Had to brag a little on my boys, especially my 7 year old.
We recently gained access to a new fishing hole, my FIL purchased a new hay/cattle property. I volunteered to see if the bigger pond was stocked, and my boys were happy to help. Glad we did.
My 10 year old is a pretty good fisherman. He chooses his own bait, and does pretty well for a kid. My 7 year old is like any other 7 year old. He will fish for awhile, skip rocks for awhile, and goof off the rest of the time. He likes fishing, but usually is not as successful as me or my oldest, mostly due to attention span. He still has fun, just doesn't look at it as a competition. I think that changed yesterday morning.
We were getting close to the end of our fishing morning...it was 8 am and starting to heat up. I knew I had a chain saw and splitter waiting on me. I had already told the boys they had about a half hour and we needed to go. Everyone had already caught at least one, my oldest had probably banked 6-7, including a 4 pounder that was the big fish of the day....at the time. Weights are a guess, I didn't bring my scale and I'm not that good a guesser. My youngest asks me to tie something else on for him. He rummages in my box and finds a few random salt water assassins, and wanted to try one. He had a plastic worm hook already, so I told him it wasn't really the right setup, but he was welcome to try. So, he ended up with a Texas rigged salt water assassin. I was just happy to not switch to a spinner bait for the 5th time that morning. I told him he may not catch much, but he didn't care. Well, he drug this gal to the bank on the first cast, I'm guessing 5 lb, but pretty sure she was heavier than that:
Big brother pouted all the way home, but by the end of the day he was asking me to skip work and go fishing again....he didn't like being beat, but is ready for the challenge. Both big fish were released back to the pond.
We recently gained access to a new fishing hole, my FIL purchased a new hay/cattle property. I volunteered to see if the bigger pond was stocked, and my boys were happy to help. Glad we did.
My 10 year old is a pretty good fisherman. He chooses his own bait, and does pretty well for a kid. My 7 year old is like any other 7 year old. He will fish for awhile, skip rocks for awhile, and goof off the rest of the time. He likes fishing, but usually is not as successful as me or my oldest, mostly due to attention span. He still has fun, just doesn't look at it as a competition. I think that changed yesterday morning.
We were getting close to the end of our fishing morning...it was 8 am and starting to heat up. I knew I had a chain saw and splitter waiting on me. I had already told the boys they had about a half hour and we needed to go. Everyone had already caught at least one, my oldest had probably banked 6-7, including a 4 pounder that was the big fish of the day....at the time. Weights are a guess, I didn't bring my scale and I'm not that good a guesser. My youngest asks me to tie something else on for him. He rummages in my box and finds a few random salt water assassins, and wanted to try one. He had a plastic worm hook already, so I told him it wasn't really the right setup, but he was welcome to try. So, he ended up with a Texas rigged salt water assassin. I was just happy to not switch to a spinner bait for the 5th time that morning. I told him he may not catch much, but he didn't care. Well, he drug this gal to the bank on the first cast, I'm guessing 5 lb, but pretty sure she was heavier than that:
Big brother pouted all the way home, but by the end of the day he was asking me to skip work and go fishing again....he didn't like being beat, but is ready for the challenge. Both big fish were released back to the pond.
