Birthday Trip out

Congratulations to the wee-one! I can't wait to come back up there and fish
there again.

Christopher

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Yesterday was the little guys birthday, he turned 4. I brought him to the
store to pick out a gift, as we cruised row after row of toys, he could
not
decide what to get. He eventually wound up picking out a spinning rod
/reel
combo with all the grubs, bobbers and worms a spinning rod combo kit could
hold. How could I argue?

I promised him that right after work today we would go fishing. I set up
his combo and tied a speed worm on for him. He didn't have too much
trouble
other than the occasional tangle with the grass. I fished a horny toad
over
the grass that I took Chris to last week. 4 or 5 blow ups and two
pickerel
to the boat. I also lost a nice bass on the jump. We were heading back in
and that "You know you should take a few more casts" thing kicked in. So I
flipped a wacko in some pads, felt a thump and set the hook. Nice big
fish,
this fish made me smile cause it was one of those fish that make the day
worth while( at least for me). About ten minutes later I cast my son's
wacko
at the side of a tree laying down near the shore. I hand him the rod and
start tying on another hook to my line. My son's shriek of "I got a fish"
"I
got a fish" had me look up. The rod was slapping against the boat and it
was
bent to it's limit. I jumped across the seat and grabbed the rod to lift
it.
Big fish, rod jerks, real big fish. Fish launchs into the air. "Holy Sh%T"
fish. My son kept cranking as much as his little hands could, the fish
went
to the air again and came down with a mighty splash. He reeled it to the
edge of the boat where I lipped it. It was gut hooked but the point was
sticking out and I was able to cut the line and remove the hook by the
point
with no problem. He was also able to hold both fish for pictures( so did I
as his was much nicer :-)) This is a lake I have not fished much since
moving here over 5 years ago. I will most likely visit this lake some
more,
after all it's three minutes from my house. Pictures at a.b.p.f.


Randy-