Very nice of Kapt to come out and do what he does best.




We had a very nice base camp, complete with fire and hot chocolate.




Paul and dad Dona setting their cool custom tip-up. It was dad Dona's 77th birthday yesterday! Go dad Dona! Hope to be enjoying the outdoors like he does at his age!


We thought we were off to a good start with a .51-pound early perch, but that was our only fish for the day. Samantha expertly pulled it up herself.


We had a good team effort going on drilling, scooping, jigging, and getting minnows.




Samantha was getting very competitive and wasn't happy with our one perch!

Didn't take long for my kids to learn that when the bite is slow ... time to get silly!








The official weigh-in station. Thanks to all who came to help out to make it a fun day!


Derby Director P. Dona announcing the winners!


The hot pizza after fishing was awesome!







After the fishing and food, the kids had a blast sledding down the hill at the launch!






Ryan's absolutely cute daughter!


All in all, it was a great day on the ice! Look forward to more days out with the kids. Thanks again to Paul and all who helped make it a fun day!