Nothing But Fish and Smiles

Took my 6 year old daughter out friday after school to catch a few fish. We had a blast. Nothing huge but the excitement she had with every fish and the smile she got was priceless and is what makes it all worth it. On Sunday I took my niece from Seattle to the pond and she had a blast. Again nothing big, but being a city girl who never gets to fish she had so much fun. I now have plenty of Catfish bait in the freezer and a couple hundred fish out of a overstocked pond. It was a Win Win all the way around.

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Good time right there for sho.

Smiles say it all!!!!!!! Lots of cleaning but some good eating!!! time for a big fish fry!!

Forgot to say I will take that size any day. The ones in my local water are about 30% of your smallest fish.

nice catch/pictures .:highfive

Good job.......some good eating there too

Thats what its all about for sure.
Pete

Its funny how different states and different watering holes hold different size fish. To me..these are small fish and will make great catfish bait, but to some they are good keepers. Similar to Crappie here, I will keep a 10"-12" crappie all day, but you get over to eastern Oklahoma or Arkansas and a 10" crappie gets laughed at. no matter what size they are, my 6 year old loves catching them and as long as she is happy, I am a happy father!!!

The smile on there faces says it all.

Smiles for miles. WTG!

Very Nice!

That is fantastic. Good memories and some good eating too.

very nice mess congrats

Nice bunch of fish there! Big congrats on a great day.


Regards

great catch-although bluegill have gotten smaller in my area the last few years the wet cool summer really brought out the bugs and the populations i sample quite regularly with my flyrod are bigger and fatter.while the gills have suffered crappies have filled the void.amazing to watch the cycles in nature.i love to fish lakes and ponds that are "fished out".take the pressure off for a year or 3 and its like they were stocked