Fishing

For months Ava has been asking me to take her fishing.  She tells me "Daddy I want to catch fish and eat them".  She has been practicing her cast in out back yard 50 gallon fish pond.  I took her to the pond at our local park for more practice (sometimes they actually stock it with fish, but not recently).  We decided to go to Rancho Seco.  It is close and they stock it with trout over the winter.  We got there a little late so the fish weren't biting. I hooked into one but it got off the line before Ava could come over and reel it in.  We had fun even though we didn't catch anything.  I'll have to find a better place.   Her attention span for fishing was short, but I think it would be a little longer if we were actually catching fish.

Sunscreen first.

Looking at the frogs and tadpoles.

My little fisher girl all ready to go with her Scoobydoo fishing pole.

Daddy put the bait on the hooks.

"Reach back and toss!"  Not sure where Ava got that from but she says it before every cast.

Ava almost hooked a Daddy.

"Reach back and toss."

Us out fishing on the boat dock.

It was hot out.  Ava enjoyed putting her feet in the water.

This is Rosie. Ava found a ladybug that she named Rosie.