Drag Net Fishing

We thought it would be fun to have our kids learn how to fish like the Hawaiians do.  John talked to his friend, Paul Waite who used to do scouting with John in Hawaii. Paul is one of the nicest people in the world.  He is great at all things outdoorsy too.

Bright and early one morning we met up with Paul and his sons (the ones who Alessia played with at the beach the day before) and went drag net fishing.

John, Curtis and Alessia went out first while I stayed back with Gianluca and Micah.  Curtis was a little slow moving.  The water was too cold for him at 7am.  Alessia on the other hand was in right away.  They were able to catch about 10 fish.  We made the kids hold the fish afterwards so we could take some pictures.  Alessia shocked me by refusing to hold it with her bare hands.  She had to use her t-shirt to hold it.  The best was when Curtis took his fish and started to chase Alessia with it.  She was shrieking and he had a look of pure big brother delight.

Curtis was able to ride back with the Waite’s to the house in the back of the pick up truck which made the other kids quite jealous.  But the laws says you have to be 9 and only Curtis was 9.

I hope the kids always remember being able to go out and drag net.  I am not too sure many other kids they know could say the same thing.

20130725_073057 20130725_073255 20130725_073300 20130725_073304 20130725_074145 20130725_081032 20130725_081038 20130725_081124 20130725_081135

Article written by