Petey
05-21-2007, 11:39 PM
This past weekend my daughter turned 3. She is as of this moment my only offspring, until early December. I have been dying to get her a fishing rod for some time. My wife keeps telling me she is still to young. Well I decided Saturday morning while we were shopping for some party favors for her birthday party that it was time. I was cruising the fishing section looking for hidden gems that pop up at Wally World from time to time when Chloe said, "Daddy, look! A princess fishing rod!" I asked her if she liked it and if she would want to go fishing with her Daddy. I got a emphatic "Yeah!". So in the cart it went. Well actually into her firm grasp it went. I thought her and the lady from Wal-mart were gonna throw down when it came time to check out.
Anyhow, Saturday she got her new rod and Sunday we went to a park near my house in Farragut for a picnic with some close friends. She wanted to know if we could fish. I told her "You bet we can!" So I loaded up her princess rod, my spinning tackle and called one of my buddies whom we were meeting to bring worms. I have been told and know from general experience if you want to catch fish and you want to have a successful outing, especially with a youngster, take worms. So that is what I did.
I told her we could fish after lunch, so while eating I surveyed the lay of the land. Everybody was fishing in the sun and not fishing worms from what I could tell. Therefore action was slow. After lunch I took Chloe and couple of her little friends down to the riverbank. We set up camp under a shade tree that had good shade over the water and put a worm on the end. She caught one, then another and then another. And in between her catching fish I handed the rod to the other girls and let them bring some in. They were having a blast. The next thing you know we went from being by ourselves to 10 bobbers thrown in on top of us and kids flocking to our position by the droves. Luckily we had stung a many a lip before the bombardment and the girls had gotten their fill of catching, touching, petting and releasing bluegill.
I was a proud papa to say the least. By the time we had left my little girl was reeling them in by herself, though she still needed help with the hook set, and was wanting to put them back in the water on her own. It all made for a very special weekend.
Here are a few pics from our fun in the sun....
Chloe and her new Princess Fishing Rod
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloeandfishingrod.JPG
Chloe reeling her first one in....
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloebringinginherfirstfish!.JPG
Chloe's first fish!
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloesfirstfish!.JPG
What a way to spend Sunday in May!
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloe,Daddyandfriendsfishing.JPG
Petey 8-)
Anyhow, Saturday she got her new rod and Sunday we went to a park near my house in Farragut for a picnic with some close friends. She wanted to know if we could fish. I told her "You bet we can!" So I loaded up her princess rod, my spinning tackle and called one of my buddies whom we were meeting to bring worms. I have been told and know from general experience if you want to catch fish and you want to have a successful outing, especially with a youngster, take worms. So that is what I did.
I told her we could fish after lunch, so while eating I surveyed the lay of the land. Everybody was fishing in the sun and not fishing worms from what I could tell. Therefore action was slow. After lunch I took Chloe and couple of her little friends down to the riverbank. We set up camp under a shade tree that had good shade over the water and put a worm on the end. She caught one, then another and then another. And in between her catching fish I handed the rod to the other girls and let them bring some in. They were having a blast. The next thing you know we went from being by ourselves to 10 bobbers thrown in on top of us and kids flocking to our position by the droves. Luckily we had stung a many a lip before the bombardment and the girls had gotten their fill of catching, touching, petting and releasing bluegill.
I was a proud papa to say the least. By the time we had left my little girl was reeling them in by herself, though she still needed help with the hook set, and was wanting to put them back in the water on her own. It all made for a very special weekend.
Here are a few pics from our fun in the sun....
Chloe and her new Princess Fishing Rod
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloeandfishingrod.JPG
Chloe reeling her first one in....
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloebringinginherfirstfish!.JPG
Chloe's first fish!
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloesfirstfish!.JPG
What a way to spend Sunday in May!
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/948356/Chloe,Daddyandfriendsfishing.JPG
Petey 8-)