Fishing on Lake Tapps

Even though we didn't have the greatest weather we still had an awesome day fishing on Lake Tapps!  Noah's Aunt and Uncle invited us to use their yard and dock for our first den fishing experience.  Wow, what a beautiful spot with a fire pit for roasting our hot dog lunch.  They sure took care of us by setting up an awning for us to keep dry and allowing us to use their paddle boats!  All of the boys thoroughly enjoyed themselves and fished non-stop!  I do believe that just about everyone caught something during the day... it made for lots of excitement! 

The boys also learned about fishing safety and local fishing laws from Mark... thank you Mark!  He also helped them to be able to identify five different kinds of fish that they caught throughout the day. 

Matthew jumps right in and learns how to bait a hook.

Skyler caught a little guy while Nathan, Logan and Jessica and Todd look on.

I think Liam was the first to catch a big one!  That was exciting to watch!

The McClure family... Mike was a fabulous help with all of the boys!  Thanks Mike!

Skyler getting ready to cast off...

This was Luke's first "real" experience with fishing, so he was a little unsure of handling a squirming fish.  His first catch was a little guy and I had to bribe him to actually hold it.  By the look on his face I'm guessing that he's not super comfortable with it!  :)

Hunter caught a big one too! 

A few of the moms and I were starting to think that the boys were catching the same big fish over and over (we were practicing Catch and Release), but after looking at the photos I think Eric's fish has different looking fins and different coloring, don't you?

Luke and Wes stuck it out in the rain and caught this big one!

Noah kissing his fish for luck!

The boys taking a break from fishing and roasted hot dogs over the firepit for their lunch.

How many dads does it take to untangle a fishing line?

Noah, Hunter, Luke and Wes doing circles in the paddle boat... who's steering?

Jeff is roasting Nathan's shoes which were dripping wet!  Not sure how successful he was in drying them out!

Mark brought his fishing boat and treated all of the boys to a trip around the lake.

Group photo of Den One Wolves (soon to be Bears) along with Logan, Connor, Nathan, Julia and Jessica at the end of a great day!