Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Gold Creek Trout Farm Field Trip

Instead of preschool today, Levi and Claire and his class, went to the Gold Creek Trout Farm in Woodinville. It is basically a u-fish farm and Levi has been talking about this field trip for days! As it turns out, Claire was my brave one and she caught the first fish of the group.

First the tour guide/owner (I never caught her name) gave us a tour of the facilities. They raise fish by removing their eggs, hatch fish, stock ponds, and provide u-fishing. Here, at one of the holding tanks, are the really big trout. The guide, in purple, is throwing fish food to the hungry trout. A couple kids got wet, mostly Claire, because she was continually putting her body as close as possible to the fish at all times. 

Finally, after the tour, it was time to start fishing! We worked in teams, so while Claire fished, Levi was in charge of scooping the fish from the water with the net. Here is Claire waiting for her first bite. 

And here is Claire's fish! She was so proud!

She had no problems holding her fish while I snapped a ton of pictures. 

Next it was Levi's turn to fish. The trout kept eating the food off his hook without biting the hook, and Levi started to get frustrated. Finally, after baiting the hook for the fourth time, he caught his own fish. 


Here is Claire struggling with the net and Levi's fish. 


At home I finally convinced Levi to hold his fish so I could take his picture. 

And here are my happy kids with their fish. Claire kept telling hers "I love you little fishy!" It was super cute!

2 comments:

Aaron said...

Those fish look good! Fillet them up, give them a good cornflake cereal breading, and fry them up. Yum!

Andrea said...

I am so happy others were willing to lend a perfect stranger a hand and so quickly! Thanks for your story Naomi. You are so savvy.