Well, the whole family headed to the barn after dinner to do the evening milking and to care for the other animals. Eric personally took it upon himself to feed the fish. He apparently decided to feed them one at a time. When I was about half way through milking, a distressed Lucas came running into the barn to tell me that daddy had hooked a catfish and he needed pliers to remove the hook!
Based on the sizes of catfish that we are seeing when we feed, we believe this to be one of the ones that we put into the pond last winter. (Read about that here.) My has he grown!
Eric and his dad took the kids to the pond to fish last weekend, and I swear they caught something with every cast! In fact, Eric was so busy removing fish and baiting hooks last weekend, he never got his own line wet. We have also found that the compost pile is still a great place to dig up worms and grubs for fishing!
One of the best things about this property is the relaxation that Eric is able to get by being able to “wet a line” after work any day he wants.
So what about you? Do you fish? Stock a pond? Hate fishing entirely? Let’s hear all about it!
I love to fish but never have the time! If you ever need help catching those cats, holler at me ; )
How fun! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
I fished in my friends pond once, and at first I was to scared to take the fish off the hooks and made the guys do it, but then I got more confident and I took a few off and put them back in myself!
So jealous my boys would LOVE to have a stocked pond here on our 10 acres!!
I have been following you since I read your feature article in the AFC Magazine. I love your website and information. We also live on a farm and raise sheep, chickens, one cow and a border collie. We have have a stocked pond that we can see from the dining room table. My husband and son love to go down and do a little fishing. We have catfish, bass, brim and a few turtles. We have wet the line a few times over the past few weeks but we are now in the process of shearing our sheep. This is my husband’s first time shearing, but we have two down and four to go. You can visit my blog over at feedsackcooking.blogspot.com. Thanks for sharing your family and farm life with us.
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