It's such a joy to witness a father passing on a love for the outdoors, particularly when the child has an exceptional day.
Fished Sunday with Steve and his son Nathaniel, age 9. I arrived at daybreak and got a few hours in before they showed up. Water temp was 68 F to start. Around 8 am I found this hawg in 6" of water on the bank with my black buzzbait. I saw the fish move as soon as my lure hit the water, ~6 lbs on the grips. Great way to start the day. I landed several small bass trolling a blue x-rap as well as a few decent crappie.
Nathaniel was eager to out-do me and he scored big with 2 bass pushing 5 lbs, both caught on a jitterbug. Here's one ...
After noon, Steve and I both landed 5 or so each to finish out the day. I got a few on a balsa Rapala SSR 6 (silver/black, floating, shallow runner) including this guy, Steve's were on a buzzbait.
Other highlights included more small bass, blow-up missed strikes from large river bass, as well as a very aggressive pickerel that slammed my swimbait like a freight train. It went airborne twice and ultimately shook the hook.
We pulled out the canoes around 3 pm. All in all, a great day on the water. Beautiful weather and big bass. I'm pretty confident that Nathaniel will be asking for a return trip, and I'll be buying a few jitterbugs!
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