This weekend marked the opening day of fishing season. As is our new tradition, we were up at Maggie Lake for the Opening Day kids fishing derby. The community reserves opening day for the kids, with a little help from adults. As we were heading to bed on Friday night, we asked Maddie,"OK, so we will get up at 5am?" to which she answered..."Ummm...how about 6?" So, 6am it was...alarm was set...poles were rigged up. 6am came early, but we loaded up the boat and headed out on the lake. After about 30 minutes, we settled into a spot and made a short cast of power bait with the brand new $14 Big5 spinning rod...suddenly the line starting peeling away...partly because this new fancy rod didnt have the drag set, but mainly because we hooked into a big boy. After finally getting the drag set, and luckily not losing the fish, we were able to haul it in to the boat. You should have seen how big Maddie's eyes were!
Not to be left out, after we got the big one in, we (I) headed back out to get a fish for Kenzie. OK, it wasnt quite as big, but KK loved it!
With fish in hand/bag, we headed over to the park for the official measurement. Maddie's fish came in at 18 1/2 inches, and Kenzie's was 9in. With Maddie's we thought we had a chance to be in the top 4, however, in looking at the sheet, there were 2-20in fish on the board...but in the end, Maddie's fish placed 3rd in the age 5-8 category. In the 4 and under category, an 18mos old caught a 19in fish...umm, sure. Anyway, they had a great time, and loved getting their trophies and candy bars.
So, opening day was a success. We had a great time....never hurts to catch a big one for once.
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