Fishing Buddies
This is my grandson Keegan (we call him Bubbie) and some of the fish we caught last week. Also my granddaughter Nadia who caught some really nice sunfish and bluegills. I don’t get to see these two enough, so it was wonderful to get to spend some fishing time with them. Bubbie turned out to be a natural when it comes to fishing. The first time we went out he caught 13 of the 17 sunfish/bluegills and he let me catch the bass. Actually he really did! Just before this 15″ largemouth took my “leaf worm” offering, Bubbie said “You aren’t going to catch a bass dad!” (some of my grandkids call me dad) The words had barely left his tongue when Mr. Bass got overly excited, and made a fatal mistake. I don’t know who was more surprised, Bubbie or me! I cleaned the the fish that evening, and froze them for a day when my fishing buddies can eat them with me.
Nadia went with Bubbie and me the following day, along with Kyle, and his favorite “snoopy” fishing pole. Nadia caught several very nice sunfish, and Bubbie caught a couple we put in our bucket. On our way to the lake I said a little prayer and asked God for a nice day, the fishing hole to ourselves, and for Bubbie to catch a bass. We had a gorgeous day, no other fishermen around, and Bubbie caught his very first bass! It was only about 10 inches long, but you would of thought it was a new world record! Thank you God! That day we decided to release the ones we had caught, and the kids got a big charge out of letting them go back in the water. I explained to Bubbie that we had to release his trophy bass, so he could grow to be much bigger, and he didn’t have any problem with watching him swim away. I told them we only needed enough for a meal, and if you aren’t going eat the fish, put em back where they came from. Kyle, who just turned 3 caught about 8 fish all by himself, and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a bigger smile on a kid. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. I really cherished my time with the grandkids, and I’m pretty sure we have at least three confirmed anglers on our hands.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Awesome. That is a pretty good looking stringer there Mike. I wish I caught bass like that on leaf worms!:):):)
July 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Sounds like a good fishing trip and a good time. I think it’s great you are teaching the kids to take only what they need. That leaves more fish for next time.