"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
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| I don't know if this is off topic, but I just wanted to share this
| picture. THis is the true joy of fishing. Here is a picture of my
| daughter, with the 11 inch bass she caught using her "tigger" pole and
| a fathead minnow. We were fishing off the dock for bluegill using
| night crawlers, and she kept seeing this bass swimming in and out under
| us, so she decided to get a minnow and try to catch that bass. Of
| course, after the picture was taken, we released the fish.
|

Totally on topic, reminds me of my 5 year old daughters first fish, a 5
pound cat taken out of Belton Lake, Texas in 96. She caught it on a Smurf
rod and reel similar to your daughters. We pulled it into the boat and when
I went to put it in the well she asked what we were going to do with it and
of course I said "Take it home and eat it" at which point she started crying
"Dont kill it!". She has caught many fish since then but they have ALL gone
back into the water.