17 June 2007 Fathers Day

Yesterday I promised Cam we could go fishing, just him and I.

Fathers Day dinner was scheduled for 1830; so Cam and I decided to go over a little early and head out into the pond to catch some Bass and Bluegill before dinner. Cam fishes the near shore of the pond pretty much every time he gets out of the car at my parents house. He's done extremely well catching Bluegill, Bass, and the occasional turtle (all by himself). So today was a treat for him, actually getting to go out in the "lake".

We arrived, got the boat loaded and had our lines in by 1715. Fifty feet down the bank and our first Bass was on, our largest fish of the afternoon! Easing along the banks casting plastic worms and fly fishing popping bugs, we racked up a nice mess of fish in the time we had to work with. Cam caught a small bass of his own (much smaller than the 4lb one he caught last weekend); and we shared the 7-8 bluegill that we caught on fly. Finally Uncle Aaron was sent to drive around the pond and tell us dinner was ready.

We fished our way back to the house, just the two of us, father and son, on Fathers Day; exactly the way I wanted to see the sun dip below the trees.

Back at the house we created quite a stir as everyone, mom and sister, aunts and uncle, grand-parents, and even Cams great-grand-mother came out to admire our catch. We pulled the fish out, one by one, and let everyone take a look and let the baby feel the "fiss", as she puts it. As we removed them from the bucket and took a quick pic, we released them into the smaller portion of the pond behind my parents house.





















The kids got a kick out of seeing the fish swim out of my hands, all of us leaning way out to see the little fiss off.

Inside for a great BBQ rib dinner with enough food to put you on the couch for the rest of the night!!! It cannot get any better than this!