Humble Beginnings

Fishin'...the homesteadin' way!

My children have just recently gotten into the swing of fishing.  They absolutely love it.  We have a tank down the hill from us that we've stocked with perch, minnows, croppie and carp (that's from what we've caught from the rivers around our home).  So, every day we fish for about 1-2 hours and they just love it.

Well, Sunday we went to the river to fish and saw bass and catfish swimming in plain sight of our lines, but no such luck catching any.  They weren't able to seine any either.  So, we caught lots of perch and sunfish to put in the tank.

This afternoon we were going to head down to the tank to do some fishin' but realized that all the fishing gear, reels included, were in hubby's truck.  So, I thought we could just make our own.  I found some stocky sticks, tied fishing line to one end, added a hook and we were off.  I tied thin sticks to the poles for "bobbers" and James caught minnows and frogs for bait. 

Did we catch anything?  Nope...but it was fun making the fishin' poles.  The kids were a little disgruntled because they couldn't cast very far.  They could see the perch within a few feet of their lines, but nothing would bite!

We didn't stay down there long today.  Maybe we'll have better luck tomorrow!

By the way, as soon as hubby got home, James headed out to make sure all the fishing gear was unloaded from his truck so we can go fishin' tomorrow.