My son told me he wanted to catch a bluefish while we were on vacation down the Cape this week. We saw a ton of birds picking off bait while at the beach today, so I decided to take him after dinner. I was casting the plug into a pretty stiff breeze and letting my son reel it in. He was doing great, but there didn't seem to be any fish around. After a few minutes, I was watching him work the plug and all of a sudden I saw a fish hit it. As he got it to shore, I realized that it wasn't a small blue, but a tiny bass. He was thrilled, and I was probably even more excited than him to see him catch his first striper.

that's a big smile on that young man

Great picture... he is beaming...

Fish was so beastly it took his left arm off in between pics. Tell him I said Congrats and that he's got drew beat. Nice pics!
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damn even he catches bigger stripers then i do :( congrats to the little man and his dad!

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

Whata pic

nice fish ... and it begins . :uhuh:

Born to fish

nice goin

nothing better than that

Congrats to the Young Anglah

Thats awesome John!! Congrats to the young angler....and his Dad!:uhuh:

What a smile. Way to go guys.
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Awesome stuff. Congrats to you and him.

That is awesome, what a cutie. he is hooked for life now.

Keep that picture safe for him when he gets older, he will remember that bass for his whole life and when he gets older you can frame it and give it to him.
Make sure he knows about bluefish and their teeth. One of the few things I remember when I was really young was my first snapper bluefish. I will start a different thread so I don't derail yours.

Great experience and fish to boot....I'll bet he outfished Dad!

Make sure to instruct him properly: don't hold a bluefish that way.:)

awesome pic your son and you will remember for years to come.your son's striper beats what i've been catching lately.keep it up.

Great job John! Congrats to your son!!!

Grat pics!

Awesome!!!
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Nice John!

very happy to hear, he'll remember that forever.

Great pics! What an awesome smile!

Look for this around December John-

Dear Santa I have been a good boy this year and for christmas this year I would like.
1- A 10' Century Stealth with concept guides rated 2-5 oz
2- A Van Staal 150
3- A tank for keeping eels alive
4- An assortment of custom plugs
5- A new football

Thank you
Fishbones Jr

Neat

Fish,
that pix is a winner and so is that cutie kid.
The Christmas list is real. If you son doesn't
want it I'll take it. Great.

Congrats to the big guy,that smile says it all nice job John.
Good lookin kid John,he's gotta be the milk mans :rotf2:

Good lookin kid John,he's gotta be the milk mans :rotf2:



:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

That's really cool

:btu:

get him a rod of his own now

FB... I will make him a plug when i get back from vacation...what should I make FB Jr?

Thanks everyone. He's still excited over it and wants to go back out again this evening. He was bummed out about not being able to go last night due to the thunder storms. I promised him we'd go to the B&T today to pick out a couple new plugs just for him. He also told me he wants a plug bag to replace his small Star Wars tackle box.

Blondterror, thanks that's very generous of you. I guess a topwater plug would be best for him since he'll be doing his fishing during the day for the next few years.