For over a year, our daughter and eldest son have asked to go fishing. Our son even pretends to fish in our pool. They've never seen anyone fish other than on TV, so I've always been surprised by their interest.
A few weeks ago, we went to the Waterbom water park with another family. On the way there, we noticed a fishing lake where one could rent gear and bait and go fishing. We took the opportunity of a mid-week holiday to take the kids fishing for the first time. There were a few surprises.
First, this wasn't a normal stocked lake. This was a lake for competitions. They wouldn't let us just buy gear and fish. We had to wait until noon (an hour after we arrived) and join the competition. Twenty dollars to join, fifteen dollars to rent gear and bait, and five dollars for a "caddy" later, we listened for the lottery to call our name and assign our spot. Lucky number 8. We caught our first fish with the first cast. In thirty minutes we had four fish. And these aren't small fish. The smallest weighed in at six pounds. The heaviest was about fourteen pounds. None of these were going to be enough to win the competition and a $300 prize. It usually takes twenty or more pounds to win.
Second, the caddy did everything except reel in the fish we caught. He baited the hook, cast the line, took the fish off the hook and even told me when it was time to reel it in if I wasn't paying attention. I tried a few casts. My first cast was awesome. My second cast caused the people next to me to object. That's when I noticed the numbers on the pipe in the middle of the lake. We all had lanes. We could only fish in our lane. After that, I let the caddy do the casting.
Third was the bait. I was glad I had a caddy. They didn't use lures, or worms, or raw meet dangling from a bobber. We watched them prepare it. They mixed a flavored powder with water to create a plasma-like substance. They then covered this plasma in fish pellets, created three small goopy balls for three tiny hooks and then one golf ball-sized clump they put above the hooks. The fish are all bottom-feeding carp, so you cast this group of food out into the lake, let them fall to the ground and the fish grab it from there. Pretty effective, but we did also catch one plastic bag.
The kids had fun and even got into the action of reeling in the fish, but they were bored after ninety minutes, which was halfway through the competition. We left our caddy to finish the competition and try to win.
I'm looking forward to some real fishing when we get to Michigan. We'll need smaller poles, though.
A few weeks ago, we went to the Waterbom water park with another family. On the way there, we noticed a fishing lake where one could rent gear and bait and go fishing. We took the opportunity of a mid-week holiday to take the kids fishing for the first time. There were a few surprises.
First, this wasn't a normal stocked lake. This was a lake for competitions. They wouldn't let us just buy gear and fish. We had to wait until noon (an hour after we arrived) and join the competition. Twenty dollars to join, fifteen dollars to rent gear and bait, and five dollars for a "caddy" later, we listened for the lottery to call our name and assign our spot. Lucky number 8. We caught our first fish with the first cast. In thirty minutes we had four fish. And these aren't small fish. The smallest weighed in at six pounds. The heaviest was about fourteen pounds. None of these were going to be enough to win the competition and a $300 prize. It usually takes twenty or more pounds to win.
Second, the caddy did everything except reel in the fish we caught. He baited the hook, cast the line, took the fish off the hook and even told me when it was time to reel it in if I wasn't paying attention. I tried a few casts. My first cast was awesome. My second cast caused the people next to me to object. That's when I noticed the numbers on the pipe in the middle of the lake. We all had lanes. We could only fish in our lane. After that, I let the caddy do the casting.
Third was the bait. I was glad I had a caddy. They didn't use lures, or worms, or raw meet dangling from a bobber. We watched them prepare it. They mixed a flavored powder with water to create a plasma-like substance. They then covered this plasma in fish pellets, created three small goopy balls for three tiny hooks and then one golf ball-sized clump they put above the hooks. The fish are all bottom-feeding carp, so you cast this group of food out into the lake, let them fall to the ground and the fish grab it from there. Pretty effective, but we did also catch one plastic bag.
The kids had fun and even got into the action of reeling in the fish, but they were bored after ninety minutes, which was halfway through the competition. We left our caddy to finish the competition and try to win.
I'm looking forward to some real fishing when we get to Michigan. We'll need smaller poles, though.
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Where exactly is this fishing place?
What is the name of this place,
My son is very keen to do some fishing
You post is very helpful and also informative,
Also it seems that this place is not too far from Jakarta (waterbom park),
Would appreciate any other information you can share
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