Fishing

Much of the time we spent at Great Grandma and Grandpa's was spent at the pond. Jakie became totally fixated on catching yabbies (crayfish), particularly after grandpa, being a really good sport, agreed to eat them with him. Someone to hunt and gather with who will also eat my crazy catches??!?!?!?!? WOW

Was Jakie in heaven! The rule was all yabbies needed to be at least two inches to be keepers and all trout needed to be about 8 inches for keeping as well. Frogs and tadpoles were off limits as that population needs to reestablish itself after the great heron feast of '09.

Total numbers:

Yabbies: 58 caught, 12 keepers (although we only kept and cooked three of them up)

Trout: 17 caught, 7 keepers

Frogs: 2 caught and immediately released (tadpoles were left alone under penalty of death)

Snakes: 1 caught and released

Toads: 2 caught and released

Salamaders: 4 caught and released

Also caught for mommy's ewwness- grubs, bugs, and worms.

The boy people were most pleased