Post by whiskey on Mar 20, 2011 20:02:16 GMT -5
I have had lots of good days fishing. I grew up on a large TVA lake and fished a lot as a kid. We had good large mouth fishing, good small mouth fishing, good crappie and good striper fishing just out my door. I had a stocked trout stream 5 miles from my house and my parents took me deep sea fishing just about every year. I lived in Alaska for 3 years and caught every species of salmon, caught big halibut, cod and sea bass. I lived on the gulf coast of south Florida for seven years. I got to fish the flats for redfish, sea trout, bonefish, flounder and snook. I got to fish Boca Grande pass for huge Tarpon. I fished piers for giant gag grouper and king mackerel. Of course there was the famous south Florida large mouth bass fishing too. I have been blessed to fish some the most sought after water in the North America, but Saturday was without a doubt my best day fishing.
My daughter and I were fishing off a dock on the lake I grew up on. The lake is a couple hours south of where we live now, but my mom still lives there and we were having family get-together Saturday night, so I figured we would arrive early and do some fishing. The weather was beautiful, partly sunny and 70 degrees. We had out ultralight poles and a bucket of minnows and were hoping to get enough crappie for dinner.
Well it turned out that the crappie weren't bitting great. I caught a couple small one and we had hit a slow period with no bites. My daughter shoved her rod under a boat cleat and started texting on her cell phone. Then all of a sudden I heard her drag screaming. She grabbed the pole and and started yelling for me to help her. I talked her through fighting the fish and had her work it up slow to the edge of the dock. We didn't have a net, so I laid on my belly and this was what I pulled out of the lake...
A 4 pound small mouth bass.
I couldn't believe she landed this fish with an ultralight and a #4 crappie hook. She started telling me how I should be fishing and that her method was the best. I told her it was just luck that she caught that fish while crappie fishing. She re-baited her hook and shoved the rod back under the boat cleat. We called my wife and told her the story and several family members came down from the house to see her fish. Everyone went back up to the house and it was just her and I on the dock again. Then I hear the drag screaming again! She grabbed the pole and the situation repeated itself. This time I reached down and pulled up....
Another 4 pound small mouth!
OK, so lighting does strike twice. Well actually it probably would have struck three times, but the third time was NOT a charm. The third time she managed to get a big strike on her ultralight pole shoved under the boat cleat resulted in a lost fishing pole. I am sure it was another big small mouth. She was upset about losing the pole, but the two nice fished just about overshadowed it. A great day for sure.
My daughter and I were fishing off a dock on the lake I grew up on. The lake is a couple hours south of where we live now, but my mom still lives there and we were having family get-together Saturday night, so I figured we would arrive early and do some fishing. The weather was beautiful, partly sunny and 70 degrees. We had out ultralight poles and a bucket of minnows and were hoping to get enough crappie for dinner.
Well it turned out that the crappie weren't bitting great. I caught a couple small one and we had hit a slow period with no bites. My daughter shoved her rod under a boat cleat and started texting on her cell phone. Then all of a sudden I heard her drag screaming. She grabbed the pole and and started yelling for me to help her. I talked her through fighting the fish and had her work it up slow to the edge of the dock. We didn't have a net, so I laid on my belly and this was what I pulled out of the lake...
A 4 pound small mouth bass.
I couldn't believe she landed this fish with an ultralight and a #4 crappie hook. She started telling me how I should be fishing and that her method was the best. I told her it was just luck that she caught that fish while crappie fishing. She re-baited her hook and shoved the rod back under the boat cleat. We called my wife and told her the story and several family members came down from the house to see her fish. Everyone went back up to the house and it was just her and I on the dock again. Then I hear the drag screaming again! She grabbed the pole and the situation repeated itself. This time I reached down and pulled up....
Another 4 pound small mouth!
OK, so lighting does strike twice. Well actually it probably would have struck three times, but the third time was NOT a charm. The third time she managed to get a big strike on her ultralight pole shoved under the boat cleat resulted in a lost fishing pole. I am sure it was another big small mouth. She was upset about losing the pole, but the two nice fished just about overshadowed it. A great day for sure.
Thanks for sharin and keep them fish on the hook 
