Today we headed through the tunnel to the Ho'omaluhia with two fishing poles, three boys and two girls for a new adventure. They have a great weekend program for kids where they can fish in the pond - catch and release freshwater fishing. When we first arrived, there weren't many folks there, but then a large group of Big Brothers/Big Sisters came. They provide bamboo poles or you can bring your own, but no casting if there are a lot of folks. Colin and Ryan had their own poles so brought them. We had brought some bagels we had for bait.
It was a stunning setting and lots of fun and excitement. After awhile with no fish caught, a gentleman named Mr. Knud came up to offer some suggestions. It turned out he was the man who started the fishing program 15 years ago. He was a great teacher! He took the weights and bobbers off the line and just tied on the hook and then put on the squishy white bread for bait and then said to keep the fishing pole pointing down and not worry about reeling in the slack line because the fish would grab the food and pull the line straight. Boy did that work! Colin caught the first one....
then Ryan caught one....
Ryan kissing his fish
and Mommy's very first fish caught ever!
This beautiful Dragon Fly landed on one of the plantsat the edge of the lake while we were fishing.
It went back and forth with everyone catching fish until we ended up with 17 fish caught! It was a really GREAT morning! We then headed home for lunch and hung out with some basketball games that afternoon. Also played some Zingo and generally had a great time. Mommy took off in the evening for some girl time with friends and we had Movie night with Planet Earth's The Great Feast. Another wonderful day.
