For years , fishing the salt, I failed at putting my little girl on some fish other than tons of bluefish. Both my wife and son have caught stripers but she never did. That changed over Memorial day weekend. We were up at lake texoma for 3 days. The shad were spawning, they look similar to peanut bunker and the stripers were slamming top waters - gibbs pencils, all along the shore. Day 1 I went solo and got about 12 fish, all 5- 12 lbs. was back at the cottage by 8am Day 2 I brought my daughter. Conditions were totally different, no signs of bait. A few casts along the shore and bam, she was on. Pic attached. We got a few more but nothing like the day before. She was pretty psyched. The next day, I took my son out, bait was everywhere but no bass. We managed a few dinks. Spent the rest of the day tubing.

Awesome! Congrats

Nice:uhuh:

Well done.
I'm curious what water temp does that lake have to maintain those fish....doesn't get too warm I guess.
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that's fantastic Jim!

that,s geat Jimmy

Priceless!!

A day she will remember! :)

Sweet. Blow that pic up and throw it on the wall. She'll always love it.

Congrats man! Still hoping to put my son on his first fish this year! Good stuff man!

Beautiful story, beautiful girl and I bet even IF she changes her mind about fishing at some point she will be back! I commend you for taking her to begin with :) :love:

Awesome Jimmy. Love it!!! Still miss seeing you at our "hole" on the North end.

Cool!!

Nice story Jim. I can't believe how much your daughter has grown.
Are we getting older?

thanks for sharing Jimmy
we have no kids
so it's nice to see the Moment of Joy

Nice! Puttin smiles on kid's faces is what it's all about
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Thanks guys. Yeah Bruce, we are getting older, man I feel my 40s. My daughter turn 11 in few weeks, when you met her she was @ 6.
Makai, the lake is deep, 80 ft in some spots, stripers actually spawn here , trophy fish would be anything over 20lbs, but on freshwater gear they r a blast. Lake record is mid 30s. Winter and spring r the best times.
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awesome!!

Nice, another memory to last through the years. :)

Congrats to her!

Do others fish pencils there?

Awesome!

Congrats to your little girl!

Front Page!

NICE Jimmy you must be the proudest Dad .
Kids , its the best thing for a dad . My daughters make me proud often . They are my life right now . its all about them and their persuits .

How do those texas bass fight ?

are you a yankee or a damn yankee ?

NICE Jimmy you must be the proudest Dad .
Kids , its the best thing for a dad . My daughters make me proud often . They are my life right now . its all about them and their persuits .

How do those texas bass fight ?

are you a yankee or a damn yankee ?

I haven't seen your daughters in years - are they still in school? Near graduating HS? My son is 12 now so your's must bee later teens...

Here is my kid (gonna be taller than me in a few years) :

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Great pick RIJ.

John, Thanks for the front page! She'll be psyched (an probabaly embarrased_ when I show her tonight.

Congrats, that is truly the greatest thing about fishing, that you can share it with your kids and see an excitement in their eyes that you really share with them.

Nice!

I haven't seen your daughters in years - are they still in school? Near graduating HS? My son is 12 now so your's must bee later teens...

Here is my kid (gonna be taller than me in a few years) :

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alexis 18 is in college and Jessie 15 is a sophmore in HS . Thanks for asking . Thats a good kid you got there John last time I saw him he was a baby . Yeah they are my whole life right now . between alexis's job and school . jessie with soccer , track , karate , school , lacrosse , soccer referee and religion they keep me busy . Its all good . I get out to fish when i can which is only the dark hours maybe once a month . And with all that I still work 8 hours a day .

Two great photos!

WTG dad! Well done!

It makes a great front page! It was the first thing i saw after years. Made me smile. Congrats! To both of you!
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