A few important "firsts" in Anderson family fishing.

This is my first ever lake trout.  Great fighter, even while trolling.  This guy came from about 120' of water.  Dad definitely showed off his great photography technique by skillfully including his thumb in the upper right corner.

Norah has been fishing many times...but this August she went out in the boat with Grandpa Anderson for the first time.  We went to Ashippun Lake to catch bluegills and while I thought she would only last 45 minutes, she fished (and played with the worms and minnows) for over two hours and didn't want to go home.

This picture is more than just a little girl with a bluegill...it is Norah's first fish ever caught completely independent of me.  I was helping Carly with a pretty substantial tangle and Norah decided to drop her bait in the water without telling us.  All of a sudden I heard her say "I think I have a bite" and she set the hook and reeled in this nice 8" gill.  She proceeded to catch about 5 more fish all by herself...even selecting what spots along the pier she wanted to fish.  

We have hooked into many sturgeon before, but this is the first one that has ever been small enough to actually get in the boat with our walleye tackle.  While this fish was caught by dad, it is the first sturgeon I have ever held.  Beautiful dinosaur feeling fish.  He was boated on the Wisconsin River in the Dells.  

This is John's first ever bass caught on a topwater frog.  He caught it fishing the shallows on a Texas lake.  Good to see him so excited about fishing.