My boy's first bass...

My wife and I were both off from work today, so I had planned on getting her
out on the boat today. She says I never offer to take her with me, so today
in the 97 degree heat... was her day to go. LOL

Anyway, we took our son with us since all I was really wanting to do was to
run the boat for awhile. So after replacing the prop that Joe had modified
the night before, the three of us were off to waste gas, see some sights,
and spend some time together. Bradley Jr., after driving around some, wanted
to catch some fish. I wasn't really planning on fishing or I would have
picked up a box of night crawlers and went somewhere shady and caught a load
of bream... but, I told him we'd fish my way.

Went to secret spot number 1 that only Joe and I, and probably the rest of
Nashville know about and dropped the trolling motor. I reached into the rod
locker to get a rod and found one with a jig. I pitched it to a few places,
handing Bradley the rod each time. About his fifth time he set the hook! I
had to coach him a little on keeping the rod tip up, but all in all he did
great. Finally, he swung it over into the boat "just like the do on TV", and
almost into his mothers lap. He had a nice smallmouth of about 14". He
fished for a few more minutes, but tired out since the action just wasn't
there. It was hot anyway and sitting still too long was almost impossible.

Bradley wouldn't hold his catch, so unfortunately I couldn't get his
picture. But, I'm sure that the two of us will still remember this for a
long while.