Free Family Fishing!

 When I was in my early 20's my oldest brother Greg was an avid fisherman, he went fishing with his friends any chance he could.  I didn't really get the appeal until he gave me his really nice Berkley Power Pole with mitchell reel.  He had purchased a new rod and thought I would enjoy his old one.   20 years later and I am still using the same rod and reel and now I get to share the absolute love I have for fishing with the little one and her friends.  Thank you Greg for having shared your passion for fishing with me.  I don't know what it is... the calm, the quite, the surprise of what might grab my line.   The truth is I LOVE FISHING!!!!!  Sid knows this about me after having gone to the cottage with us.  The entire time I am at the cottage I think about where I will fish next and Sid became quite the experienced fishergirl just by tagging along.   This year we got to share our passion for fishing with two little friends.  July 8 - 15 is family fishing week.  Fish without a licence and share the love. 

 Fist stop was Manotick on the Rideau River.  Above I teach Bella how to cast for the first time.  She was a natural and got a great bite on her first cast.  The little sunfish got off the hook just before she pulled it in!

 Sid catches her first fish of the day, also a sunfish (pumpkin seed)

 It was a great day for fishing!  I caught a dozen fish.  Just tiny ones, but a nice selection of perch, small mouth bass and sunfish.  Sid and Bella caught fish too!

Magda had her camera at the ready and caught some really great pictures, she is such and amazing photographer. Click HERE for the rest of Magda's Manotick fishing pics

 Taking our fishing adventures East we travelled to the boat launch in Casselman and taught another little friend and her mom how to fish.

 This was Sid's day, she caught six fish, a selection of sunfish and bass.

 Brianne catches her first fish, a sunfish!

 Meaghan enjoys a moment of calm while the kids manage to fish on their own without worm, casting, or tangled line help.

 This is my favorite series from the day!  Sid catches a fish and as she is reeling it in, it jumps off the hook.  Her face was priceless!  You can see the fish diving back into the water.

She looks up at me and says "Did you see that?  I caught it and it got away!"

And then laughter!  A true fishergirl :)

We hope to take Daddy out this Sunday for one last fishing adventure.  WE LOVE FISHING!!!!!!