A few weeks ago Justin came up with an idea. He knew how bad Joshua, Jared, and Jesse have been wanting to go fishing, so he thought it would be fun to take them up to Bonnie Tank for a few days. We surprised the boys and didn't tell them we were going until the night before. Jaylon, Hannah, and Kyle came with us, as well as Micah and Micah David. We all had such a fun time together!
Bonnie Tank
It's actually a pretty decent sized pond.
Our camp site was at one end but the boys did a lot of fishing on the other end. We brought the four wheeler along so that made it easier to get back and forth.
Justin and the little bitty bass he caught :)
Jesse was up both mornings before all of us. You didn't even have to ask where he was, everyone knew he was out there fishin' to his hearts content :)
He caught the little bitty bass on the left, released it, casted out again and caught a bigger one!
Redneck fishing at it's finest!
Micah floated out by this log on the inner tube...
He was holding onto the branch with his toes so he didn't float away from his fishing spot!
The boys sat/stood on this log dangling their lines in to catch crappie.
Jared hooked this good sized crawdad by accident
Monday afternoon Justin and I took the quad for a ride. We saw this snake skin half way in a hole. The snake must have shed it's skin just as it slithered down it's hole...or out :)
Back at the campsite Monday evening they decided to fish right out from the tents
Our sleeping spots for the two nights we were there.
Justin caught a fish on his line then handed his pole to Micah David so he could reel it in :)
Joshua caught this tiny little bass :)
Nice catch, Jesse!
Tuesday morning everyone left except us and the three boys. They fished until around 1 in the afternoon before we started the drive home.
Nice bass, Jared!
Justin snagged this Gizzard Shad just before we left.
(The boys all had damp towels around their necks to keep cool while they were fishing.)
Despite the 100+ degree temperatures during the day, we all had such a fun time fishing. Even though they didn't catch any huge fish the boys were all happy they got to go. They probably caught around 50 small bass, sunfish, blue gill, and gizzard shad. Monday night we cooked the ones that were big enough to keep and they were delicious.
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You went fishing with boys of every age, Kaitlyn. I laughed at the redneck fisherman! Glad some were keepers and you had a fish fry before leaving the pond. XO
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