Fishing at Duck Creek Conservation Area

They let me in the boat...SERIOUSLY!  Saturday afternoon, The Man and The Big Little Man let me gofishing with them at Duck Creek Conservation Area.  I am still stunned that I knew this place existed, but had never been fishing there, okay forget fishing, I had never been there to shoot photos. 

We arrived at Duck Creek Conservation Area just a few minutes after 4pm, I was a bit relieved we had let the sun settle as I discovered we would be renting a boat and paddling out on the lake to do some fishing.  By the way folks you can rent boats and paddles for $5 there from the Missouri Department of Conservation. 

The minute we hit the lake I was extremely bummed I had packed my book, but left my big camera at home.  I don't know how many fish are in the lake, but I can tell you there are tons of lillypad and dollar pads all over this lake.  

Crawdad Fishing in Missouri

Do you want to know the key to successfully helping your kids make friends, well I do not have it, but I have discovered Crawdad Fishing brings like minds together.

First, what is a Crawdad, well it is this little crab looking thing that in other areas can grow rather large and is good to eat, however, where we go crawdad fishing they are like an inch long and hide under the rocks on the bottom of creeks and streams.  

Now how do these things bring friends together, I have no clue, but pack a bucket, a few fishing nets, and you will see a couple of kids work together to fill those buckets full of crawdads.  Let us face it boys will boys, and girls will be girls, and in life it is only about having fun.