Fisherman in the making

Silver won her first trophy yesterday.
Every year my Dad puts on a fishing derby for kids up to age 18.
There are several age groups. Silver is in the 9 and under category.

Yesterday started off well. It was nice at my house, so even though there was a chance of rain I still got up and decided to take Silver fishing or catching as she calls it.
We were a little more than halfway there when she threw up.
It came out of nowhere, with no warning of my tummy hurts or anything. I think she just may have had too much sugar and not enough real food.
At any rate, after she got sick we pulled over at a gas station and changed her clothes.
She said she was feeling better and her tummy didnt hurt so i asked her if she would still like to go fishing and she said yes.
So we continued on and then it started to rain.
So I asked her again if she wanted to go fishing in the rain and she again said yes.
So we continued on... we stopped at my parents house threw the dirty clothes in the washer, grabbed the fishing rod and continued on to the derby. (Even with all of that we still made it in time to register)
The first thing out of Silvers mouth when we got there was I want a trophy.
So I said ok well we have to go catch some fish.
She said ok. Through the rain and it getting chilly Silver did remarkably well.
The rain did not seem to bother her too much at first but then it got chilly and that bothered her. So I wrapped her up in my coat and we continued fishing.
So the fishing went something like this - I would cast the line out for her and she would reel it back in and I would cast it back out and she would reel it back in. Whenever we got a hit I would help her reel it in but she would let go and make me do it.
After the first fish she was so excited she wanted to tell Grampy so we went and told him and she asked him - Do I get my trophy now? (I love my toddler)
After every fish she would ask this question :)
By the the time she was done (which was almost an hour before the end of the tourney) she had caught 6 fish this way and she is only 3.
I was impressed.
The biggest fish she caught was 11.5 inches it was a white perch.
She tried to reel it in by herself but couldnt because it was too heavy so i had to help her out.
She will be getting her picture in the local paper with this fish.

And guess what? She got her trophy. They go by most fish and the first place in her age group got 16 fish. The 2nd place got 7 and she got 3rd place with 6 (can you imagine how many more she would have got if we had continued to fish in that last hour?)

Her grampy was so proud- as am I!

Here is a picture of her and her trophy.


I am so glad to have another fisherman in the family:)
I cant wait to take her surf fishing this summer.