Camping and a Sturgeon

Friday night Matt and I decided to take the kids "camping". We put the tent up on the point at Nana and PawPaw's house and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows with Nana, PawPaw Bill, and Ms. Bobby.

Believe it or not, it was very relaxing.. Before we got around to the roasting, Matt took Sammie and Mason down to the pier to do a little fishing. Usually Sammie will just cast her Hannah Montana pole and reel it back in. Never really expecting to catch anything. Apparently, Matt baited it this time and got lucky. Mason came running back up to the house saying, "I gotta get the net, Daddy's got a huge fish"...we all know that means 'grab your camera and run', so I did. I got halfway to him before I saw panic/excitement/anxiety all over his face. He looked up and me and said "hurry up and get your down here with your camera, it's a sturgeon!" Needless to say, I picked up the pace. :) This is what Sammie caught...

I love his face in that picture!

It's a creepy looking fish!

Matt was so excited because he had never seen one of these before and our 4 year old had just caught it!

Sammie was terrified of it. It was jumping, flopping, and wiggling too much for her liking. This was when Matt was trying to convince her that she REALLY DID want her picture taken with it. She was dead set that she REALLY DIDN'T. :)

As Matt put it, not only does Sammie not realize how rare of a fish she caught, but she doesn't realize that she just caught a 7lbs 2oz, 36 1/4" fish!

After a little research, we found out that the Georgia DNR (Department of Natural Resources) has been restocking these fish. Apparently, this was the first one of its kind to be caught and reported in our area! Woohoo!