Fishing With Pa

Halle has been fishing with Pa a couple of times in the past week. The first time she went crappie fishing with Pa and Jeff Heifner. I needed him to watch her for a couple of hours the other day so he just took her fishing with them. She got to help reel in the two fish in the picture. I think she did actually catch a little bass that day all by herself.

She did so well with that trip that Pa asked her to go with him to fish a tournament on the Dierks lake which was from 2-7. She was excited to go but I didn't think that she would fish the entire time. She proved me wrong and stayed the whole time. Dad said that she threw for about 3 hours straight then she found the clock. He said that after that she asked frequently how much longer and when was it over. And asked him about a million questions.

They didn't catch but a few fish that day but had tons of fun. They did get to weigh one I think but didn't win any money. She was fine with that because she beat a couple of people she wanted to because they didn't weigh any.

She was a true fisherman though because when she got home she told her Nana that they lost because a big one got away! :)

A few days later the counselor at school came in to my dad's work. She told dad that she had been talking to Halle's class about never giving up. They are preparing to take the Stanford 8 after spring break. She said that she was telling them that they should never give up and always do their best. She said that Halle raised her hand and said that her Pa and she had fished in a tournament and that they tried and tried but finally they just had to give up! My dad thought that was so funny.... Guess sometimes you give up until the next time.