Bella's First Fishing Trip

Bella has finally gotten old enough to take fishing. She's talked a lot about it as she has played with her Barbie fishing pole in the house, but until now has never actually caught a fish. On this particular Sunday afternoon Austin and I took our girls up to the Wykle pond to try and catch some bluegills. Nighcrawlers with a bobber were the bait of choice. Bella is still a little too small to cast the bait very far or set the hook, so much of that work was left to me. I have to admit I have never considered the challenges faced in using an undersized Barbie fishing rod before. I had to add a sinker just to be able to cast is more than five feet. Once hooked Bella was more than eager to reel the fish in. She did a great job and was very inqusitive about the fish, wanting to touch it and be the one that released it. There were no bass to be had that day, but I had more fun catching bluegills with Bella than I ever would have bass fishing alone. I look forward to more fishing excersions with her in the future and am eager to take her bluegill fishing on the lake this summer. The girls had a really good time as did I.