Fishing at Trapp Farm Park

I took Matthew and his friend Abraham fishing this morning for a little bit at Trapp Farm Park. This is Swartz Lake, rather small and shallow however the sunfish are generally on the nicer side compared to the other Eagan lakes we have tried. Knowing the fish are small and my smallest hook being a #8, I opted to put on a #16 BH pink squirrel, split above that and small bobber for both of the kids. Plus I added just the smallest chunk of crawler.



Abraham kept asking if he should keep his two biggest and told him it was up to him. Matt got one decent one and put in the ziplock bag with water. The kids had fun watching the sunnies swim in the bag and kept them fresh all the way home.




Fishing is not just catching it is about eating. I fillet the fish out really fast. I was a tad rusty and lost a little bit of meat however no worries. Dip in egg then Andy's fish and seafood breaking (orange bag) and into some canola oil for a few minutes.



After we ate the fish Abraham asked for more and I told him we ate the three, just a small snack before lunch I asked Abraham if we made the right decision keeping the fish and he said he wants to keep more next time for a bigger meal. Fresh fried sunfish were a nice Saturday morning treat.