take her fishing. On Friday night we went to Walmart in Orem to get fishing poles and stuff.

I asked the guy working in sporting goods if he could help me pick out a good pole for beginners. He was an older man who loved to fish. He was a great help in finding a pole. He asked me if I knew how to cast a line, I said No. He asked me if I knew what to do when I caught the fish, I said No. He asked me if I knew how to cook the fish, I said No. He then asked if I knew what a fish was.... That made me laugh and I was glad I could answer YES!!

Yesterday afternoon with our new gear, Ryan and I load up the girls to go fishing. The guy at Walmart told us about this pond that he loves to fish in. He said that the water is really clear and you can see the fish. He also told us about the fish he had caught there and how big they were. This sounded great... So we drove the 40 miles to Burristons Pond in the town of Mona.

Burristons Pond was a huge disappointment. The water was clear and you could see fish... But they were little tiny. Whoever was in at the spot we found before us really trashed it. There was garbage in the water and cigarette butts all over the ground. We decided that since we drove all the way there we better try to caught something.

I was really proud of myself. My first cast... I did lose my hook and sinkers. Mostly because I didn't listen fully to Ryan's instructions. When I did what Ryan told me to do I did awesome. I could really get my line out into the pond. Megan loved to reel in the hook. She would wait until Ryan or I casted out line then reel it back in. Lindsey found so good dirt to play in. Like usual she was covered from head to toe in dirt by the time we left.

This was our only caught of the day.

Oh well...We decided that next time we will stay closer to home. We wanted to go up Hobble Creek canyon. Because it is only a few minutes from our house.

To end our day, when we were driving home, Santaquin was having a fireworks show. So we pull off the freeway and drove into town to watch them. We didn't get to see the whole show but we saw about 20 minutes. I'm still not sure who enjoyed them more, Ryan or the girls.