Father Daughter...

[Madd Matt]

A couple weeks ago I posted about me thinking of taking my 7 year old daughter on the ice.

I did not take her Saturday when we went out to "A" can. We ended up with 7 walleye in the group with Skipper9 catching a pretty nice hawg. We didn't measure or weigh it, but it was a really nice fish.

However, I am posting to let all of you who where concerned about my fathering skills and the safety of my daughter.

As I said, I didn't take her Saturday... But on Sunday she really wanted to experience ice fishing. So I loaded up the sled and shanty and all the gear and drove over to East Harbor. Even though it was only about .25 miles offshore and you could easily see the ramp from the ice we got the full experience.

She had a blast. She told her mother and grandparents all about it and said it was even better than regular fishing.

By the end of the day she ended up sight fishing while holding the line and leaning over the hole. She would drop the wax worm down until she could just barely see it, wait for a fish to take it and hand line it in.

She came home and is all safe and sound.

I don't know how many bluegills she caught, but we kept 8 really nice ones and she had fish nuggets for dinner and loved it!

-Matt