trout

A father of one of the boys in E's class works for the fish and wildlife department for the state. We have a local fish hatchery and they were going to release some trout so he asked if the kids from school would like to participate. First we went to the hatchery. And saw tiny little fish. Then out to another spot to see other fish. We got to see different ages and sizes.Until we got to the biggest one. I don't know how old this one is. But they keep some big ones for educational purposes.
We then went to a local lake and the kids got to release fish. They could either tip their pails into the water or catch the fish by hand and "toss" them into the water. Some of the kids who I thought would never in a million years want to touch a fish got right into it!! It was a rainy, dreary day but lots of fun.

I'm sure you can tell by the middle picture, that the boys outnumbered the girls and that E is the tallest in the group!!