I was relaxing last weekend with friends and family at the Bayside Grill on lake Minnetonka, waiting patiently for my margarita when I heard someone yelling. I turned around to look and my son Jack was climbing all over our boat with a tiny fishing pole he had been using to catch sunnies. He was holding the rod tip as high as he could and literally running from the bow to the stern. When I saw this I Naturally assumed he was hooked on a dock or God forbid another boat or even a person. I sighed and ran across the deck and down to the dock to relieve him of the fishing pole.
When I got to the dock there were a couple of adults saying he had been yelling for me for 5 minutes and that he had a huge fish on. When I got down to the dock he told me one of the massive carp that hang out at the dock took his jig. The fishing pole had 4 lbs test and is about as light as anything available for panfish. I told Jack to make sure his drag was loose (he said it was) and after approx 20 minutes of coaching him to "keep the tip up", don't horse it" and "let him run" he brought the beast to the back of the swim platform and I threw a towel on it and hoisted it aboard. By this time there were tons of people watching and he got a big round of applause. I wish we had better pictures of the fish, because this photo does not do it justice. I estimated it to be between 25 and 30 LBS. What a thrill for an 11 year old fishing fanatic!!!
Craig Hall, CSI
Children's Science Exam Answers
Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q: How can you delay milk turning sour? (Brilliant, love this!)
A: Keep it in the cow.
Q: W
hat causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All Water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no Water on the moon, and nature hates a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.
Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to his Adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.
Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? ( e.g., abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain; the Borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What is the fibula?
A: A small lie.
Q: What does "varicose" mean?
A: Nearby.
Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section."
A: The Caesarean Section is a district in Rome.
Q: What does the word " benign" mean?'
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight
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