Catfish Fever!

Eric had a "good week", catching catfish off the dock.  He caught three on consecutive nights!  All were really nice size.   The smallest was estimated at 18" long and the largest was about 24".

Eric informed me that they're territorial creatures and they protect their own area.  It seems that when one would get caught, another would move into its place.

Cleaning catfish is a little more complicated and time-consuming than cleaning a perch.  As you can imagine, Eric was happy to catch them, but grumbled a bit when it was time to clean them!

Ramsey had fun.  After Daddy cut off the "whiskers", Ramsey took hold of the wire cutters and thought he'd tinker around.

We soon realized that Ramsey shouldn't be trusted with sharp tools, so we took them away.  He promptly went into the living room to grab his play pliers!

And when that didn't seem to be quite enough fun, he thought he needed to attack the fish with his bubble wand (aka "light saber").

 Good job, Daddy... we'll be having a fish fry soon!