Fishing Derby

So bright and early this morning we went to the West Milton Park for a fishing derby. We arrived at 7 am and the place was almost packed already. Brian found a place for the kids and I went and registered them. 7:30 hits and it's time to fish. Alyssa catches one within minutes but it got away just as Brian was pulling it out of the water. She recasts and Carter catches a fish. He got his out of the water and they took it to be measured. His was 14 inches long which was a little guy compared to most of the others. Brian gets Carter recasted and then Alyssa's bobber goes down. I run over to help and we hooked him and started reeling him. Thank goodness Brian came over to help her because this fish was strong! Alyssa and Brian got it reeled in after several minutes. The thing was huge as you can see above. It measured in at 25 1/2 inches long. Too bad they don't go based on weight because I think she would have won first if they did.

Alyssa came in second for the 10 and under category. The first place fish was 1 inch longer and also caught by a girl. She won a new pole and a tackle box that came with accessories. However I think she was more excited by winning a little plastic trophy with 2nd written on it. I am pretty sure she thinks she is a master fisherwoman now and I am also thinking that fish is going to get bigger everytime she retells this story.