The "REALLY BIG FISH!"

    I started to write tonight about happenings on the Bayou but then I was told a story that just needed to be told.  I so wish I had been there to witness this first hand but, since that was impossible, I have to revel in the story told by my son.  It seems that he and my sweet daughter-in-law bought a Disney Princess fishing rod and reel for my granddaughter.  She is all of two years old and I can only imagine she loved it merely because of the Disney logo or perhaps because it was pink.  She is at that age where she is attracted to bright pretty things without really knowing what they are.  Still, Daddy being an avid fisherman and with both grandfathers being avid fishermen, she would soon learn the finer points of using her new tool.  

  Being the good daddy that he is, Mark took his little girl fishing in the pond behind their house.  He carefully cast the tiny line out into the water and handed the pole to his baby girl.  He said that she immediately started reeling the line back in when he realized that there was a fish tugging on the end of the line!  First cast and this baby girl already had a fish!  With a little help from Dad to set the hook, Mary Ruth was catching her first fish.  She reeled and reeled on that little contraption and just when the fish was getting near, it made a turn a reedy area.  The fish was smart enough to get the line entangled but Dad was determined that his little girl was going to land this fish! He told me that he thought "Oh, we got this far! You are not getting away now!"   He allowed a bit of line to loosen from the reel before handing it back to Mary Ruth.  This gave the fish just enough leeway to break free from the grass and the fight was on again!  He kept telling her "Reel, reel, reel!"  She did!  She turned that wee handle as fast as she could! When the fish was close enough to shore, Daddy reached down and pulled it ashore! Mary Ruth had her fish!  AND WHAT A FISH!  It weighed almost four pounds!  

  Mark said that if you ask her what type fish she caught she answers with "A REALLY BIG FISH!"  So there you have it, Folks...a teeny, little girl caught a REALLY BIG FISH!  Yep, this little girl is a great fisherman just like her daddy and two grandfathers!  (I would just like to see them catch something that is this large on a Disney Princess Rod and Reel! In comparison of this fish to her size, that would be like one of them landing a forty pound  or larger fish! Hmmmm?  I think this wee tot could teach them a thing or two!  Way to go, Mary Ruth!)