I made the unwise decision this weekend to try and take four young ladies fishing. Four young ladies whose primary interests seem to focus more on Pokemon, iCarly, the Sims, Club Penguin, and other “screen entertainment” phenomena which are age-appropriate for them. Just me, and four girls.
Yeah, I know. I didn’t think it would be as much of a pain as it was. They were actually somewhat interested, which might surprise some people. The problem is less about interest than about experience and scheduling. First, I couldn’t get them up and out early enough, so we ended up on the riverbanks at about 9AM, at which point it was already 80 degrees or so. Then there’s the scheduling of the rigging, baiting and detangling of the lines. It’s pretty much a full-time adult job to keep two kids fishing, much less four.
Wasn’t too bad, though. Only lost two lures, and one or two bait hooks. Or maybe it was three lures, I can’t remember. There’s a lot of debris in the river where we were fishing. Next time, bobbers to keep the hooks away from the bottom. Or maybe some sort of weedless lures/hooks.
I fished a couple of times last week, briefly, before/after work, and didn’t lose any gear there.
