Our First Fishing Trip of the summer...so FUN!

So Brandon's cousin asked us if we wanted to go to fishing and then eat dinner with them...they were camping and we decided to go fishing and then have a hot dog and smores roast...well, fishing was fun...almost too fun...Brandon spent the large majority of his time getting the 2 new reels set up on the nice poles...so I got the kids started on the little Dora and Mikey poles...and instantly started catching fish....everytime I cast it out and handed the pole to a kid they started reeling it in and sure enough there was a fish...in all we caught somewhere around 24 fish...but only kept 15...the cool part is Hannah caught an albino trout...the first one I'd ever seen in person.  Emma slid in the reservoir trying not to let the fish get away she got all wet up to the waist and was cold...after finishing up fishing I went down to the cleaning station with Hannah and Ben and cleaned all 15 fish myself...Then today I scraped the scales off and removed the heads so we can grill and fry the fish tomorrow for dinner...I fell like Henny Penny...and I don't even really like fish that much...but I did all the work, all by myself :) I really don't mind though cuz I love my family and I can do the dirty work if it makes them happy. Well, here are the pictures...proof of the fish we caught...oh and for the record...1 was a 9 inches, 1 was a 9 1/2 inches, 2 were 10 inches, 5 were 11 inches, and 6 were 12 inches long . Not too shabby for our first time out this year...it's going to be a fun summer...It's the first time Brandon and I have both got a license so I will actually get to fish this year and not just watch kids and chase them.  It's fun that they are all of an age they can fish and have fun without me being so occupied with them.

Our catch of 15 trout...eat your heart out Grandma

Albino compared to regular rainbow trout

"Hello Grandma, I am a talking fish...there is such thing as an albino trout...note my pink eyes...a true albino. It was nice talking to you!"

I just had to take this picture...I don't really know why...it's just visually interesting I think...I even debated feeding the heads to the chickens...but in the end I couldn't bring myself to do it...just in case it gave a fishy taste to the eggs.