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Do the boys know how to swim? And do they wear life vests?

The oldest~yes..
The littlest~no..

Absolutellllllllllly life~vests..
REALLLLLLL ONES, not one's bought at
a Dollar Store..
and no second hand one's either..
I made him find quality ones'

When they are much older, and more capable..
I am wayyyy okay with it,
but for now...
NOW WAY!!!

Good for you Weezie. I did not doubt that you would put their safety first! I love it when kiddos know how to swim. I think it should be a requirement for all kids cuz you just never know. Do you ever go fishing with them?

Not really...
I spend alottttttttttt of the time with the kids,
and hubbies gone at work, alottt.. so, I insist this is Male bonding time.. and mommy gets peace and quiet time in the back yard..

*although, I am thinking about asking him to take
MY MOTHER AND NEIGHBOR WITH HIM THE NEXT TIME OR TWO, SO THEY DON'T DROP IN WHEN IT'S MY TIME IN THE BACK YARD...ALONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE

Good plan Weezie!

by angelblossom Kidnapp ??right. Been needing a fishing buddy since Grandkids all grown and gone. Let me get a lic. Hope you don't mind bank fishing as I don't have a boat. Some kidnapping.
Jimmy

OH Yeah Jimmy!! I don't mind bank fishing at all as long as I have a place to sit occasionally

Goin' fishing instead of just a wishin'

Diane I have these folding chairs I use when I go fishing or to the Race track. So got a palce to sit.
Jimmy

Hi Weezie,
I used to fish Lake Ontario,in a 14ft boat We have been out 4 miles in 300ft of water after rainbow trout and salmon, got a few.Now I'm a bit older, fish in a smaller lake, with a little bit bigger boat.The wife sits in the front with a good book,i fish from the back We catch walleye bass crappie bluegill.Nothing like a good fryup when we get home.After a hard day on the water Ha Ha HA
Dave

Yep Dave, that is the kinda "work" I could do quite often!

I went to Joe Pool Lake yesterday unaware they were having a Bass Tournament ! It was packed!! Nowhere to park! Traffic was backed up: the lake is a 10 minute drive from my house and it took me over 20 minutes to get out of the lake's front parking lot,, I didn't even try to go in further. Next time I'll read the newpaper on Lake activities before I take the grandkids out there hated to disappoint the GKids we'll try again next weekend!

My littlest wee~one has a "I did" book
for over the Easter vacation..
He had his teacher write in,
"He wanted to go fishin' with his dad."

*I don't think it's going to happen , cause it's cold

But I thought that was too cute...

Diane I havent heard anything about a bass tournament out there must be a local club. Mountain creek lake is a pretty good place to go and it is not croweded. Just off 303 several good place to bank fish I go there a lot. do not go over by the Electric power plant to many snakes in that area have not seen any anywhere else.
Jimmy

That is adorable Weezie. Too bad the weather is not cooperating so they can fish.

Jimmy it was sponsered by MediaBass with 62 entries at the Lynn Creek Marina .They are taking place all over this area in the next month or so. The next one is Fork- Minnow Bucket marina, then,,at Eagle Mountain Westbay Marina Then Ray Roberts @ R,R. marina. Yes these are Texas Team trails,, Slot Lake teams,

AWWWWWW !! When the weather warms up maybe your wee'one can/will hand Dear ol' Dad a fishing pole and the 'I did' book as a gentle reminder!

I went out friday, first time since the begining of january.
our club have just got a lease on a new water, so we had to give it a try before we let the members on.
i didnt get there till 1 pm, by that time all the other committee members were set up and fishin.
i took a walk round to see who's been catchin!
same story, lots of sad faces,, aint seen a fish, aint had a bite,
10 anglers no fish
i went back to the car to fetch my gear, got loaded up and of course i ended up at the furthest end of the lake!
the cold end as well !
just got both my rods out and i could see my mate was into the first fish of the day! strange!!
well it carried on and each time i was into a fish off they went, come 4 it was just me and two mates left!!!
wrong deoderent again.
i ended up with nine carp, sean had 1, and the rest blanked!
cant wait for the next committee meeting

Sounds like YOU had a good day fishing Mark! Congrats on the catch! Or should I say catches!

Ok, I'll bite. ROFL Living near the ocean, hubby and I do fish whenever we can. But, here's the story: Our first time fishing off of one of the jetty's with our comprable to a (lake size) fishing pole, but just a tad bit bigger. Holy cow-fish Batman!!!!! First hubby got a fish I think it was a Sheepshead, (it looked like it from what I could see). This fish was huge!!! I was down on a rock to help bring it up, and of course when I did, BAM it wiggled right off. At least we and several others got to see it. Then about an hour or so later, my pole took a hit, I snagged it good and started reeling in. I had no more than about 5 turns of the reel and when the fish pulled, he stripped my reel and bent the heck out of my bail. I had to drop the pole and help hubby pull the fish in by line only. After a few tugs like that, SNAP, the line was gone. Needless to say we went and purchased our deep-sea fishing gear etc. Haven't had a good bite like that since. Maybe this year we'll hook into one. Until then.... Fish On.

Take care.

Well I bet that was quite the experience Fawnice. Fun though. Hope you get some bites this year!

Hi Mark,
I know you folks in England fish a lot for Carp We have a few big ones over here.My biggest one is 38lb on a 4lb leader caught on a little bit of breadflake.I used to live in Pickering Ontario next to a nuke plant.We would go out fishing for the morning on the weekend and catch carp until your arms ache.Many weekends i've landed several fish up to 25lb on bread or cornnibblets.I do miss catching the Roach,Bream ,Chub etc We have Perch.You should try eating the Zander we call them Pickerel or walleye there very tasty the cheeks are the best.
Dave

TY Triss, me too. We didn't fish much last year, but I'm hoping to do some soon.

Have a wonderful evening.

limey,
theres a whole industrie sprung up now, just for the carp!
we even have organised holidays to europe, africa, usa, canada, all over!
every water i fish now, all the big fish are known, and they all have names!!!
the biggest mirror i caught was called dippy at 47-12 and the biggest common was lyndons at 41-12.
it would be nice to get away and fish without the crowds of people after the same known fish!
i envy what you have there.
bet you had a good tear up with 4lb line too, most of the time i use either 12 or 15lb line, because all the lakes with big fish seem to be heavily weeded or snaggy.
ive never caught zander yet but i will keep it in mind!

Hi Mark
15lb line?? Wow..that's like cable!
Question for ya. Do you actually eat the carp over there? If we get them on our line, we throw them right back in the water...they're known as "garbage fish"...bottom feeders here.

15lb yeah we use it when were fishing near snags bushes or heavey weed.
no we dont eat them, just weigh photograph and put them back!
them "garbage fish" are worth a lot of money over here.