Great Night
 

Details and pictures tomorrow (no, didn't get a 50 for the Cup :rotf2: ).

So I take it you don't wanna head north to wet a line...:hee:

Supa Cow.

It got better after you left, John.

But, I think your night was still much more rewarding :btu:

Cant wait to hear the details on this one.

This should be interesting

wish I was able to witness it

i hope it involves a personal best

the Su-spence
 

is killin me :devil2:

Hey Kevin, wanna head south? :lama:

Congrats John, hurry up and post the pics will ya....!

It's tommorrow!
 

:uhuh::eyes:

:nopics:

some kids are fortunite /// Liams is one ><><:jump1:

I've had my coffee, now I need some fish porn. Lets see em...

where woman involved?

oh BOY can't wait for pics!

It's his birthday don't keep him waiting.....do it for him John.

HBD! Don

OK, originally had plans to go and fish with Afterhours last night but I - in the nicest way possible :rotf2: - decided to blow him off in favor of taking my kid fishing instead. Hi Don :buds:

A particular place has had a good bite of small under and not far over keeper size bass for several days now, fish relatively close to shore more than obviating the need for He-Man casting. In other words, in range of a decent kids cast.

So we went down, waders and all, into the mouth of the beast which is the east end, close to a parking lot.

Of course, we ran into Roy which automatically improves anyone's horseshoe luck factor.

At first I was getting fish at the end of the cast every so often when I would have him reel in the fish. With the exception of a bluefish long ago, he's not had the experience of reeling in keeper sized fish in moving current. Being more than his typical schoolies or small sweetwater fish, more work was involved, but he handled it well. Am I talking like the proud dad? He reeled in his first and second keeper sized fish.

We had cycled through a few different lures for him, knowing he wanted to use one he got from Larry this winter but not wanting to loose it to Bluefish but he put it on for his last dozen casts as we were somewhat confident we far enough away from the bluefish massacre as we'd managed to stay solely into bass.

So while earlier he'd reeled in his first keeper size fish, now he casted his prized BigFish lure, hooked, fought, and landed his first keeper Striped Bass with dad only handling the leader :kewl: - The fish ran 30 inches.

He is very excited. The lure will be retired, and he will be eating his first striper he caught from end to end.

So no, no 50 for the cup but one proud father and one very excited kid :btu:

a proud moment for you both.

............but shame on you as an irresponsible parent. Should have known better than to get him into this obsession we all live.......Now instead of worryin about him out chasin girls, drivin around late at nite, you gonna have to worry about him chasin a different kind of tail all nite..............

That should be the best tasting fish for the both of you ! :)

Congratulations Liam! outstanding work john! I can imagine the smiles :). So liam did you make dad carry your gear to the vehicle sine you had to carry the fish?
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That's awesome congrats to you and your son
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That's awesome, John! :kewl: You should be very proud!! I can't wait to get my son onto his first keeper bass.

I just hope your son didn't have to witness the short fish littering the edge of the bike path like the night before.

That's awesome john...good for you and your son.....sounded like a fantastic night.

thats great, congrats

Better than catching a supa-cow, congrats to you and your son John.

Congrats to "Liam The Striper Slayer"!
 

John that is a great story.....and a great fish! Liam is truly a lucky young man to have such a Dad! John and Liam.....retire that lure if you like......I have it's twin right here in my shop and I will send it out in the mail today!!! No need to make the lad sad that he can't still fish his "lucky lure"! I will include a hat and maybe a little sumthin' else!:uhuh:

Way to go Liam....you make us all proud here at S-B!

Congratulations to your son for some nice fish!

I never see you with fish that big.

Thanks goodness he gets his looks from his mom*













* I always say that, good thing no one ever gets mad

That's fantastic John!

Great stuff, congrats John & Liam.