Fishing Derby

There is a fishing derby that we took the kids to last year, and they had fun. We went again this year and also had fun. We did not get to sleep in, but it was worth it. We woke up at 6:30am and piled everything in the van and went to Lake Texoma on the border of Texas. We thought hey no problem they can catch a few fish and have fun. We sat there for over 2 hours waiting for those little boogers to bite. It was very frustrating for the kids and Aaron and I. Mind you that EVERYONE around us was catching them but not us. Someone across from us suggested that we fish deeper with a worm on the hook. So I actually tried it, laugh all you want to but we caught our first fish within 3 minutes!! We (I) caught a total of 3 small fish, I think they said they were Blue Gills.

The first fish went to Emilie who wanted nothing to do with it, but look at it. The other two fish went to Justin, who held them and released them back into the water.
Then we went to the Pavillion where the prizes were all given out. Justin had his name pulled for another tackle box, now he has two! Like he needs another one.

After all that excitement, we went to the other end of the park and decided to go swimming. The water was better then I expected and I had a good enough experience in the water that I would like to go there again soon.