Free Fishing Day, June 2013

 

A beautiful day to take part in some free fishing in Oregon at Lake Selmac.

Roc showing us how to kick back and enjoy some fishing.

Porter never sat down but did continue to fish just as long as everyone else.

Emma does not care for fishing but she did enjoy her time out doors with the family. Emma was also a big help corralling Calvin.

Calvin was not sure about the fish. He would reach out to touch the fish, the fish would squirm and Calvin (and Porter) would freak out.

Stacie shows us all how it is done, Stacie caught the first fish.

Porter got into the action with another fish.

We did have one casualty, Calvin fell into the water.  For those of you who remember family pictures and Porter's dive into the water, this time Ryan was the one that had to go in after him.  One important note, Ryan showed the proper form for rescuing a child from an unplanned swim.  Ryan was completely dry! He did not even get a foot wet, hopefully Stacie learned from Ryan's example because next time one of the kids go in it will be back to her turn to go in after them!

Roc is always great at catching fish, today he was the only one to catch a rainbow trout.

Look how proud Porter is about the fish that he caught.

We decided to go fishing (on short notice).  We got up in the morning and found out that it was free fishing day so we packed up and headed to Lake Selmac to try our hand at some fishing.  It was a fun day the only issue was that all the fish were too small to keep.  The rainbow trout that Roc caught could have been a keeper but it was just snagged and it was toward the end of the day so we decided to throw it back and we would come back later in the summer and re-catch it when it has had more of an opportunity to grow.  Was a fun day and an enjoyable time with the family.