CaP'N GRuNGe Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Awesome! I went out this weekend with my parents, sister, and my two girls 7 and 3 for about an hour and a half and we caught 7 tiny perch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt770 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Just got back. A great week of family, good food, good fishing, and lots of cold beer. Quick story: My 4 year old is absolutely nuts for fishing. I'm sure I've bragged on him before, but here's the latest story: He and I and my 6 year old are out fishing on the last day. We had sucker minnows out all day with one bite, so not much action. We moved spots and threw out some minnows, and in the meanwhile he pulls a 6" Rap from my tackle box. He's using his Zebco 33, since his spinning rod has the minnow on it. (yes, my 4 year old has a spinning rod, and he knows how to use it ) So he's throwing this rap around, and says to me: "Daddy, I got one." He'd been casting to the edge of a Josh Gordon bed, so I looked over to make sure he wasn't hung up. Sure enough, his line is moving in the water, so I tell him: "Start reeling. Reel hard and keep your rod tip up." So he gets the fish close to the boat, and the fish is staying down. I tell him: "Lift up your rod tip. Get him out of the weeds." He lifts up the rod tip all on his own, and proceeds to pull this in. 24" northern, a little under 4 pounds. Not bad for a 4 year old, and all I did was net the fish. Needless to say, all three of us were laughing and excited as hell. Great way to end the week. Awesome story and pic. You should definitely frame that, maybe even send it into some fishing magazines. Perfectly captures a little boy's joy in landing a big one. I caught lots of fish when I was little and many of them seemed huge to me at the time, but none of them were anywhere near that size. Biggest were trout and bass in the 1-2 pound range, tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Runt Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I don't care for fishing in the least, but that pic is awesome and the memories a trip like that creates are priceless. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWmaker Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Pretty darn cool, CD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share Posted June 22, 2012 Well, my boy made the newspaper. I sent the story to the outdoor editor because they have a Catch of the Week. Here is the article from the paper this morning. Needless to say he was pretty excited. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Congrats on the story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moss6 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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