Catch Fishing Fever

Last year, I heard about this community event called Catch Fishing Fever. Unfortunately, it was full before I could sign up the kids. So I got on a waiting list for this year. We got registered even before it was open to the public.
Early this morning, Brett took Justice, Victoria and Glory out to Canyon Ferry Lake at the Silo Campground by Townsend.

They did stations and learned all sorts of things about fishing like tying knots, water safety and fish identification (native Montana fish). They received backpacks, hats, sunglasses, fishing poles and lures. They got all that for FREE. How awesome is that!!!??

They also got to go out on a boat to do some fishing! They got 2 BIG fish!!!

We (Liberty, Becky, Josie and I) joined them at lunchtime. They actually fed us all as well. We ate hot dogs and chips on the beach. The kids fished a bit more from the shore. They skipped rocks. They all waded in the lake. Liberty and Josie took a walk down the beach. We had a great time!

It was perfect weather for such a fun day!!! Here's the info about the day:

When we got home, Justice measured his fish. It was 20 1/2 inches long!!! They cooked it up and ate it for dinner. Yum!

Fish Fry with Dad

Brett took kids out to fish today while Mom went out with some girlfriends. They caught one and fried it up over a fire. Awesome!

Grammy & Grandpa Randy Visit: Fishing & Dancing

While the ladies did some dancing (see here & here), Grandpa & Brett took the rest of the kids out for a little fishing. We haven't had much luck catching things here in Helena. That is... until now! Check out these beauties they caught & ate for dinner! Good times!

Plus a little game of Monkey in the middle.

Memorial Day @ the Lake

We had a great Memorial Day! We decided to go out to the lake for a BBQ and some fishing. The Andersons joined us. Once the boats all came in, we had the dock to ourselves. We didn't catch anything but it was a beautiful evening. Thanks to our friends for joining us! Happy Memorial Day!

A fish THIS Big

Justice and Brett took out their new fishing poles this morning. It was pretty chilly but they had a good time. They didn't get too many bites BUT they did bring home this whopper of a rainbow fish!!!! [it lost a lot of it's color before I got a picture of it]
Funny thing is.. .they caught it NOT with their new fancy poles but with our little old Spiderman pole. Go figure! But a fish is a fish. They were two happy fishermen!!!

We have NEVER caught a fish this big before!!! North Dakota fish are quite (a LOT) a bit smaller. I know this is way gross but it was crazy how many eggs were inside this thing.

Fishing- I mean "Lake Sight Seeing"

Since we live in Montana now, we are determined to be fishermen. LOL

Brett took the kids out to the Canyon Ferry Lake this morning. They were way excited!

They didn't catch anything but they did see some fish that others had caught earlier in the day. They said they were HUGE!!!

The Lake Sight-Seeing was fun though.