We have a "creek" running through our back yard. It is considered a "blue line stream" by the state and is protected. It is the actual dividing line between Spring Hill and Thompsons Station for our parts. Really, it is all kinds of nasty. The water is stagnant and grows nice algae. During the summer the grass and weeds grow up around it (it is not our responsibility to mow it is considered on our back door neighbors property).When it rains heavily, it runs up in the yards... creating all kinds of craziness. Lately, we have been seeing some new boys in the neighborhood playing in it. We have not paid much attention, but on Friday when our boys got home from school they went to check out what was going on. What they found was a young man's jackpot!!! They played for several hours and were back down there first thing Saturday morning. What did they find???
We knew they were there because we have the little holes in the yard closer to the water, but we had no idea that they could survive and thrive in the cest pond.
Bay and Callan caught about 15, plus a tadpole, plus a small dying minnow. Callan tried to hold a crawdad, but got a little freaked out by him clicking his pinchers and opted for the almost dead minnow (Baylor would not let him hold the tadpole).
2 comments:
That is so cool! Can I bring my kids over to catch some crawdads? They would LOVE it!!
I told you my boys spend hours in there in the spring. Not so much this time of year because as you said, it's a big stagnant and nasto. It was all great until we went to the Lankford's and got to see a real creek. It's been downhill from there......
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