Cub Scout Fishing - 2011

It’s that time of year again when we take the Cub Scouts fishing. Thankfully there is a pond close by that we take the boys to. It’s only about 5 minutes from our church building, and it has a lot of hungry fish in it.

Thankfully every boy (and girl) that went along caught a fish, except I think for one boy that did not, but he caught a bunch last year so he wasn’t too bummed.

Ian caught two fish (a crappie and a bass) and Cami caught one fish (a bass I think). It was a lot of fun!

I'll Miss Summer

This last summer was sort of odd in that we did lots of things, like fishing and camping, but because it was a cooler year we didn't go to the beach as many times as we had hoped nor did we go to the pool as often as we anticipated. There were some really cold days this year and they were made even colder by being in a wet bathing suit.

This year the kids and I went fishing a handful of times. We did it once as part of a Cub Scouts activity and they decided they really liked it. So, I bought them some inexpensive fishing rods and off we went. We tried the Chain O' Lakes area several times and we tried Busse Woods lake and a couple of other local lakes and we never got a bite. I fully believe that there are no fish left in Illinois. The entire state has been fished out. It's been hard keeping the kids excited about fishing when they never catch any fish.