So with the completion of the dock, the kids have decided that fishing must happen everyday. For this I blame both Poppy and Uncle Perry. See both visited recently and worked with the kids on their fishing techniques. Now, as much as one would like to think it was mainly because they wanted to work with the kids, I know that these two guys love to fish and teaching the kids was just an excuse to help them facilitate their fishing. Even though that may be true, it does't change the fact that the kids have learned to fish and love doing it. We fish off the side of the dock and mainly catch small bream. Poppy used hot dogs, but Uncle Perry brought out the big guns and used crickets and worms.
Now Bill Engvall introduced us to the Dork fish many years ago during one of his first comedy routines. Recently, Lu, DP, and Jr introduced me to the Jerk fish. What is the Jerk fish you ask. Well since the kids use a cork and drop their lines right next to the dock, the bream are extremely small. These small bream nipple on the bait and often take the bait without taking the hook. This led Lu to declare "I found a Jerk Fish" the first time it happened. Now the kids think that all fish that don't jump on your hook but instead decide to just eat the bait are Jerk Fish. I have yet to catch one of these Jerk fish, but I have caught a lot of small bream.
This weekend, Uncle Perry caught a smallest large mouth bass on a spinner. This amazed the kids especially Jr. So every time Uncle Perry threw out his line and reeled it back in, Jr would ask "Did you catch anything?". After the tenth time of Uncle Perry saying no, he finally said yes. Jr asked "what is it?". Uncle Perry replied it is a lily pad fish. The kids thought this was also very funny. Now when I get home I have to go to the dock, usually in the dark and bait some lines while trying to avoid getting hooked by one of the three that is not paying attention. If I don't lose an eye this month, I will be lucky.
Now Bill Engvall introduced us to the Dork fish many years ago during one of his first comedy routines. Recently, Lu, DP, and Jr introduced me to the Jerk fish. What is the Jerk fish you ask. Well since the kids use a cork and drop their lines right next to the dock, the bream are extremely small. These small bream nipple on the bait and often take the bait without taking the hook. This led Lu to declare "I found a Jerk Fish" the first time it happened. Now the kids think that all fish that don't jump on your hook but instead decide to just eat the bait are Jerk Fish. I have yet to catch one of these Jerk fish, but I have caught a lot of small bream.
This weekend, Uncle Perry caught a smallest large mouth bass on a spinner. This amazed the kids especially Jr. So every time Uncle Perry threw out his line and reeled it back in, Jr would ask "Did you catch anything?". After the tenth time of Uncle Perry saying no, he finally said yes. Jr asked "what is it?". Uncle Perry replied it is a lily pad fish. The kids thought this was also very funny. Now when I get home I have to go to the dock, usually in the dark and bait some lines while trying to avoid getting hooked by one of the three that is not paying attention. If I don't lose an eye this month, I will be lucky.