Quite the fisherman!

The past couple of days Baby Bear has decided he wanted to get his fishing merit badge for boy scouts. So..... he decided to fish Saturday. The last time he fished he didn't like it too well I think because he didn't catch anything. Saturday and Sunday were a different story. He is starting to like it! The first day he caught 7 and Papa Bear caught 4. Then Papa Bear taught him how to clean a fish and gut it. Baby Bear wasn't too kean on gutting the fish at first but then it didn't seem to bother him much. Papa Bear made him a filleting knife out of bamboo and is learning how to fillet fish. So they both are learning new things. Saturday as you can see in the picture above Baby Bear caught 15 fish! He was so excited. I caught 2 that day. :) After a couple of hours Baby Bear was done fishing and then came back out later to do some fishing and he caught all of these fish in about 3 hours total. Then they cleaned them and I guess I will cooking them before long.
We had a great couple of days just hanging out here and fishing and Papa Bear has been whittling on a walking stick for me. I can't see what he has written on it yet because it is a surprise. :) Papa Bear has taken up whittling since our boy scout adventure camping. He is getting pretty good at it. He wants to ask his mom to come out sometime and give him some tips though because he says she is great at it and he would like a few pointers from her. So I guess he will be calling on her pretty soon. AIP I know you are probably reading this so be expecting a call. :)
As you can see in the pictures of all the fish catching and Papa Bear helping Baby Bear learn how to take a fish off a hook. I have a few more pictures also I wanted to post of our days fishing. And that is what we have been doing the past couple of days. Relaxing and enjoying the summer. In order to get the fishing merit badge Baby Bear has to catch 2 fish, identify them, take it off the hook, clean it, and cook and eat the fish. So far he has accomplished all of this except for the cooking and eating which he will get that done soon I am sure. Of course now he doesn't mind fishing at all! :)