I bought my daughter a new bait casting reel and we have had several practice sessions in the yard. She got to where she could cast this thing pretty good, so I took her to Fayette to teach her how to fish with plastic.
During this practice session, I also taught her how to tie a palomar knot.
We get on the water and meet up with a couple of my friends that were fishing in the timber and doing pretty good right. Well I didn’t think this was the place for her to start out at with a new reel, so I took her to some places where she had more open water to fish. For some reason, she just couldn’t cast that reel on the lake. So, I told to just use the other reels I had fixed up for her.
She ended up catching three fish in all, but she also landed her fish, removed the hook, and released them on her own. So now, oh Dad doesn’t have to work as hard as he has had to do in the past. I like that.
She did hook one heck of a bass. As she got it close to the boat, it went under the boat and she didn’t know what to do. I was trying to tell her what to do, but it was to late. The fish came up about ten feet on the other side of the boat and spit her bait out. Just judging from what I saw of the fish, it probably would have went around four pounds. It would defiantly been her P/B.
The bite was on just about any where we went. We caught fish on top water baits, swim baits, crank baits, and plastic.
We caught some where between 25 to 30 fish in all. Fish were from 2 lbs. to 5 lbs.
Oh yeah, one of buddies rods went over board and he went in to save it. I got a pic of him trying to get back in his boat.
I’ll post a few pics that Marianna took, and one of her holding two fish. Over all, I had a great day with my daughter, and I still have a lot to teach her. But the only way to do this is to keep on taking her to the lake. I hope to have her as my fishing tournament partner here before to long. Even if we don’t win and T‘s, I still think this will be some of those days that she will never forget.
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During this practice session, I also taught her how to tie a palomar knot.
We get on the water and meet up with a couple of my friends that were fishing in the timber and doing pretty good right. Well I didn’t think this was the place for her to start out at with a new reel, so I took her to some places where she had more open water to fish. For some reason, she just couldn’t cast that reel on the lake. So, I told to just use the other reels I had fixed up for her.
She ended up catching three fish in all, but she also landed her fish, removed the hook, and released them on her own. So now, oh Dad doesn’t have to work as hard as he has had to do in the past. I like that.
She did hook one heck of a bass. As she got it close to the boat, it went under the boat and she didn’t know what to do. I was trying to tell her what to do, but it was to late. The fish came up about ten feet on the other side of the boat and spit her bait out. Just judging from what I saw of the fish, it probably would have went around four pounds. It would defiantly been her P/B.
The bite was on just about any where we went. We caught fish on top water baits, swim baits, crank baits, and plastic.
We caught some where between 25 to 30 fish in all. Fish were from 2 lbs. to 5 lbs.
Oh yeah, one of buddies rods went over board and he went in to save it. I got a pic of him trying to get back in his boat.
I’ll post a few pics that Marianna took, and one of her holding two fish. Over all, I had a great day with my daughter, and I still have a lot to teach her. But the only way to do this is to keep on taking her to the lake. I hope to have her as my fishing tournament partner here before to long. Even if we don’t win and T‘s, I still think this will be some of those days that she will never forget.
... first of all ... effin CONGRATS on teaching her how to cast a bait caster so soon. How old is she? I didn't even get decent with a bait caster until a year ago. That is super impressive. Also on casting it at the lake ... I noticed as I am sure you all did, the wind was a huge factor for me in the beginning. 
