Hooked for Life!!
 

What a great day I had! Took a client and his 10 yr. old son fishing. They both love to fish, mostly freshwater, some scup, really love it. So I was telling them about catching bass on light tackle and topwaters and they were in. We get to The Spot and the wind is HOWLING in our face. They couldn't quite reach the rip, but I was getting the occasional follow when I hit it(Had to play the wind and allow for about a 15 yard wind drift:uhuh:). They had a pod of herring pinned against the bank and were working them pretty good(At one point, an Osprey came down and plucked a herring from the school - too cool!). Anyway, I finally get tight and hand the rod to the son, Jason. 30.5", 10# on Red Top's scale and biggest smile I have seen in a long time! Quite a battle on the light stuff. Dad got one 27" a few minutes later then it quieted down.

The guys at Red Top treated him great. Pictures outside with the fish hanging on the hook, cars beeping as they went by, pic on the "Wall of Fame". Priceless.

Can't ask for anything more as far as I am concerned.

Awesome...tha's what it's all about!!!!

Congrats Kid :btu:


Nice job Rick!

kids smile says everything

Awesome!:kewl:

You did a great thing for that kid, may it come back to you tenfold !!!

Already has. As big as his smile was, I am sure mine was bigger.

The only thing better would be having the kid cast and hookup on his own. I'm not knocking your assist in this catch, but the feeling that he will get when he knows what to do on his own will be equally priceless. Kudos for getting headed in the right direction!

I agree. When my son and daughter were young I used to hook up and hand them the rod. When they graduated to casting themselves it was even better. So awesome!! My goal is to get my son a keeper size fish this year when he casts, we'll see.

Great job on the fish RickHern!!

awesome //i love it ><><><:fishin:

Great work Rick. Kid looks thrilled. I love that stuff.

Guy's I agree that when he hooks up on his own, that will be the ultimate. Times like this sometimes make you appreciate what you have learned and how fine a line there can be between catching or not.

We were throwing the same plugs, same water, I had 5 hits and they had none. The difference was in the cadence of the lure. They wanted a slow and strong POP...pause...POP...pause. Hits were all on the pause. No matter how many times I told them to slow it down, they didn't quite get it. How many times have we all been on the opposite side of that equation?(I still am way too often!!).

Or more directly, when were we told to "slow your retrieve" and when we thought we did, we were told to "slow it down" again!:fury:
It wasn't until we got to the right speed that the light bulb switched on and we finally understood why we were told SO MANY TIMES to "slow it down".

Sure, it can be frustrating at first, but when you remind yourself what is was like for you, and how you felt when it finally clicked, you'll be more patient and forgiving when showing a youngster the ropes.

I've got a dozen nieces and nephews getting to that stage where they don't want me to do it for them anymore, except when they get a snag or tangle that is:biglaugh: