Wishin' To Go Fishin'

All winter long, Jacob kept asking when he could go fishing. We kept telling him "in the summer." (We're not big into ice-fishing.) As soon as the weather started to warm up in the spring he started bugging Clay to take him fishing. We decided to run up on the mountain and go fishing of Friday afternoon. The weather was just starting to get bad but Jacob really wanted to go, so we went. Before Clay could even sit down, after casting his line, he had a smalish fish. Jacob helped him reel it in and then they released it.

Clay and Caleb fishing

Jacob, our pro fisherman

Caleb our pro scardy-cat

The boys helping Clay reel in the fish

Clay and Jacob with their first catch

But later that day...

Jacob was sitting with his little Spider Man pole in the water and all of the sudden his "line went ziiiinggggg" (his words, not mine)

He had a really big fish on his line. He reeled as fast as he could and got it most of the way in. Then Clay had to help his get it the rest of the way in. Jacob was so excited. He caught a 20 inch trout. He was so excited, Caleb was terrified of it.

"Jacob's Fish"

Jacob finishing up the job

It was too heavy for him to even hold.

Even though it was so cold and windy, it was a blast, just to see Jacob's face when he got that fish. Way to go buddy! You're our best fisherman.