Started the day by taking the kids bowling for a couple of hours and then back to my place to load up for a trip to the beach. Of course we took the pole to see if we could sore lip a few perch. After lounging on the sand for a bit, I convinced my youngest to go in the water with me. We spent a good 45 minutes in the water till we finally got out. The water was actually pretty refreshing! No sooner did we get back up to our blanket when the little one asks if we could fish now
Well, she did not have to ask me twice!
We made our way to an area that had no swimmers, so I show Melanie where and how to catch sand crabs. She's a fast learner, so in no time she had found me a handful of the crabs and I put them in my pocket for easy access when I needed one.
I put one of the crabs on and heaved it out and handed the rod to her. She's a natural 8)
It did not take long for her to reel one in 8) 8) 8)
Dad had caught a few and released them. Not this one though! Nooooo sir! Mel had other plans. She wanted to eat her fish for dinner
Funny part of this is that I did not plan for us to keep any of the fish so I told Mel that she had to hold it until we split :lol: So there she was, holding that fish with two hands and as some of the passer by's asked, "whacha got there"? She replied, "That's my fish"
I guess the moral to this little story is, you dont have to catch a record size fish for it to be considered a "trophy", and in Melanies' opinion, surf perch taste great too:!: :!: :!: