On Saturday I took my two youngest kids to Bass Pro because SARL was there sponsoring a kids C&R trout pond. With kids that young, if you're going to take them fishing, you have to take them to a place where they are sure to get a bite. The fishing has been slow by kids' standards at all the local ponds and lakes, so I figured this would be a good chance to at least put a fish on their lines, and that's about all it turned out to be. In order to manage the number of people there, Bass Pro had employees out at the pond doing all the baiting, casting, and hook-setting for the kids. Once a fish was already on the line, then the rod was handed to the child and they had a chance to reel the fish in ... that is, if the employee didn't just pull the fish straight out of the water first. So, it wasn't exactly what I was hoping for, but the kids had fun anyway and that was the important part. The nice thing was that since it was the last weekend of the event, they were letting the kids keep the fish, so my little ones brought home their first trout and we cooked 'em up for dinner last night.
A big "Thanks" to James and Amy for documenting it for us. Click here to watch a quick video of the action.
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