1, 2, 3, 4, 5...Once I caught a Fish Alive

We went to Trout Haven yesterday afternoon. It's this really cute little place near us. Anyone can go fishing and you are guaranteed to catch a trout. Whatever you catch, you pay for, 95 cents an inch. Papa wanted to take Brynn fishing, and she was so excited. This was her FIRST time going fishing. In fact, on the morning we were leaving, Brynn sat up at 5 a.m. in the morning and said, "We're going on an airplane today?" and then immediately after that said, "I'm gonna catch a fish!" So, she was really looking forward to this little fishing trip.

Papa helped her put her "dirty snake" on the hook and helped her hold the little pole in the water. Then when they caught the first one, (about 11 inches long), she let go of the pole and let Papa reel the fish in. It took literally 2 minutes to catch the first fish, and a little longer for the 2nd fish, which was 17 inches long! You are not allowed to throw the fish back in, so once you catch it on your pole, a kid comes over with a net helping you get it out of the water. Then, he takes out the hook and hits in on the head a couple of times with his hand and throws it in a bucket. Once you are done fishing, he cleans the fish for you. The first thing he does is kills the fish with a little piece of wood by hitting it over the head pretty hard. Then, he guts and cleans the fish. He took out the fish heart on the first fish and put it out on the counter so we could see it. Gross. Brynn did not want to watch that, so we took a break and got some fish food and fed the hungry fish in the pond. They were fighting the ducks for the food.

Anyway, you'll see in the pictures that Brynn would not get much closer to the fish while it was on the hook. It was floppig around and it scared her b/c she didn't know what the fish would do and didn't want it to flop on her.

It was really fun to watch her get excited about fishing with Papa. :)