Lets go Fishing

We decided to go fishing so we drove up to our old stomping grounds, Payson Lakes. The fish were really biting

Grandpa is baiting his hook with a little cream colored power bait with a dash of sprinkles. Grandma has the "Yellow Dragon" in hand and ready for the games to begin.

Heather was in charge of images this trip so she got a little carried away with the camera. She was asked and consented to post a little blog on our Payson trip but you all would have waited until Christmas break for that to happen.

She did catch the first fish but would not touch it. I did see her bait the hook. She is making progress. Good job!

The old man still has skills. Grandma and Grandpa limited faster than anyone. They hit a sweet spot in the lake and the poor fish did not have a chance.

Richie insisted on catching his fish with a cast master lure. Sometimes they work well here but most often we catch them on bait.

Lynne reals in a nice pan fish. You can see the fish fighting on the bottom right hand of the image.

She will bait her hook but I gladly help her take the fish off the line.

Back up readers because Heather is getting ready to cast.

I hit the fish over the head to knock it out before placing it a plastic bag and the eye flicked out. See the eye by my index finger. Heather thought it was interesting.

Richie used the luck of the rhino reel and brought in dinner.

Here I am counting the fish to make sure we do not go over our limit.

Heather caught another fish and it flipped off the pathway and headed towards the waters edge. She would not touch it with her hand but placed her big feet on top of the persistent fish.

After much encouragement she would not pick it up with her bare hand but did use a baby wipe and placed it over the fish and threw it up towards me. Good baby step! Next time perhaps she will use her bare hands.

On the way out we spotted this young buck running across the road.

Happy fishing to all.