Awesome Dad and beautiful daughter!
Fishin Fun With The Kiddo
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It's important to take the kids and let them have new experience and make memories with you and her grandpa.
Glad you see you guys had a beautiful day on the ice! A little cutie she is
I love the pic of your daughter kissing the fish...she's adorable.
Saw the pics on IG, so cute!
The bib that says “college,” I hope you guys are setting back more than just what falls into that pocket, ha ha!
The bib that says “college,” I hope you guys are setting back more than just what falls into that pocket, ha ha!
Taj Mahal is an Indian beer... Jus sayin
GREAT shots! And cute kid. Thanks for sharing.
I love her bib!
Nothing wrong with throwing fish back into the hole. I am probably 90% catch & release when I fish these days. Especially for catfish in the delta. By the time you skin and clean everything... I'd rather just buy filets from the store than mess with it.
What a great day with Grandpa. She looks euphoric with the fish, raw and cooked. I still remember hikes with my mom's dad who conducted a hiking club with a megaphone. I was so lucky as to know all four of my grandparents. It's painful losing them, but they live vividly in memory.
Haha, yeah the Bib is my favorite. And yeah, when it comes to wild trout I am 100% catch and release, unless of course I'm in a sticky situation, but those are few and far between.
With wild salmon being so plentiful here, there is really no reason to keep any trout species. These little fishies are actually landlocked salmon. Not exactly a "game fish" but tons of fun for kids, and edible enough if you cook em right.
Plus, there's a huge stocking program around where we live that's designed to keep pressure off of the wild, anadromous fish that are deservedly popular here. In most cases, the state is stocking our lakes with triploid rainbow trout. I'll keep those all day long and not think twice about it, although we usually throw them back. I have spots where we can take the kids and pull out hundreds of 12" -14" rainbows through a hole in the ice. It's hysterical watching their eyes light up ALL DAY.
Now that I've added the Garmin LiveScope to the mix, it's even more fun to get the kids out. The last time I took my four-year-old son, he sat and fished while I smoked a pipe and watched the screen. Every time a fish would come up, with the LiveScope, I could coach him without being hands on at all. It went from watching a rod tip and missing a bunch of fish while trying to get a four-year-old to land them on his own, to watching a screen and telling him exactly when to set the hook. It feels like cheating, and I'll make sure they both still learn how to catch fish without technology, but for now, it sure is fun increasing the catch rate almost exponentially. Seeing his little eyes light up and feet start kicking every time he's reeling a fish in makes the cost of the unit well worth it.
You guys speak Alaskanglish up there.
But put me down for a couple bags of Penzance. Oops, I meant finger bang the Taj Mahal. Say again- finger bang the Taj Mahal.
(Adorable pictures too! Made me laugh out loud ?)
But put me down for a couple bags of Penzance. Oops, I meant finger bang the Taj Mahal. Say again- finger bang the Taj Mahal.
(Adorable pictures too! Made me laugh out loud ?)
Right on man, these are the memories that matter. That plate of food looks delicious too!
That’s really what it’s all about. Sweet memories. ?
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Great pics but I can't help but wonder, how on earth do you get her to stay put long enough to fish? Mine would be trying to jump through the hole into the water or I'd have to chase her half way across the lake every 5 min.
I though it was very nice of AK to teach his daughter how to resuscitate a fish...
I expected to have the same problem, as this child literally never sits down, but she was thoroughly intrigued by the whole process. Mostly walking back and forth between my hole and gramps' hole just staring, smiling, and asking questions. When we'd hook a fish we'd hold the rod and let her crank the reel. Honestly I think she was just so intrigued by the whole process that it held her attention, which is a borderline miracle.Great pics but I can't help but wonder, how on earth do you get her to stay put long enough to fish? Mine would be trying to jump through the hole into the water or I'd have to chase her half way across the lake every 5 min.
I though it was very nice of AK to teach his daughter how to resuscitate a fish...
All the way home she kept saying "Ice...Fishin....Again." Hahaha. Couldn't be happier that my
It doesn't seem like cheating to me. They're still probably getting a feel for when to set a hook and landing fish on their own, which is no small feat for a 4 year old. Plus, they're associating fishing with fun and success instead of frustration and boredom, which seems like a great thing to me.
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