My Daughter's First Fish

polebender · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 09:39 am Post subject: My Daughter's First Fish

Took my daughter out fishing and she landed her first ever fish. Only thing that would have been better is if it was a catfish!

In case everyone wants to know, this monster was caught on a grasshopper in 1 foot of water.
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Liverpool_Fan · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 09:54 am Post subject:

Looks like you had a nice day out there Joe. I bet she was happy with it whatever the size right ?

Start 'em young and let them get the bug early.

I think there is a pic on this forum of me with a fish like that somewhere

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fishin1 · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 10:17 am Post subject:

you go joe ... is it bait now

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polebender · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 10:25 am Post subject:

I have 2 boys that i will get hooked on fishing when they get older. I think this one is probably done with fishing....

She had more fun catching the grasshoppers. She had a really good bluegill on right after that, but she got scared and handed me the rod. I went on to catch several big bluegill and 5 largemouth bass up to about 3 pounds.

I didn't have my cat gear with me, so I threw the little sucker back.
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fishin1 · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 10:52 am Post subject:

i take it you probably took her to a little pond

that's usually the best way to get the little ones hooked on fishin .
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polebender · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 12:32 pm Post subject:

yeah. it was a small pond of a friend. We were goofing off and catching a few fish. There are actually about 12 ponds out there, but they are all small. Most are drying up.
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fishin1 · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 01:12 pm Post subject:

and talking about a place to catch some lmb . actually anything you want to catch out of it . it's real easy to catch em cause they can't run as far from ya

if ya ever start having a slow time at fishin a lake , go to a pond . that right there will put that ole adrenlin rush back on ya
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John · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 04:38 pm Post subject:

polebender wrote:

She had a really good bluegill on right after that, but she got scared and handed me the rod. I went on to catch several big bluegill and 5 largemouth bass up to about 3 pounds.

I didn't have my cat gear with me, so I threw the little sucker back.

I bet you just took the snoopy rig from her so you could catch baitfish huh ?.

minatrea · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 08:52 pm Post subject:

That's excellent - I love the look on their faces when they realize there is something alive on the other end of that line - my boy tries to reel while jumping up and down at the same time...

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Steve-O · Posted: Tue, Aug 08 2006 10:22 pm Post subject:

Nothing like kids catching fish. She's a cutie Joe! Better keep your eye on her!

You know, when I was dating, it was a big plus if the girl wasn't a total girlie girl. If they could bait a hook, handle a fish, or shoot a gun, they were something special in my book.

All my kids can fish. They don't like it as much as me, but that's okay.
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polebender · Posted: Wed, Aug 09 2006 02:36 pm Post subject:

she is something else.

I don't think she will be the outdoors type. I had to work to get her to take the pic.

My boys will be into I think. They are not yet 3, so I guess I have to wait a while to find out.
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