Catch - Photo - Release | Andros Island 2011
When I was a wee fishergirl and I’d catch a small fish, I can remember having this conversation with my Dad, often.
He’d praise my catch and then say, “Becca, let’s let that one go so he can grow up a bit more and then someday you can catch him again.”
When we would return to the same body of water and I’d catch a decent sized fish I would ask him, ” Dad, do you think this is the one I caught last time and he’s all grown up?”
My Dad would look hard at my catch, smile, and say, “I think it is and if you let him go again, just think how big he’ll be the next time you catch him!”
It was like magic…
“This is my photo submission for the GreenFish and Outdoor Blogger Network Photo Contest“
Photo Credit and Thank You Goes to:
Tom Larimer (blog) a.k.a. Larimer Outfitters (guide service)
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Must be a “daddy” thing,said the exact same things to my daughter while she was growing up!
Very cool and we don’t forget those moments with Dad =)
Awesome post! So simple and innocent, yet incredibly wise.
Thanks Nick. Now I always send off my fish back into the water and tell them, “Go get bigger and I’ll see you next time”
Go get em Rebecca. Very cool story. Short, sweet an a wonderful life lesson for a child.
Let ‘em Go, Let ‘em Grow! Amen, Outdooress. Now we just need a photo of wee Becca with her pappy from 20 years ago, when she was 7.
Awesome story.. short but great.