Every once in a while we see somebody cast netting on Harbor Island. Kyle and Owen have been fascinated by it, and have really wanted to try it. Hunting Island’s Nature Center offers all sorts of classes for people of all ages, and I noticed that they offer a cast netting class for kids as young as six years old. I signed the bambinos up for it, and we had such a great time! The teacher was a kind and patient guy named Jim. It was an hour-long class, and Jim taught us all about cast netting at the Hunting Island lagoon. He was also an expert naturalist, able to teach us all sorts of stuff about all the things the kids caught (and they caught a lot!).
Cast netting is such a fun activity because it doesn’t require too much skill to catch all sorts of stuff. Meera was super excited that even she pretty quickly caught on and was able to catch shrimp and crabs and little fish. She even caught a baby flounder.
The boys, of course, picked it up ridiculously quickly and within 10 minutes looked like cast netting pro’s.
Many people use cast netting to catch fishing bait. But for the bambinos the fun is just to see what you can catch (we threw everything back in). In addition to shrimp and crabs, and all sorts of little fish, the big surprise was that Owen caught a Burrfish (a type of blowfish/puffer fish)!!! I think we’re going to be cast netting a lot in the next couple of weeks!
So much healthy outdoor fun for you and the kids this summer! Plus learning new things and having new experiences. How terrific for you all!