All right, so let's start with you.
Do you remember fishing when you were a little girl?
Yeah.
What are some of your memories that you have of that?
I remember us always carving our names on the foam door.
I remember of the ice channy.
And then I remember our dad would always
bribe us out there with candy.
And he would be like, you could have as much candy
as you want on the boat.
See, when we're fishing, you don't have to ask me for candy.
You can just have as much candy as you want.
And that was pretty good, right?
I'm sure you were like, I'll go on the boat for that.
Yeah, like when we went to Fleet Farm to pick out bait,
we could just pick whatever candy we want,
and we can't eat that on the boat.
What was your candy?
Oh, it depends on the day, most of the time,
like Milky Way, Twix, or like those bags
that have like separate pieces of candy.
Those are good.
Right now, we have some Kit-Kat minis for fishing.
Oh, for fishing or for you when you're fishing?
For fishing.
Oh, OK.
So what's your favorite kind of fish to catch?
I would probably say I would like catching Northern
because I would ideally want a Northern to be on the wall.
And it's just like, it's fun to fight it
and like get it in the boat and like,
so then you don't have to like, you can cast.
And then once one starts going, it's like a big thing.
And then you get to reel it in, it's really fun.
What's that feeling like when you can really feel like?
It's like, I don't know what's going to happen.
It's probably going to fall off.
And then if it does, it's my fault.
What if it's a big mantra?
I don't know.
And then it ends up being a little tiny boogoo.
So have you ever run the net or are you always
the one reel in the net?
Me and Sage switch off who's reeling it in.
And then sometimes if I like today, like I'll be like,
I want to net it this time.
And then we'll just grab the net and net it.
But sometimes my dad would want to net it
or if he can tell it's like a really big one,
he'll be like, no, I'm netting this one.
Because he wants to make sure it gets a net.
Yeah.
So for you, is it more fun to like be fishing?
Is it just about being out in the boat
or what do you enjoy about it?
I like the adrenaline and just like catching a fish.
And it's like, oh my gosh, there's a fish on the boat.
And then like, you also feel productive while you can just
sit there and talk and wait.
And so it's like you're waiting for a fish.
And then like mid sentence, you're like, it's a fish.
Is it surprising each time, right?
Yeah.
So we noticed a few times that it took your bait, right?
Yeah.
You get frustrated with the fish then?
Well, no, it's just more of a like,
now I have to put another worm on.
But you're OK with that?
Yeah, I mean, at least that means there's fish over there.
And sometimes it would be that I would cast it bad
and then it would fall off.
OK.
So you also have a mantra on that.
And do you remember the story for that?
Yeah.
So our family friends came over.
And I was just like the only one fishing off the pier.
And it was like really like August.
And they were biting really, really good that day.
And there's a bunch of all the Mayflies were out.
And so I would, well, maybe it was springing.
I don't know.
But I took a Mayfly and I kept putting them on.
And then the fish would kept biting.
And I had to had a bucket full of so many food,
like little boogles.
And then I caught a nine, one and a half, nine and a half.
And then I'm like, Dad, can I mountain?
Can I mountain?
He's like, you know what?
It's supposed to be 10.
But if you can catch a nine and three quarters,
I'll mount it.
And then one of our family friends
picked up a Mayfly and they're like, that's the Mayfly.
And then I put it on.
And then the next fish I caught was the nine and three quarters.
And then it got mounted.
And so it was like an hour, not hours,
but like an hour of the prime time just constantly fishing
while everyone was just over there talking.
Do you ever feel bad for all the little kids
who don't get to go fishing all the time right off the dock?
Yeah, but then at the same time,
it's like you get to go fishing so much.
It's kind of hard to imagine not going fishing,
but like I can't imagine not going fishing.
So I didn't see your dad having to bribe you a candy, right?
No.
Like you just go on your own now?
Yeah.
So at what point did you outgrow that
where he had to bribe you to get you on the boat?
Well, he would never have to like bribe bribles.
It was just the thing.
Like he wouldn't be like, come on, get on the boat.
There's gonna be candy.
He would just be like, oh, yeah, we get to go get candy
while we're fishing.
And fishing was really fun.
So we'd say yes, but then it's just a plus.
There's also candy and like ice fishing.
There's always like a big bag of candy in the middle of the shack.
And then you can just have candy.
And it's just the thing
because we don't eat our Halloween candy right away
like most families do.
Instead, we have a candy drawer
that we put all of our Halloween candy in
and we just store up all of our candy and like.
That way it lasts longer.
It lasts longer and like, we're not the type of people
to just one night mow down all the candy.
Get sick to your stomach.
Yeah, and then our mom snacks on it while she works too.
I'm sure she's happy to have you spill the secrets there.
So do you like boat fishing or ice fishing more?
I would say I, it depends on the mood,
but like since I've been boat fishing a lot,
right now I would say I'm in the mood for ice fishing
because it's like tip up.
It's like so much more you don't know what's gonna happen
and you're just like sitting there talking
or like you can just go outside and play in the snow
and build an ankle and then flag goes up.
Oh no, gotta run to the flag and your snow pants
and snow boots without falling over.
And then like you just see if it's spinning,
grab it, slowly take it in and then you feel a snug
and then you just like just go.
Have you been caught in any of your personal traps out there?
What?
She said, your sister said she said booby traps for you.
Oh yeah, it's kind of like a tradition.
Like once we have a fishery,
once a, practically once a year now,
like every time on the fishery,
I don't know if I did it last year, the year before,
but I would always fall in one of them
and then I would have to change out my boots
and I'd be soaking wet.
It's good thing you're close to home, right?
Yeah.
All right.
Anything else that you wanna add or you can think of?
Not really.
Okay, can I get you to say and spell your name for me?
Reyna Haldeman, R-A-Y-N-A-H-A-L-D-E-M-A-N-N.
And how old are you?
11.
Okay.
And why did your dad call you Rose or Rosa?
Is that your middle name?
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
We're all good.