As I have mentioned before, in this house, we like all things to do with the sea and the girls really love to do some fishing.
One of their favourite summer evening activity is to take some home made lines down to our local quay and fish for shore crabs.
The lines are really easy to make. All you need is a length of string about 4 meters for each line, some card, and the small net bags the washing powder tablets come in. you will also need some rashers of bacon diced up.
(don't forget your line will need to reach the river or sea bed so don't choose anywhere too deep & make sure your line is long enough - if your river is more than 3 or 4 meters deep you may need to pop a pebble or weight of some kind in the bag to help take the line to the bottom)
All you do is take your bag, fill with bacon and attach the line. Cut the card into a small, hand size, rectangle and use it to roll the string on. Place in their buckets for safe transport and head to your nearest saltwater quay.
We have a few games whilst were crabbing - the obvious one being who can catch to most. Others we play are a few crab races where they choose their 'champion crab' and pop them on a start line about a meter from the water we then watch as they make their sideways run towards the sea - the first one is the winner - obviously!
And the last game - which is my husbands favourite and also any boys in our group! - is to place a pound coin in the bottom of a bucket, pour some crabs in the bucket as well and each take it in turn to grab the money - the kids get to keep the coins to add to their pocket money!
All these games teach them to respect the animals and the water. It also shows them not be fearful of the crabs and we show them how to handle them properly so as not to hurt them - we all get to have a good look at them as well.
And at the end of the day though, just a cheap fishing net can also provide hours of fun!!
Have a great weekend
Liz xx
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