Fishing

Zach got to do another thing off of his summer bucket list today, he went fishing.  We asked Papaw to take him since he's the expert and then I just tagged along as the photographer!  First we went by the bridge to do some fishing but since it's late in the summer the field was overgrown and looked like this:

That didn't stop Papaw though so we go trampling through that field only to find that we can't get to the creek.  One spot was too overgrown with brush and the other had poison ivy.  So with no other options we had to trek back through that field and drive to another area. 

At least the next place had a nice trail!  It was a long walk though to get to the creek but it was worth it because Zach caught a fish!  It's hard to see the fish in the picture but it's there.

Once it was off the hook I couldn't believe that he wanted to hold it.

Then he threw it back and caught another!  You can see the fish a little better in this picture.

Papaw was putting a worm on the hook and he was telling Zach not to move the pole or he would hook him.  Zach said something about if he did then he would catch something big and that's why they're smiling.

Zach ended up catching 2 more fish for a total of 4.  Here's a short little video of him after he reeled in a fish.

He only caught sunfish and they were all thrown back but Zach seemed to really enjoy it.  Now to get him to cast the line out but that will have to wait until a much cooler day!